diff --git a/__tests__/hl7.build.test.ts b/__tests__/hl7.build.test.ts
index be2cd79..1b5d3de 100644
--- a/__tests__/hl7.build.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/hl7.build.test.ts
@@ -899,17 +899,46 @@ describe('node hl7 client - builder tests', () => {
 
       beforeAll(async () => {
 
+        fs.readdir("temp/", (err, files) => {
+          if (err) return;
+          for (const file of files) {
+            fs.unlink(path.join("temp/", file), (err) => {
+              if (err) throw err;
+            });
+          }
+        })
+
+        await sleep(2)
+
         const message = new Message({text: hl7_string})
         message.toFile('readTestMSH', true, 'temp/')
 
         const batch = new Batch({text: hl7_batch})
         batch.toFile('readTestBHS', true, 'temp/')
 
+        await sleep(2)
+
       })
 
-      test.todo('...read file with MSH only')
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        await sleep(1)
+      })
 
-      test.todo('...read file BSH and 1xMSH only')
+      test('...test parsing - file path', async() => {
+        const fileBatch_one = new FileBatch({ fullFilePath: path.join('temp/', `hl7.readTestMSH.20081231.hl7`)})
+        expect(fileBatch_one._opt.text).toContain(hl7_string)
+
+        const fileBatch_two = new FileBatch({ fullFilePath: path.join('temp/', `hl7.readTestBHS.20231208.hl7`)})
+        expect(fileBatch_two._opt.text).toContain(hl7_batch)
+      })
+
+      test('...test parsing - buffer', async() => {
+        const fileBatch_one = new FileBatch({ fileBuffer: fs.readFileSync(path.join('temp/', `hl7.readTestMSH.20081231.hl7`))})
+        expect(fileBatch_one._opt.text).toContain(hl7_string)
+
+        const fileBatch_two = new FileBatch({ fileBuffer: fs.readFileSync(path.join('temp/', `hl7.readTestBHS.20231208.hl7`))})
+        expect(fileBatch_two._opt.text).toContain(hl7_batch)
+      })
 
     })
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index eb9c751..a941314 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export type { HL7_2_7_MSH } from './specification/2.7.js'
 /** HL7 Class **/
 export { HL7_2_7_BHS, HL7_2_7_FHS, HL7_SPEC, HL7_SPEC_BASE, HL7_2_7 }
 
-export type { ClientOptions, ClientListenerOptions, ParserProcessRawData } from './utils/normalizedClient.js'
+export type { ClientOptions, ClientListenerOptions } from './utils/normalizedClient.js'
 export type { ClientBuilderFileOptions, ClientBuilderBatchOptions, ClientBuilderMessageOptions, ClientBuilderOptions } from './utils/normalizedBuilder.js'
 export type { HL7Error, HL7FatalError, HL7ParserError } from './utils/exception.js'
 
diff --git a/src/utils/normalizedBuilder.ts b/src/utils/normalizedBuilder.ts
index 172ba24..adceb59 100644
--- a/src/utils/normalizedBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/utils/normalizedBuilder.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
 import { HL7_2_7 } from '../specification/2.7.js'
 import { FHS, BHS, MSH } from '../specification/specification.js'
 import { ParserPlan } from './parserPlan.js'
@@ -90,18 +91,23 @@ export interface ClientBuilderFileOptions extends ClientBuilderOptions {
    * @default hl7
    */
   extension?: string
-  /**
-   * FHS Header Options
+  /** The file as a buffer passed onto the constructor
+   * @since 1.0.0  */
+  fileBuffer?: Buffer
+  /** If you are providing the full file path, please set it here.
+   * @since 1.0.0 */
+  fullFilePath?: string
+  /** FHS Header Options
    * @since 1.0.0
    */
   fileHeader?: FHS
-  /**
-   * Location where the file will be saved.
+  /** Location where the file will be saved.
    * If this is not set,
    * the files will get save it in the same directory of the executing file that is calling the function.
    * If running this package inside a DOCKER/KUBERNETES node,
    * if the container is destroyed and the files are not saved on a folder mounted outside the node,
    * the files will be lost on restart.
+   * @since 1.0.0
    * @default ""
    */
   location?: string
@@ -180,6 +186,20 @@ export function normalizedClientFileBuilderOptions (raw?: ClientBuilderFileOptio
     throw new Error('The extension for file save must be 3 characters long.')
   }
 
+  if (typeof props.fullFilePath !== 'undefined' && typeof props.fileBuffer !== 'undefined') {
+    throw new Error('You can not have specified a file path and a buffer. Please choose one or the other.')
+  }
+
+  const regex = /\n/mg
+  const subst = '\\r'
+  if (typeof props.fullFilePath !== 'undefined' && typeof props.fileBuffer === 'undefined') {
+
+    const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(props.fullFilePath)
+    props.text = fileBuffer.toString().replace(regex, subst)
+  } else if (typeof props.fullFilePath === 'undefined' && typeof props.fileBuffer !== 'undefined') {
+    props.text = props.fileBuffer.toString().replace(regex, subst)
+  }
+
   if (props.text === '') {
     props.text = `FHS${props.separatorField}${props.separatorComponent}${props.separatorRepetition}${props.separatorEscape}${props.separatorSubComponent}`
   } else if (typeof props.text !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/src/utils/normalizedClient.ts b/src/utils/normalizedClient.ts
index 660f5f6..f43b907 100644
--- a/src/utils/normalizedClient.ts
+++ b/src/utils/normalizedClient.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ const DEFAULT_LISTEN_CLIENT_OPTS = {
   waitAck: true
 }
 
-export interface ParserProcessRawData {
-  /** Data that needs to be processed. */
-  data: string
-}
-
 export interface ClientOptions {
   /** Max wait time, in milliseconds, for a connection attempt
    * @default 10_000 */