diff --git a/qml/harbour-sailbabel.qml b/qml/harbour-sailbabel.qml
index 99029e6..e55ce1d 100644
--- a/qml/harbour-sailbabel.qml
+++ b/qml/harbour-sailbabel.qml
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
   AppModel {
     id: appModel
-  }
 
-  Dictionary {
-    id: dictionary
-    onReadingFinished: {
-      pageStack.replace('pages/MainPage.qml')
-      pageStack.pushAttached('pages/History.qml')
+    onReadingDictionaryFinished: {
+      pageStack.replace(Qt.resolvedUrl('pages/MainPage.qml'))
+      pageStack.pushAttached(Qt.resolvedUrl('pages/History.qml'))
     }
-    onReadingError: {
-      pageStack.replace('pages/Error.qml')
+    onReadingDictionaryFailed: {
+      pageStack.replace(Qt.resolvedUrl('pages/Error.qml'))
       appModel.currentDictionary = ''
     }
   }
diff --git a/qml/pages/ChooseDictionary.qml b/qml/pages/ChooseDictionary.qml
index e97bb7f..29f3bde 100644
--- a/qml/pages/ChooseDictionary.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/ChooseDictionary.qml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Page {
         if (fileIsDir) {
           folderModel.folder = filePath
         } else {
-          appModel.currentDictionary = filePath
+          appModel.currentDictionary = 'file://' + filePath
           pageStack.replace('LoadDictionary.qml')
         }
       }
diff --git a/qml/pages/Error.qml b/qml/pages/Error.qml
index ff347f4..77ba87d 100644
--- a/qml/pages/Error.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/Error.qml
@@ -15,30 +15,19 @@ Page {
       width: parent.width
       spacing: Theme.paddingMedium
       PageHeader {
-        title: 'SailBabel'
+        title: qsTr('Error')
       }
-      Text {
-        x: Theme.horizontalPageMargin
-        width: column.width-2*x
-        color: Theme.primaryColor
-        wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
-        font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeMedium
-        horizontalAlignment: TextEdit.AlignJustify
-        text: qsTr('_error_description_')
-        textFormat: Text.StyledText
-        linkColor: Theme.highlightColor
-        onLinkActivated: { Qt.openUrlExternally(link) }
+      TextField {
+        text: qsTr('Unable to open dictionary.')
+        readOnly: true
       }
-      Label {
-        text: '<br>© Heiko Bauke, 2016–2017<br><br>Fork me on github!<br><a href=\"https://github.com/rabauke/harbour-sailbabel\">https://github.com/rabauke/harbour-sailbabel</a>'
-        textFormat: Text.StyledText
-        width: column.width
-        color: Theme.primaryColor
-        linkColor: Theme.highlightColor
-        wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
-        font.pixelSize: Theme.fontSizeSmall
-        horizontalAlignment: TextEdit.AlignHCenter
-        onLinkActivated: { Qt.openUrlExternally(link) }
+      Button {
+        text: qsTr('Ok')
+        anchors.horizontalCenter: column.horizontalCenter
+        onClicked: {
+          pageStack.replace(Qt.resolvedUrl('MainPage.qml'))
+          pageStack.pushAttached(Qt.resolvedUrl('History.qml'))
+        }
       }
 
     }
diff --git a/qml/pages/History.qml b/qml/pages/History.qml
index ad9defc..8de050f 100644
--- a/qml/pages/History.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/History.qml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Page {
             onClicked: {
               queryFieldText = searchHistoryListModel.get(model.index).query
               resultsListModel.clear()
-              var trans = dictionary.translateAtoB(queryFieldText)
+              var trans = appModel.dictionary.translateAtoB(queryFieldText)
               for (var i in trans)
                 resultsListModel.append({
                                           'lang1': trans[i][0],
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Page {
                                           'lang1': '',
                                           'lang2': ''
                                         })
-              var trans = dictionary.translateBtoA(queryFieldText)
+              var trans = appModel.dictionary.translateBtoA(queryFieldText)
               for (var i in trans)
                 resultsListModel.append({
                                           'lang1': trans[i][0],
diff --git a/qml/pages/LoadDictionary.qml b/qml/pages/LoadDictionary.qml
index 4021e31..df7193f 100644
--- a/qml/pages/LoadDictionary.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/LoadDictionary.qml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Page {
     anchors.horizontalCenter: label1.horizontalCenter
     anchors.top: label1.bottom
     anchors.topMargin: Theme.paddingMedium
-    text: qsTr('%n dictionary entries found.', '', dictionary.size)
+    text: qsTr('%n dictionary entries found.', '', appModel.dictionary.size)
     color: Theme.highlightColor
   }
   onStatusChanged: {
     if (status === PageStatus.Active)
-      dictionary.readAsync(appModel.currentDictionary)
+      appModel.dictionary.readAsync(appModel.currentDictionary)
   }
 }
diff --git a/qml/pages/MainPage.qml b/qml/pages/MainPage.qml
index 22b005a..d559ccb 100644
--- a/qml/pages/MainPage.qml
+++ b/qml/pages/MainPage.qml
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Page {
                                                 'query': text
                                               })
               resultsListModel.clear()
-              var transAtoB = dictionary.translateAtoB(text)
-              var transBtoA = dictionary.translateBtoA(text)
+              var transAtoB = appModel.dictionary.translateAtoB(text)
+              var transBtoA = appModel.dictionary.translateBtoA(text)
               var i
               for (i in transAtoB)
                 resultsListModel.append({
diff --git a/src/AppModel.cpp b/src/AppModel.cpp
index 0e76073..5287d03 100644
--- a/src/AppModel.cpp
+++ b/src/AppModel.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ AppModel::AppModel(QObject* parent) : QObject{parent} {
   const QVariant auto_load_dictionary{settings.value("autoLoadDictionary")};
   if (auto_load_dictionary.canConvert<bool>())
     m_auto_load_dictionary = auto_load_dictionary.toBool();
+
+  connect(&m_dictionary, &Dictionary::readingFinished, this,
+          [this]() { emit readingDictionaryFinished(); });
+  connect(&m_dictionary, &Dictionary::readingError, this, [this]() {
+    emit readingDictionaryFailed();
+  });
 }
 
