diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50d74832..89ac6ca9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -705,4 +705,7 @@ add_test(LOGTest COMMAND urltest)
 add_executable(downloadertest test/downloader.cpp ${BINARY_DIR}/mist/.headers)
 target_link_libraries(downloadertest mist)
 add_test(DownloaderTest COMMAND downloadertest)
+add_executable(jsontest test/json.cpp ${BINARY_DIR}/mist/.headers)
+target_link_libraries(jsontest mist)
+add_test(JSONTest COMMAND jsontest)
 
diff --git a/test/json.cpp b/test/json.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8695887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/json.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "../lib/json.cpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv){
+  std::string line;
+  std::stringstream jData;
+  while (getline(std::cin, line)){jData << line;}
+  JSON::Value J = JSON::fromString(jData.str().data(), jData.str().size());
+  std::cout << J.toPrettyString() << std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}
+