diff --git a/Gomfile b/Gomfile
index 4edf1f01..8c96c1ea 100644
--- a/Gomfile
+++ b/Gomfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 gom 'github.com/AlekSi/pointer', :commit => '5f6d527dae3d678b46fbb20331ddf44e2b841943'
 gom 'github.com/awalterschulze/gographviz', :commit => '20d1f693416d9be045340150094aa42035a41c9e'
 gom 'github.com/cheggaaa/pb', :commit => '2c1b74620cc58a81ac152ee2d322e28c806d81ed'
+gom 'github.com/DisposaBoy/JsonConfigReader', :commit => '33a99fdf1d5ee1f79b5077e9c06f955ad356d5f4'
 gom 'github.com/gin-gonic/gin', :commit => 'b1758d3bfa09e61ddbc1c9a627e936eec6a170de'
 gom 'github.com/jlaffaye/ftp', :commit => 'fec71e62e457557fbe85cefc847a048d57815d76'
 gom 'github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter', :commit => '46807412fe50aaceb73bb57061c2230fd26a1640'
diff --git a/deb/uploaders.go b/deb/uploaders.go
index 37f30add..71189139 100644
--- a/deb/uploaders.go
+++ b/deb/uploaders.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package deb
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/DisposaBoy/JsonConfigReader"
 	"github.com/smira/aptly/utils"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +20,23 @@ type Uploaders struct {
 	Rules  []UploadersRule     `json:"rules"`
 }
 
+// NewUploadersFromFile loads Uploaders structue from .json file
+func NewUploadersFromFile(path string) (*Uploaders, error) {
+	uploaders = &deb.Uploaders{}
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading uploaders file: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	err = json.NewDecoder(JsonConfigReader.New(f)).Decode(&uploaders)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading uploaders file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return uploaders, nil
+}
+
 func (u *Uploaders) expandGroupsInternal(items []string, trail []string) []string {
 	result := []string{}