 
@@ -70,3 +76,8 @@ void AppModel::set_auto_load_dictionary(bool auto_load_dictionary) {
     emit autoLoadDictionaryChanged();
   }
 }
+
+
+Dictionary* AppModel::get_dictionary() {
+  return &m_dictionary;
+}
diff --git a/src/AppModel.hpp b/src/AppModel.hpp
index 160064b..5d58088 100644
--- a/src/AppModel.hpp
+++ b/src/AppModel.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <QtQmlIntegration>
 #endif
 #include "Version.h"
+#include "Dictionary.hpp"
 
 
 class AppModel : public QObject {
@@ -25,10 +26,13 @@ class AppModel : public QObject {
                  NOTIFY currentDictionaryChanged)
   Q_PROPERTY(bool autoLoadDictionary READ get_auto_load_dictionary WRITE
                  set_auto_load_dictionary NOTIFY autoLoadDictionaryChanged)
+  Q_PROPERTY(Dictionary* dictionary READ get_dictionary CONSTANT)
 
 signals:
   void currentDictionaryChanged();
   void autoLoadDictionaryChanged();
+  void readingDictionaryFinished();
+  void readingDictionaryFailed();
 
 private:
   QString get_current_dictionary() const;
@@ -37,7 +41,10 @@ class AppModel : public QObject {
   bool get_auto_load_dictionary() const;
   void set_auto_load_dictionary(bool auto_load_dictionary);
 
+  Dictionary* get_dictionary();
+
   QString m_version{QString::fromStdString(project_version)};
   QString m_current_dictionary;
   bool m_auto_load_dictionary{true};
+  Dictionary m_dictionary;
 };
diff --git a/src/Dictionary.cpp b/src/Dictionary.cpp
index a24ca49..4cdab9c 100644
--- a/src/Dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/Dictionary.cpp
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QMutexLocker>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 
 Dictionary::Dictionary(QObject *parent) : QObject{parent} {
 }
 
 
-void Dictionary::readAsync(const QString &filename) {
+void Dictionary::readAsync(const QUrl &filename) {
   QThread *thread{new QThread};
-  DictionaryLoader *worker{new DictionaryLoader(*this, filename)};
+  DictionaryLoader *worker{new DictionaryLoader(*this, filename.toLocalFile())};
   worker->moveToThread(thread);
   connect(worker, &DictionaryLoader::error, this, [this]() { emit readingError(); });
   connect(thread, &QThread::started, worker, &DictionaryLoader::process);
diff --git a/src/Dictionary.hpp b/src/Dictionary.hpp
index 49456eb..286fc23 100644
--- a/src/Dictionary.hpp
+++ b/src/Dictionary.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QMultiHash>
 #include <QVariantList>
+#include <QUrl>
 
 
 class Dictionary;
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class Dictionary : public QObject {
   Q_PROPERTY(int size READ size NOTIFY sizeChanged)
   Q_PROPERTY(bool dictionaryLoaded READ dictEmpty NOTIFY dictChanged)
 
-  Q_INVOKABLE void readAsync(const QString &filename);
+  Q_INVOKABLE void readAsync(const QUrl &filename);
   Q_INVOKABLE QVariantList translateAtoB(const QString &query) const;
   Q_INVOKABLE QVariantList translateBtoA(const QString &query) const;