diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 4812aefd0..c2813e3e8 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "simple-encryptor": "^4.0.0",
     "ssh2": "^1.11.0",
+    "stream-json": "^1.8.0",
     "tar": "^6.0.5"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/shell/jsonReader.js b/packages/api/src/shell/jsonReader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e29187738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/shell/jsonReader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const stream = require('stream');
+const byline = require('byline');
+const { getLogger } = require('dbgate-tools');
+const logger = getLogger('jsonReader');
+const { parser } = require('stream-json');
+const { pick } = require('stream-json/filters/Pick');
+const { streamArray } = require('stream-json/streamers/StreamArray');
+
+class ParseStream extends stream.Transform {
+  constructor({ limitRows }) {
+    super({ objectMode: true });
+    this.wasHeader = false;
+    this.limitRows = limitRows;
+    this.rowsWritten = 0;
+  }
+  _transform(chunk, encoding, done) {
+    const obj = JSON.parse(chunk);
+    if (!this.wasHeader) {
+      this.push({
+        __isStreamHeader: true,
+        __isDynamicStructure: true,
+      });
+
+      this.wasHeader = true;
+    }
+    if (!this.limitRows || this.rowsWritten < this.limitRows) {
+      this.push(obj.value);
+      this.rowsWritten += 1;
+    }
+    done();
+  }
+}
+
+async function jsonReader({ fileName, encoding = 'utf-8', limitRows = undefined }) {
+  logger.info(`Reading file ${fileName}`);
+
+  const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(
+    fileName,
+    // @ts-ignore
+    encoding
+  );
+  const parseJsonStream = parser();
+  fileStream.pipe(parseJsonStream);
+
+  const { streamArray } = require('stream-json/streamers/StreamArray');
+  const streamArrayStream = streamArray();
+
+  parseJsonStream.pipe(streamArrayStream);
+
+  const parseStream = new ParseStream({ limitRows });
+
+  streamArrayStream.pipe(parseStream);
+
+  return parseStream;
+}
+
+module.exports = jsonReader;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts b/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
index a65aef9df..700bba3ba 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/plugins/fileformats.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const jsonFormat = {
   storageType: 'json',
   extension: 'json',
   name: 'JSON',
+  readerFunc: 'jsonReader',
   writerFunc: 'jsonArrayWriter',
 };
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 824131276..66c1a2057 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9745,6 +9745,18 @@ stoppable@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stoppable/-/stoppable-1.1.0.tgz#32da568e83ea488b08e4d7ea2c3bcc9d75015d5b"
   integrity sha512-KXDYZ9dszj6bzvnEMRYvxgeTHU74QBFL54XKtP3nyMuJ81CFYtABZ3bAzL2EdFUaEwJOBOgENyFj3R7oTzDyyw==
 
+stream-chain@^2.2.5:
+  version "2.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-chain/-/stream-chain-2.2.5.tgz#b30967e8f14ee033c5b9a19bbe8a2cba90ba0d09"
+  integrity sha512-1TJmBx6aSWqZ4tx7aTpBDXK0/e2hhcNSTV8+CbFJtDjbb+I1mZ8lHit0Grw9GRT+6JbIrrDd8esncgBi8aBXGA==
+
+stream-json@^1.8.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-json/-/stream-json-1.8.0.tgz#53f486b2e3b4496c506131f8d7260ba42def151c"
+  integrity sha512-HZfXngYHUAr1exT4fxlbc1IOce1RYxp2ldeaf97LYCOPSoOqY/1Psp7iGvpb+6JIOgkra9zDYnPX01hGAHzEPw==
+  dependencies:
+    stream-chain "^2.2.5"
+
 stream-transform@^3.3.2:
   version "3.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-transform/-/stream-transform-3.3.2.tgz#398c67b2f3b6ed5d04ceadde9e412bda8416c8ab"