diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8df9ce4..1751947 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser": "^2.7.8",
-		"chalk": "^4.0.0"
+		"chalk": "^4.0.0",
+		"flattie": "^1.1.1"
 	},
 	"keywords": [
 		"cli",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d749911..37bb11d 100755
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,16 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 
 import { runRules } from "./engine/rule-engine.ts";
-import { Config } from "./types.js";
+import type { Config } from "./types.js";
 import { config } from "./config/default-config.ts";
 
 const defaultConfig: Config = config;
 
 const configPath = path.join(__dirname, "../keeli.config.json");
 
-// Only start the routine running if the configuration file is found.
+// Only start keeli if the keeli configuration file is found.
 if (fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-	const userConfig: Partial<Config> = JSON.parse(
-		fs.readFileSync(configPath, "utf8")
-	);
+	const userConfig: Config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, "utf8"));
 
 	const config = { ...defaultConfig, ...userConfig };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/file-helpers.spec.ts b/src/utils/file-helpers.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad3609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/file-helpers.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import type { TranslationFiles } from "../types";
+import { flatten } from "./file-helpers";
+
+describe("flatten", () => {
+	it("should flatten nested JavaScript objects", () => {
+		const nested = {
+			a: "hi",
+			b: {
+				a: null,
+				b: ["foo", "", null, "bar"],
+				d: "hello",
+				e: {
+					a: "yo",
+					b: undefined,
+					c: "sup",
+					d: 0,
+					f: [
+						{ foo: 123, bar: 123 },
+						{ foo: 465, bar: 456 },
+					],
+				},
+			},
+			c: "world",
+		} as unknown as TranslationFiles;
+
+		const expected = {
+			a: "hi",
+			"b.b.0": "foo",
+			"b.b.1": "",
+			"b.b.3": "bar",
+			"b.d": "hello",
+			"b.e.a": "yo",
+			"b.e.c": "sup",
+			"b.e.d": 0,
+			"b.e.f.0.foo": 123,
+			"b.e.f.0.bar": 123,
+			"b.e.f.1.foo": 465,
+			"b.e.f.1.bar": 456,
+			c: "world",
+		};
+
+		expect(flatten(nested)).toEqual(expected);
+	});
+
+	it("should flatten a parsed nested JSON object", () => {
+		const nested = JSON.parse(
+			JSON.stringify({
+				some: {
+					deeply: {
+						nested: {
+							message: "hello",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				another: {
+					super: {
+						deeply: {
+							nested: {
+								message: "world",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		) as TranslationFiles;
+
+		const expected = {
+			"some.deeply.nested.message": "hello",
+			"another.super.deeply.nested.message": "world",
+		};
+
+		expect(flatten(nested)).toEqual(expected);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/file-helpers.ts b/src/utils/file-helpers.ts
index f2fbade..c6cedaa 100644
--- a/src/utils/file-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/file-helpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { Config, TranslationFiles } from "../types";
+import { flattie } from "flattie";
+import type { Config, TranslationFiles } from "../types";
+
+export function flatten(obj: TranslationFiles): Record<string, string> {
+	return flattie(obj, ".");
+}
 
 /**
  * Import all of the translation files in the current project and bundle their data into a single object.
@@ -31,7 +36,9 @@ export function loadLanguageFiles(config: Config): TranslationFiles {
 
 		try {
 			// TODO: convert to JSON before parsing if the file is not JSON. https://github.com/radiovisual/keeli/issues/2
-			files[locale] = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(translatedFilePath, "utf8"));
+			files[locale] = flatten(
+				JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(translatedFilePath, "utf8"))
+			);
 		} catch (err: unknown) {
 			console.error(
 				`There was an error trying to read the file at path: '${translatedFilePath}' for the locale: '${locale}'. Please ensure that this is a valid translation file and try again.`