diff --git a/src/biip/gs1/_application_identifiers.py b/src/biip/gs1/_application_identifiers.py
index 148434b..81b60a1 100644
--- a/src/biip/gs1/_application_identifiers.py
+++ b/src/biip/gs1/_application_identifiers.py
@@ -89,12 +89,13 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"({self.ai})"
 
 
-def _load_application_identifiers():
-    with resources.open_text(__package__, '_application_identifiers.json') as f:
-        data = json.load(f)
-    return {
-        entry['ai']: GS1ApplicationIdentifier(**entry)
-        for entry in data
-    }
-
-_GS1_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIERS = _load_application_identifiers()
+_GS1_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIERS_FILE = (
+    resources.files("biip") / "gs1" / "_application_identifiers.json"
+)
+_GS1_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIERS = {
+    entry.ai: entry
+    for entry in [
+        GS1ApplicationIdentifier(**kwargs)
+        for kwargs in json.loads(_GS1_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIERS_FILE.read_text())
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/biip/gs1/_prefixes.py b/src/biip/gs1/_prefixes.py
index 0270984..0be3750 100644
--- a/src/biip/gs1/_prefixes.py
+++ b/src/biip/gs1/_prefixes.py
@@ -142,22 +142,15 @@ class _GS1PrefixRange:
     usage: str
 
 
-def _load_prefix_ranges():
-    with resources.open_text(__package__, "_prefix_ranges.json") as f:
-        data = json.load(f)
-    return [_GS1PrefixRange(**kwargs) for kwargs in data]
-
-
-_GS1_PREFIX_RANGES = _load_prefix_ranges()
-
-
-def _load_company_prefix_trie():
-    with resources.open_binary(
-        __package__, "_company_prefix_trie.json.lzma"
-    ) as compressed_file:
-        decompressed_data = lzma.decompress(compressed_file.read())
-        data = json.loads(decompressed_data.decode("utf-8"))
-    return data
-
-
-_GS1_COMPANY_PREFIX_TRIE: _TrieNode = _load_company_prefix_trie()
+_GS1_PREFIX_RANGES_FILE = resources.files("biip") / "gs1" / "_prefix_ranges.json"
+_GS1_PREFIX_RANGES = [
+    _GS1PrefixRange(**kwargs)
+    for kwargs in json.loads(_GS1_PREFIX_RANGES_FILE.read_text())
+]
+
+_GS1_COMPANY_PREFIX_TRIE_FILE = (
+    resources.files("biip") / "gs1" / "_company_prefix_trie.json.lzma"
+)
+_GS1_COMPANY_PREFIX_TRIE: _TrieNode = json.loads(
+    lzma.decompress(_GS1_COMPANY_PREFIX_TRIE_FILE.read_bytes()).decode()
+)