diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 2c0c6c8..3bb26d8 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -3,65 +3,53 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
+#include <jansson.h>
 #include "conf.h"
 
-static char *
-skipspaces(char *p) {
-
-	while(isspace(*p)) p++;
-
-	return p;
-}
-
 struct conf *
 conf_read(const char *filename) {
 
+	json_t *j, *jtmp;
+	json_error_t error;
 	struct conf *conf;
 
-	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
-
-	if(!f) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
+	/* defaults */
 	conf = calloc(1, sizeof(struct conf));
+	conf->redis_host = strdup("127.0.0.1");
 	conf->redis_port = 6379;
+	conf->http_host = strdup("0.0.0.0");
 	conf->http_port = 7379;
 
-	while(!feof(f)) {
-		char buffer[100], *ret;
-		memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
-		if(!(ret = fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1, f))) {
-			break;
-		}
-		if(*ret == '#') { /* comments */
-			continue;
-		}
+	j = json_load_file(filename, 0, &error);
+	if(!j) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s (line %d)\n", error.text, error.line);
+		return conf;
+	}
 
-		if(*ret != 0) {
-			ret[strlen(ret)-1] = 0; /* remove new line */
-		}
+	jtmp = json_object_get(j, "redis_host");
+	if(jtmp && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_STRING) {
+		free(conf->redis_host);
+		conf->redis_host = strdup(json_string_value(jtmp));
+	}
 
-		if(strncmp(ret, "redis_host", 10) == 0) {
-			conf->redis_host = strdup(skipspaces(ret + 11));
-		} else if(strncmp(ret, "redis_port", 10) == 0) {
-			conf->redis_port = (short)atoi(skipspaces(ret + 10));
-		} else if(strncmp(ret, "http_host", 10) == 0) {
-			conf->http_host = strdup(skipspaces(ret + 11));
-		} else if(strncmp(ret, "http_port", 9) == 0) {
-			conf->http_port = (short)atoi(skipspaces(ret + 10));
-		}
+	jtmp = json_object_get(j, "redis_port");
+	if(jtmp && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_INTEGER) {
+		conf->redis_port = json_integer_value(jtmp);
 	}
-	fclose(f);
 
-	/* default values */
-	if(!conf->redis_host) {
-		conf->redis_host = strdup("127.0.0.1");
+	jtmp = json_object_get(j, "http_host");
+	if(jtmp && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_STRING) {
+		free(conf->http_host);
+		conf->http_host = strdup(json_string_value(jtmp));
 	}
-	if(!conf->http_host) {
-		conf->http_host = strdup("0.0.0.0");
+
+	jtmp = json_object_get(j, "http_port");
+	if(jtmp && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_INTEGER) {
+		conf->http_port = json_integer_value(jtmp);
 	}
 
+	json_decref(j);
+
 	return conf;
 }
 
diff --git a/turnip.c b/turnip.c
index 55c6f12..adf967a 100644
--- a/turnip.c
+++ b/turnip.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	s->base = event_base_new();
 	struct evhttp *http = evhttp_new(s->base);
 	
-	s->cfg = conf_read("turnip.conf");
+	s->cfg = conf_read("turnip.json");
 
 	/* ignore sigpipe */
 #ifdef SIGPIPE
diff --git a/turnip.json b/turnip.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1227414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/turnip.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"redis_host":	"127.0.0.1",
+	"redis_port":	6379,
+
+	"http_host":	"0.0.0.0",
+	"http_port":	7379,
+
+	"disable": {
+		"255.255.255.255/32":	["DEBUG", "FLUSHDB", "FLUSHALL"]
+	}
+}