diff --git a/node.js b/node.js
index bf2a21d..0260319 100644
--- a/node.js
+++ b/node.js
@@ -350,13 +350,20 @@ function executeLoad (/*String*/path, /*LoadingFile*/loadingFile) {
                 setTimeout(boundError, 0);
             }
             break;
+        case Type.json:
+            try {
+                const json = require("./" + path);
+                this._loadedFiles.add(path);
+                setTimeout(onLoaded.bind(this, path, json), 0);
+            } catch (e) {
+                this._errors.set(path, e);
+                setTimeout(boundError, 0);
+            }
+            break;
         case Type.css:
             setTimeout(boundLoad, 0);   //todo just for now, don't know what to do yet with css here
             //getStylesheetWithTag(path, boundLoad, boundError, this._config.seed);
             break;
-        case Type.json:
-            //getByXHR(path, boundLoad, boundError, "json", this._config.seed);
-            break;
         case Type.binary:
             //getByXHR(path, boundLoad, boundError, "arraybuffer", this._config.seed);
             break;
@@ -375,9 +382,9 @@ function notifyProgressSubscribers() {
     }
 }
 
-function onLoaded(/*String*/path, /*HTMLScriptElement*/event) {
+function onLoaded(/*String*/path, /*any*/value) {
     if (this._moduleErrors.length)
-        return onModuleError.call(this, path, event);
+        return onModuleError.call(this, path, value);
 
     const loading = this._loadingFiles.get(path);
     this._loadedFiles.add(path);
@@ -385,7 +392,7 @@ function onLoaded(/*String*/path, /*HTMLScriptElement*/event) {
         case Type.json:
         case Type.binary:
         case Type.text:
-            this._loadedAssets.set(loading.originalName, event.target.response);
+            this._loadedAssets.set(loading.originalName, value);
             break;
     }
     loading.callSuccessHandlers(callCallback, this);
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 32feff5..fbbd78e 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ function test () {
                 log("Value returned from additional module is correct");
             else
                 log("Value returned from additional module is \"" + module + "\", which is incorrect");
+
+            const json = mimicry.getAsset("simple");
+            if (json instanceof Object && json.I === "am")
+                log("loaded by one of the modules asset (json) is present and valid");
+            else
+                log("loaded by one of the modules asset (json) is not present or invalid");
+
         });
         log("Successfully launched Mimicry empty module");
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index 9eea9c7..2e9667a 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ function test () {
                 log("Value returned from additional module is correct");
             else
                 log("Value returned from additional module is \"" + module + "\", which is incorrect");
+
+            const json = mimicry.getAsset("simple");
+            if (json instanceof Object && json.I === "am")
+                log("loaded by one of the modules asset (json) is present and valid");
+            else
+                log("loaded by one of the modules asset (json) is not present or invalid");
         });
         log("Successfully launched Mimicry empty module");
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/module.js b/test/module.js
index f2511b3..934bb24 100644
--- a/test/module.js
+++ b/test/module.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 "use strict";
 mimicry.module([
     "terminalModule",
+    "simple",           Mimicry.Type.json,
     "background",       Mimicry.Type.css
-], function (global, [terminalModule]) {
-    return terminalModule === "terminal";
+], function (global, [terminalModule, simple]) {
+    return terminalModule === "terminal" && simple.a[4] === 115;
 });
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diff --git a/test/simple.json b/test/simple.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61d80a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "I": "am",
+  "a": [
+    "simple",
+    true,
+    true,
+    "json",
+    115
+  ]
+}
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