diff --git a/include/utils.hpp b/include/utils.hpp
index da23b07..d3478f7 100644
--- a/include/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/utils.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #define FILL_CHAR ' '
 
+#define fastReadNum(path, val) readFile2(path, buf, sizeof(buf)); val = strtol(buf, NULL, 10)
+
 // pretty prints num with given decs, 0 by default. its basically a macro so we inline it
 inline std::string pNum(auto num, uint8_t decs = 0) { return std::format("{:.{}f}", num, decs); }
 
@@ -19,4 +21,4 @@ ssize_t readFile2(const char* path, char* buffer, size_t maxlen);
 int get_val(std::string_view target, std::string_view content);
 std::string getFirstDir(std::string_view path);
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif