diff --git a/dabapush/Reader/JSONReader.py b/dabapush/Reader/JSONReader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dabe72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dabapush/Reader/JSONReader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""NDJSON Writer plug-in for dabapush"""
+
+# pylint: disable=R,I1101
+from typing import Iterator
+
+import ujson
+
+from ..Configuration.ReaderConfiguration import ReaderConfiguration
+from ..Record import Record
+from ..utils import flatten
+from .Reader import FileReader
+
+
+
+class JSONReader(FileReader):
+    """Reader to read ready to read directories containing multiple json files.
+    It matches files in the path-tree against the pattern and reads the
+    content of each file as JSON.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    config: DirectoryJSONReaderConfiguration
+        The configuration file used for reading
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config: "JSONReaderConfiguration") -> None:
+        super().__init__(config)
+        self.config = config
+
+    def read(self) -> Iterator[Record]:
+        """reads multiple JSON files and emits them."""
+
+        for file_record in self.records:
+            with file_record.payload.open("rt", encoding="utf8") as json_file:
+                parsed = ujson.load(json_file)
+                record = Record(
+                    uuid=f"{str(file_record.uuid)}",
+                    payload=(
+                        parsed
+                        if not self.config.flatten_dicts
+                        else flatten(parsed)
+                    ),
+                    source=file_record,
+                )
+                if record not in self.back_log:
+                    yield record
+
+
+class JSONReaderConfiguration(ReaderConfiguration):
+    """Read directory containing JSON files.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    flatten_dicts: bool
+        whether to flatten those nested dicts
+
+    """
+
+    yaml_tag = "!dabapush:JSONReaderConfiguration"
+    """internal tag for pyYAML
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name,
+        id=None,  # pylint: disable=W0622
+        read_path: str = ".",
+        pattern: str = "*.json",
+        flatten_dicts=True,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        name: str
+            target pipeline name
+        id : UUID
+            ID of the instance (default value = None, is set by super class)
+        read_path: str
+            path to directory to read
+        pattern: str
+            filename pattern to match files in `read_path` against
+        flatten_dicts: bool
+            whether nested dictionaries are flattend (for details see `dabapush.utils.flatten`)
+
+        """
+        super().__init__(name, id=id, read_path=read_path, pattern=pattern)
+        self.flatten_dicts = flatten_dicts
+
+    def get_instance(self) -> JSONReader:  # pylint: disable=W0221
+        """Get a configured instance of NDJSONReader
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        type: JSONReader
+            Configured JSONReader instance
+        """
+        return JSONReader(self)
diff --git a/dabapush/__init__.py b/dabapush/__init__.py
index d36efde..b9ad85a 100644
--- a/dabapush/__init__.py
+++ b/dabapush/__init__.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0-alpha7"
+__version__ = "0.4.0-alpha8"
 
 from .Reader import (
     NDJSONReaderConfiguration,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db1a9db..fd84382 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.poetry.plugins.dabapush_readers]
 "Twacapic" = "dabapush.Reader.TwacapicReader:TwacapicReaderConfiguration"
 "NDJSON" = "dabapush.Reader.NDJSONReader:NDJSONReaderConfiguration"
+"JSON" = "dabapush.Reader.JSONReader:JSONReaderConfiguration"
 "Tegracli" = "dabapush.Reader.tegracli_reader:TegracliReaderConfiguration"
 
 [tool.poetry.plugins.dabapush_writers]
diff --git a/tests/Reader/test_JSONReader.py b/tests/Reader/test_JSONReader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e74b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Reader/test_JSONReader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+"""Tests for NDJSONReader."""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from dabapush.Reader.JSONReader import JSONReader, JSONReaderConfiguration
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def input_json_directory(isolated_test_dir):
+    "Pytest fixture creating a directory with 20 json files."
+    for idx in range(10,30):
+        file_path = isolated_test_dir / f"test_{idx}.json"
+        with file_path.open("wt") as out_file:
+            json.dump({"test_key": idx}, out_file)
+            out_file.write("\n")
+    return isolated_test_dir
+
+def test_read(input_json_directory: Path):  # pylint: disable=W0621
+    """Should read the data from the file."""
+    reader = JSONReader(
+        JSONReaderConfiguration("test", read_path=str(input_json_directory.resolve()))
+    )
+    records = list(reader.read())
+    assert len(records) == 20
+    for record in records:
+        print(record)
+        assert record.processed_at
+        assert record.payload == {"test_key": int(record.uuid[-7:-5])}
+
+
+def test_read_with_backlog(input_json_directory: Path):  # pylint: disable=W0621
+    """Should only read the new data."""
+    reader = JSONReaderConfiguration(
+        "test", read_path=str(input_json_directory.resolve()), pattern="*.json"
+    ).get_instance()
+
+    def wrapper():
+        n = None
+        for n, record in enumerate(reader.read()):
+            record.done()
+        return n or 0
+
+    n = wrapper()
+
+    assert n + 1 == 20
+
+    reader2 = JSONReaderConfiguration(
+        "test", read_path=str(input_json_directory.resolve())
+    ).get_instance()
+
+    records2 = list(reader2.read())
+    log_path = input_json_directory / ".dabapush/test.jsonl"
+    assert log_path.exists()
+    assert len(reader2.back_log) == 20
+    assert len(records2) == 0