diff --git a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
index 86166463c4..7dacdc6983 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/filterx-eval.c
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ filterx_format_last_error(void)
 void
 filterx_eval_store_weak_ref(FilterXObject *object)
 {
+  /* Frozen objects do not need weak refs. */
+  if (object && filterx_object_is_frozen(object))
+    return;
+
   FilterXEvalContext *context = filterx_eval_get_context();
 
   if (object && !object->weak_referenced)
diff --git a/lib/filterx/filterx-weakrefs.c b/lib/filterx/filterx-weakrefs.c
index 9083b8b96d..49ac4416ba 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/filterx-weakrefs.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/filterx-weakrefs.c
@@ -73,5 +73,8 @@ filterx_weakref_get(FilterXWeakRef *self)
    * validate if it's valid, we just assume it is until our Scope  has not
    * been terminated yet */
 
+  if (!self)
+    return NULL;
+
   return filterx_object_ref(self->object);
 }
diff --git a/lib/filterx/object-json-array.c b/lib/filterx/object-json-array.c
index ebe7a101e5..f61566f16a 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/object-json-array.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/object-json-array.c
@@ -361,6 +361,17 @@ filterx_json_array_to_json_literal(FilterXObject *s)
   return json_object_to_json_string_ext(self->jso, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PLAIN);
 }
 
+struct json_object *
+filterx_json_array_get_value(FilterXObject *s)
+{
+  if (!filterx_object_is_type(s, &FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(json_array)))
+    return NULL;
+
+  FilterXJsonArray *self = (FilterXJsonArray *) s;
+
+  return self->jso;
+}
+
 FILTERX_DEFINE_TYPE(json_array, FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(list),
                     .is_mutable = TRUE,
                     .truthy = _truthy,
diff --git a/lib/filterx/object-json-object.c b/lib/filterx/object-json-object.c
index 0e10076018..bb9bb619ee 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/object-json-object.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/object-json-object.c
@@ -259,6 +259,17 @@ filterx_json_object_to_json_literal(FilterXObject *s)
   return json_object_to_json_string_ext(self->jso, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PLAIN);
 }
 
+struct json_object *
+filterx_json_object_get_value(FilterXObject *s)
+{
+  if (!filterx_object_is_type(s, &FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(json_object)))
+    return NULL;
+
+  FilterXJsonObject *self = (FilterXJsonObject *) s;
+
+  return self->jso;
+}
+
 FILTERX_DEFINE_TYPE(json_object, FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(dict),
                     .is_mutable = TRUE,
                     .truthy = _truthy,
diff --git a/lib/filterx/object-json.c b/lib/filterx/object-json.c
index 1faead17e8..11261f894d 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/object-json.c
+++ b/lib/filterx/object-json.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "filterx/object-dict-interface.h"
 #include "filterx/object-list-interface.h"
 #include "filterx/object-message-value.h"
-#include "filterx/filterx-weakrefs.h"
 #include "filterx/filterx-eval.h"
 
 #include "scanner/list-scanner/list-scanner.h"
@@ -73,8 +72,8 @@ filterx_json_deep_copy(struct json_object *jso)
   return clone;
 }
 
-static FilterXObject *
-_convert_json_to_object(FilterXObject *self, FilterXWeakRef *root_container, struct json_object *jso)
+FilterXObject *
+filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(FilterXObject *root_obj, FilterXWeakRef *root_container, struct json_object *jso)
 {
   switch (json_object_get_type(jso))
     {
@@ -90,10 +89,10 @@ _convert_json_to_object(FilterXObject *self, FilterXWeakRef *root_container, str
       return filterx_string_new(json_object_get_string(jso), -1);
     case json_type_array:
       return filterx_json_array_new_sub(json_object_get(jso),
-                                        filterx_weakref_get(root_container) ? : filterx_object_ref(self));
+                                        filterx_weakref_get(root_container) ? : filterx_object_ref(root_obj));
     case json_type_object:
       return filterx_json_object_new_sub(json_object_get(jso),
-                                         filterx_weakref_get(root_container) ? : filterx_object_ref(self));
+                                         filterx_weakref_get(root_container) ? : filterx_object_ref(root_obj));
     default:
       g_assert_not_reached();
     }
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ filterx_json_convert_json_to_object_cached(FilterXObject *self, FilterXWeakRef *
        */
 
       if (JSON_C_MAJOR_VERSION == 0 && JSON_C_MINOR_VERSION < 14)
-        return _convert_json_to_object(self, root_container, jso);
+        return filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(self, root_container, jso);
 
       json_object_set_double(jso, json_object_get_double(jso));
     }
@@ -134,9 +133,8 @@ filterx_json_convert_json_to_object_cached(FilterXObject *self, FilterXWeakRef *
   if (filterx_obj)
     return filterx_object_ref(filterx_obj);
 
