diff --git a/data/saland/spells/base_spells.json b/data/saland/spells/base_spells.json
index 002212f..997512e 100644
--- a/data/saland/spells/base_spells.json
+++ b/data/saland/spells/base_spells.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-	"items": [
+	"spells": [
 		{
 			"name": "spell_fireball",
 			"icon": "effect_fireball",
diff --git a/extra/scripts/python/process_food_items.py b/extra/scripts/python/process_food_items.py
index 5c2ead1..3abc8b9 100644
--- a/extra/scripts/python/process_food_items.py
+++ b/extra/scripts/python/process_food_items.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def produce_spell_file():
         item = {
             "icon": name,
             "name": "spell_spawn_item",
-            "item_name": row["food_name"]
+            "item_name": "food_"+row["food_name"]
         }
         items_arrays.append(item)
     items["spells"] = items_arrays
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ def main():
         print(row)
 
 
-main()
\ No newline at end of file
+main()
diff --git a/src/saland/model/spells.cpp b/src/saland/model/spells.cpp
index 2341914..d04b57a 100644
--- a/src/saland/model/spells.cpp
+++ b/src/saland/model/spells.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ https://github.com/sago007/saland
 #include "../../sago/SagoMisc.hpp"
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include "fmt/core.h"
 
 void SpellHolder::add_spell(const Spell& spell) {
 	spells.push_back(spell);
@@ -49,15 +50,15 @@ void SpellHolder::ReadSpellFile(const std::string& filename) {
 	}
 	for (auto& m : document.GetObject()) {
 		const std::string& itemHeader = m.name.GetString();
-		if (itemHeader == "items") {
-			const auto& items = m.value;
-			if (!items.IsArray()) {
+		if (itemHeader == "spells") {
+			const auto& spells = m.value;
+			if (!spells.IsArray()) {
 				std::cerr << "Failure reading " << filename <<  ": 'items' must be an array" << "\n";
 			}
-			for (const auto& item : items.GetArray()) {
-				if (item.IsObject()) {
+			for (const auto& spell_data : spells.GetArray()) {
+				if (spell_data.IsObject()) {
 					Spell spell = blankSpell;
-					for (const auto& member : item.GetObject()) {
+					for (const auto& member : spell_data.GetObject()) {
 						if (member.name == "name") {
 							spell.name = member.value.GetString();
 						}
@@ -100,7 +101,13 @@ void SpellHolder::init() {
 	clearTileSpell.icon = "icon_trash_can";
 	clearTileSpell.name = "spell_clear_block";
 	clearTileSpell.type = SpellCursorType::tile;
-	ReadSpellFile("saland/spells/base_spells.json");
+	const char* spellDir = "saland/spells/";
+	std::vector<std::string> file_list = sago::GetFileList(spellDir);
+	for(const std::string& file : file_list) {
+		std::string filename = fmt::format("{}{}", spellDir, file);
+		printf("Spells: file: %s\n",filename.c_str());
+		ReadSpellFile(filename);
+	}
 }
 
 size_t SpellHolder::get_spell_count() const {
@@ -124,4 +131,4 @@ const Spell& SpellHolder::get_spell_by_name(const std::string& spell_name) const
 
 const Spell& SpellHolder::get_spell_clear_tile() const {
 	return clearTileSpell;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/saland/model/spells.hpp b/src/saland/model/spells.hpp
index 2764525..c112d2b 100644
--- a/src/saland/model/spells.hpp
+++ b/src/saland/model/spells.hpp
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ public:
 	void ReadSpellFile(const std::string& filename);
 };
 
-#endif  //MODEL_SPELLS_HPP
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif  //MODEL_SPELLS_HPP