diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonReader.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..033e2310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2014  Stefan Schroeder
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+package jsprit.core.problem.io;
+
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleImpl;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleType;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleTypeImpl;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Created by schroeder on 04.11.14.
+ */
+public class VrpJsonReader {
+
+    private final VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder;
+
+    private final Map<String, VehicleType> vehicle_type_map = new HashMap<String,VehicleType>();
+
+    public VrpJsonReader(VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder) {
+        this.vrpBuilder = vrpBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public void read(String jsonFile){
+
+        try {
+            ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode root = objectMapper.readTree(new File(jsonFile));
+            setFleetSize(root);
+            parse_and_map_vehicle_types(root);
+            parse_vehicles(root);
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void parse_vehicles(JsonNode root) {
+        JsonNode vehicles = root.path(JsonConstants.VEHICLES);
+        Iterator<JsonNode> vehicle_iterator = vehicles.iterator();
+        while(vehicle_iterator.hasNext()){
+            JsonNode vehicleNode = vehicle_iterator.next();
+            VehicleImpl.Builder vehicleBuilder = VehicleImpl.Builder.newInstance(vehicleNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.ID).asText());
+            VehicleType type = vehicle_type_map.get(vehicleNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.TYPE_ID).asText());
+            vehicleBuilder.setType(type);
+            vehicleBuilder.setEarliestStart(vehicleNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.EARLIEST_START).asDouble());
+            vehicleBuilder.setLatestArrival(vehicleNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.LATEST_END).asDouble());
+            vehicleBuilder.setStartLocationId(vehicleNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.START_ADDRESS).path(JsonConstants.Address.ID).asText());
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void parse_and_map_vehicle_types(JsonNode root) {
+        JsonNode types = root.path(JsonConstants.VEHICLE_TYPES);
+        Iterator<JsonNode> typeIterator = types.iterator();
+        while(typeIterator.hasNext()){
+            JsonNode typeNode = typeIterator.next();
+            VehicleTypeImpl.Builder typeBuilder = VehicleTypeImpl.Builder.newInstance(typeNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.Type.ID).asText());
+            typeBuilder.setFixedCost(typeNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.Type.FIXED_COSTS).asDouble());
+            typeBuilder.setCostPerDistance(typeNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.Type.DISTANCE).asDouble());
+            typeBuilder.setCostPerTime(typeNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.Type.TIME).asDouble());
+            JsonNode capacity = typeNode.path(JsonConstants.Vehicle.Type.CAPACITY);
+            Iterator<JsonNode> capacity_dimension_iterator = capacity.iterator();
+            int capacity_index = 0;
+            while(capacity_dimension_iterator.hasNext()){
+                JsonNode capacity_value = capacity_dimension_iterator.next();
+                int capacity_val = capacity_value.asInt();
+                typeBuilder.addCapacityDimension(capacity_index,capacity_val);
+                capacity_index++;
+            }
+            VehicleTypeImpl type = typeBuilder.build();
+            vehicle_type_map.put(type.getTypeId(),type);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void setFleetSize(JsonNode root) {
+        String fleetsize = root.path(JsonConstants.FLEET).asText();
+        if(fleetsize.equals("INFINITE")) vrpBuilder.setFleetSize(VehicleRoutingProblem.FleetSize.INFINITE);
+        else vrpBuilder.setFleetSize(VehicleRoutingProblem.FleetSize.FINITE);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonWriter.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonWriter.java
index 8e5fcc18..5e189c4b 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonWriter.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpJsonWriter.java
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ public class VrpJsonWriter {
         this.vrp = vrp;
     }
 
-    public void write(String filename){
+    public void write(String jsonfile){
         try {
-            JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory().createGenerator(new FileOutputStream(filename));
+            JsonGenerator jsonGenerator = new JsonFactory().createGenerator(new FileOutputStream(jsonfile));
             jsonGenerator.setPrettyPrinter(new DefaultPrettyPrinter());
             jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();