-  filterx_obj = _convert_json_to_object(self, root_container, jso);
-  if (!filterx_object_is_frozen(self))
-    filterx_json_associate_cached_object(jso, filterx_obj);
+  filterx_obj = filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(self, root_container, jso);
+  filterx_json_associate_cached_object(jso, filterx_obj);
   return filterx_obj;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/filterx/object-json.h b/lib/filterx/object-json.h
index 4dc2260bb8..023bf9b4a9 100644
--- a/lib/filterx/object-json.h
+++ b/lib/filterx/object-json.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define OBJECT_JSON_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include "filterx/filterx-object.h"
+#include "filterx/filterx-weakrefs.h"
 #include "compat/json.h"
 
 typedef struct FilterXJsonObject_ FilterXJsonObject;
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ const gchar *filterx_json_to_json_literal(FilterXObject *s);
 const gchar *filterx_json_object_to_json_literal(FilterXObject *s);
 const gchar *filterx_json_array_to_json_literal(FilterXObject *s);
 
+FilterXObject *filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(FilterXObject *root_obj, FilterXWeakRef *root_container,
+                                                   struct json_object *jso);
 void filterx_json_associate_cached_object(struct json_object *jso, FilterXObject *filterx_object);
 
+struct json_object *filterx_json_object_get_value(FilterXObject *s);
+struct json_object *filterx_json_array_get_value(FilterXObject *s);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/json/filterx-cache-json-file.c b/modules/json/filterx-cache-json-file.c
index a0ca7483fc..ff3fc6abbc 100644
--- a/modules/json/filterx-cache-json-file.c
+++ b/modules/json/filterx-cache-json-file.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "filterx-cache-json-file.h"
 #include "filterx/object-json.h"
 #include "filterx/object-string.h"
+#include "filterx/object-list-interface.h"
+#include "filterx/object-dict-interface.h"
 #include "filterx/expr-literal.h"
 #include "filterx/filterx-eval.h"
 #include "scratch-buffers.h"
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct FilterXFunctionCacheJsonFile_
   FilterXFunction super;
   gchar *filepath;
   FilterXObject *cached_json;
+  GPtrArray *frozen_objects;
 } FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile;
 
 static gchar *
@@ -143,11 +146,56 @@ _free(FilterXExpr *s)
   FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *self = (FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *) s;
 
   g_free(self->filepath);
-  if (self->cached_json)
-    filterx_object_unfreeze_and_free(self->cached_json);
+  g_ptr_array_unref(self->frozen_objects);
   filterx_function_free_method(&self->super);
 }
 
+static void _deep_freeze(FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *self, FilterXObject *object);
+
+static void
+_deep_freeze_dict(FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *self, FilterXObject *object)
+{
+  struct json_object_iter itr;
+  json_object_object_foreachC(filterx_json_object_get_value(object), itr)
+  {
+    struct json_object *elem_jso = itr.val;
+    FilterXObject *elem_object = filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(self->cached_json, NULL, elem_jso);
+    _deep_freeze(self, elem_object);
+    filterx_json_associate_cached_object(elem_jso, elem_object);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_deep_freeze_list(FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *self, FilterXObject *object)
+{
+  struct json_object *jso = filterx_json_object_get_value(object);
+  guint64 len = json_object_array_length(jso);
+
+  for (guint64 i = 0; i < len; i++)
+    {
+      struct json_object *elem_jso = json_object_array_get_idx(jso, i);
+      FilterXObject *elem_object = filterx_json_convert_json_to_object(self->cached_json, NULL, elem_jso);
+      _deep_freeze(self, elem_object);
+      filterx_json_associate_cached_object(elem_jso, elem_object);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+_deep_freeze(FilterXFuntionCacheJsonFile *self, FilterXObject *object)
+{
+  if (!object)
+    return;
+
+  if (filterx_object_freeze(object))
+    g_ptr_array_add(self->frozen_objects, object);
+
+  if (filterx_object_is_type(object, &FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(json_object)))
+    _deep_freeze_dict(self, object);
+
+  if (filterx_object_is_type(object, &FILTERX_TYPE_NAME(json_array)))
+    _deep_freeze_list(self, object);
+}
+
 FilterXFunction *
 filterx_function_cache_json_file_new(const gchar *function_name, FilterXFunctionArgs *args, GError **error)
 {
@@ -157,6 +205,8 @@ filterx_function_cache_json_file_new(const gchar *function_name, FilterXFunction
   self->super.super.eval = _eval;
   self->super.super.free_fn = _free;
 
+  self->frozen_objects = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func((GDestroyNotify) filterx_object_unfreeze_and_free);
+
   self->filepath = _extract_filepath(args, error);
   if (!self->filepath)
     goto error;
@@ -165,7 +215,8 @@ filterx_function_cache_json_file_new(const gchar *function_name, FilterXFunction
   if (!self->cached_json)
     goto error;
 
-  filterx_object_freeze(self->cached_json);
+  _deep_freeze(self, self->cached_json);
+
   filterx_function_args_free(args);
   return &self->super;