diff --git a/Libraries/Kanimaji/Include/Kanimaji/Kanimaji.hpp b/Libraries/Kanimaji/Include/Kanimaji/Kanimaji.hpp
index 79c6bd0..79d3d9b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Kanimaji/Include/Kanimaji/Kanimaji.hpp
+++ b/Libraries/Kanimaji/Include/Kanimaji/Kanimaji.hpp
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 
 #include "Settings.hpp"
 
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace Kanimaji
 {
-    using Path = std::filesystem::path;
-
-    void AnimateFile(const Path& source, const Path& destination,
+    void AnimateFile(const std::string& source, const std::string& destination,
                      const AnimationSettings& settings = AnimationSettings::Default());
 
     std::string Animate(const std::string& source,
                         const AnimationSettings& settings = AnimationSettings::Default());
+
+    void RemoveStrokeNumbers(const std::string& source, const std::string& destination);
+
+    std::string RemoveStrokeNumbers(const std::string& source);
 }
 
 #endif // KANIMAJI_KANIMAJI_HPP
diff --git a/Libraries/Kanimaji/Source/Kanimaji.cpp b/Libraries/Kanimaji/Source/Kanimaji.cpp
index 27cdadd..3bf8034 100644
--- a/Libraries/Kanimaji/Source/Kanimaji.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/Kanimaji/Source/Kanimaji.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ namespace Kanimaji
             return std::max(0.0, duration.count());
         }
 
+        void RemoveStrokeNumbers(pugi::xml_node& svg)
+        {
+            svg.remove_child(svg.find_child([](pugi::xml_node& node) {
+                return std::string_view(node.attribute("id").as_string()).contains("StrokeNumbers");
+            }));
+        }
+
         pugi::xml_node AppendGroup(pugi::xml_node& svg, std::string_view name, StrokeStyle config)
         {
             pugi::xml_node newGroup = svg.append_child("g");
@@ -92,17 +99,8 @@ namespace Kanimaji
             }
         }
 
-        void Animate(pugi::xml_document& doc, const AnimationSettings& settings)
+        void Animate(pugi::xml_node& svg, const AnimationSettings& settings)
         {
-            pugi::xml_node svg = doc.child("svg");
-            if (!svg) {
-                throw Error("Unexpected document format: Expected to find a SVG element");
-            }
-
-            svg.remove_child(svg.find_child([](pugi::xml_node& node) {
-                return std::string_view(node.attribute("id").as_string()).contains("StrokeNumbers");
-            }));
-
             pugi::xml_node pathsGroup = svg.find_child([](pugi::xml_node& node) {
                 return std::string_view(node.attribute("id").as_string()).contains("StrokePaths");
             });
@@ -225,20 +223,27 @@ namespace Kanimaji
         }
     }
 
-    void AnimateFile(const Path& source, const Path& destination, const AnimationSettings& settings)
+    void AnimateFile(const std::string& source, const std::string& destination,
+                     const AnimationSettings& settings)
     {
         pugi::xml_document doc;
         pugi::xml_parse_result result = doc.load_file(source.c_str(), pugi::parse_full);
         if (!result) {
             constexpr std::string_view errorFormat = "Failed to load file from {}, due to: {}";
-            throw FileError(std::format(errorFormat, source.string(), result.description()));
+            throw FileError(std::format(errorFormat, source, result.description()));
+        }
+
+        pugi::xml_node svg = doc.child("svg");
+        if (!svg) {
+            throw Error("Unexpected document format: Expected to find a SVG element");
         }
 
         AmendComment(doc);
-        Animate(doc, settings);
+        RemoveStrokeNumbers(svg);
+        Animate(svg, settings);
 
         if (!doc.save_file(destination.c_str())) {
-            throw FileError(std::format("Failed to save file to {}", destination.string()));
+            throw FileError(std::format("Failed to save file to {}", destination));
         }
     }
 
@@ -251,8 +256,56 @@ namespace Kanimaji
             throw ParseError(result.offset, std::format(errorFormat, result.description()));
         }
 
+        pugi::xml_node svg = doc.child("svg");
+        if (!svg) {
+            throw Error("Unexpected document format: Expected to find a SVG element");
+        }
+
         AmendComment(doc);
-        Animate(doc, settings);
+        RemoveStrokeNumbers(svg);
+        Animate(svg, settings);
+
+        std::stringstream str;
+        doc.save(str);
+        return str.str();
+    }
+
+    void RemoveStrokeNumbers(const std::string& source, const std::string& destination)
+    {
+        pugi::xml_document doc;
+        pugi::xml_parse_result result = doc.load_file(source.c_str(), pugi::parse_full);
+        if (!result) {
+            constexpr std::string_view errorFormat = "Failed to load file from {}, due to: {}";
+            throw FileError(std::format(errorFormat, source, result.description()));
+        }
+
+        pugi::xml_node svg = doc.child("svg");
+        if (!svg) {
+            throw Error("Unexpected document format: Expected to find a SVG element");
+        }
+
+        RemoveStrokeNumbers(svg);
+
+        if (!doc.save_file(destination.c_str())) {
+            throw FileError(std::format("Failed to save file to {}", destination));
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::string RemoveStrokeNumbers(const std::string& source)
+    {
+        pugi::xml_document doc;
+        pugi::xml_parse_result result = doc.load_string(source.c_str(), pugi::parse_full);
+        if (!result) {
+            constexpr std::string_view errorFormat = "Failed to parse SVG document: {}";
+            throw ParseError(result.offset, std::format(errorFormat, result.description()));
+        }
+
+        pugi::xml_node svg = doc.child("svg");
+        if (!svg) {
+            throw Error("Unexpected document format: Expected to find a SVG element");
+        }
+
+        RemoveStrokeNumbers(svg);
 
         std::stringstream str;
         doc.save(str);