if (!Files.exists(path)) {
            LOGGER.warn("The {} file does not exist. The --resume / -r feature will not work.", path);
            return properties;
        }

        try (Reader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path)) {
            properties.load(reader);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOGGER.warn("Unable to read {}. The --resume / -r feature will not work.", path);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public String getSinkContents() throws IOException {
      Path file = getPath();
      try (Reader reader = java.nio.file.Files.newBufferedReader(file, UTF_8)) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int c = reader.read(); c != -1; c = reader.read()) {
          builder.append((char) c);
        }
        return builder.toString();

  private Files() {}

  /**
   * Returns a buffered reader that reads from a file using the given character set.
   *
   * <p><b>{@link java.nio.file.Path} equivalent:</b> {@link
   * java.nio.file.Files#newBufferedReader(java.nio.file.Path, Charset)}.
   *
   * @param file the file to read from
   * @param charset the charset used to decode the input stream; see {@link StandardCharsets} for
   *     helpful predefined constants

  private Files() {}

  /**
   * Returns a buffered reader that reads from a file using the given character set.
   *
   * <p><b>{@link java.nio.file.Path} equivalent:</b> {@link
   * java.nio.file.Files#newBufferedReader(java.nio.file.Path, Charset)}.
   *
   * @param file the file to read from
   * @param charset the charset used to decode the input stream; see {@link StandardCharsets} for
   *     helpful predefined constants