diff --git a/out/production/VPR_SCRIPT/GeneralMethods.class b/out/production/VPR_SCRIPT/GeneralMethods.class
index fc5fdc4..50de9ca 100644
Binary files a/out/production/VPR_SCRIPT/GeneralMethods.class and b/out/production/VPR_SCRIPT/GeneralMethods.class differ
diff --git a/src/GeneralMethods.java b/src/GeneralMethods.java
index 1167648..373ff18 100644
--- a/src/GeneralMethods.java
+++ b/src/GeneralMethods.java
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ public class GeneralMethods {
      * @param pathRead determines the filename of the file that will be read
      * @return menueList, userList, orderList depending on Data read
      */
-    public ArrayList<String> readData(String pathRead) {
+    public static ArrayList<String> readData(String pathRead) {
         Path path = Paths.get(pathRead);
 
         try {
             List<String> rows = Files.readAllLines(path);
 
-            if (pathRead == "menue.txt") {
+            if (pathRead.equals("menue.txt")) {
                 ArrayList<String> menueList = new ArrayList<>();
 
                 for (String row : rows) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class GeneralMethods {
                 }
                 return menueList;
 
-            } else if (pathRead == "users.txt") {
+            } else if (pathRead.equals("users.txt")){
                 ArrayList<String> userList = new ArrayList<>();
 
                 for (String row : rows) {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class GeneralMethods {
                 }
                 return userList;
 
-            } else if (pathRead == "orders.txt") {
+            } else if (pathRead.equals("orders.txt")) {
                 ArrayList<String> orderList = new ArrayList<>();
 
                 for (String row : rows) {
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ public class GeneralMethods {
      * @param listToWrite determines which ArrayList is to be used for writing the file
      */
     public void writeData2 (String pathWrite, ArrayList<String> listToWrite){
-        if (pathWrite == "users.txt") {
+        if (pathWrite.equals("users.txt")) {
 
-        } else if (pathWrite == "orders.txt") {
+        } else if (pathWrite.equals("orders.txt")) {
 
         }
     }