diff --git a/lib/datastore.js b/lib/datastore.js
index 5e7b414..d569702 100644
--- a/lib/datastore.js
+++ b/lib/datastore.js
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Datastore.prototype.loadDatabase = function (cb) {
         self.data = [];
         fs.writeFile(self.filename, '', 'utf8', function (err) { return callback(err); });
       } else {
-        fs.readFile(self.filename, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
+        fs.readFile(self.filename, 'utf8', function (err, rawData) {
           if (err) { return callback(err); }
-          self.data = data;
+          self.data = Datastore.treatRawData(rawData);
           return callback();
         });
       }
@@ -45,14 +45,31 @@ Datastore.prototype.loadDatabase = function (cb) {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * From a database's raw data, return the corresponding
+ * machine understandable collection
+ */
+Datastore.treatRawData = function (rawData) {
+  var data = rawData.split('\n')
+    , res = [];
+
+  data.forEach(function (d) {
+    var doc;
+
+    try {
+      doc = JSON.parse(d);
+      res.push(doc);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+  });
+
+  return res;
+};
 
 
 
 var d = new Datastore('workspace/test.db');
 d.loadDatabase(function (err) {
-  console.log("====");
-  console.log(err);
-  console.log(d.data);
 });