diff --git a/cbutil/__init__.py b/cbutil/__init__.py
index b0700ed2b3570dbd2b6d8bb60a93e6af99a3d002..8d2139f85b74cf8ea0ed73b2673380fab4f8d328 100644
--- a/cbutil/__init__.py
+++ b/cbutil/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .upload import DBConfig, Uploader
 from .processing_functions import mesa_pd_text
 from .postprocessing import *
-from .util import read_file_line_wise, time_conversion
+from .util import read_file_line_wise, time_conversion, file_time_to_sec, get_from_nested_dict
 from .data_points import DataPoint, data_point_factory
 from .get_job_info import get_url_from_env, get_job_datapoints
diff --git a/cbutil/postprocessing/__init__.py b/cbutil/postprocessing/__init__.py
index 035ee908616633cf23a067a882795ae8abf63aba..5f06c8e5c0687fa9ddd5c24788de58f6f359a31a 100644
--- a/cbutil/postprocessing/__init__.py
+++ b/cbutil/postprocessing/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-from .plain_text import process_linewise, iterate_csv
+from .plain_text import process_linewise, iterate_csv, json2dict
 from .sqlite import sqlite_context, query_complete_table, build_iterate_query, iterate_all_tables
 from .sqlite_helper import query_builder
diff --git a/cbutil/postprocessing/plain_text.py b/cbutil/postprocessing/plain_text.py
index 083f9184f2d1273440dc7b4e5287ce214b7367e9..389531a968e4c7deaa76a98e242538572d8fedc8 100644
--- a/cbutil/postprocessing/plain_text.py
+++ b/cbutil/postprocessing/plain_text.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import csv
+import json
 from collections import abc
 from typing import Callable, Iterable
 
@@ -30,3 +31,8 @@ class CSVIterator(abc.Iterable):
         with open(self.file_name, "r") as in_file:
             for row in csv.DictReader(in_file):
                 yield row
+
+
+def json2dict(path: str) -> dict:
+    with open(path, "r") as json_file:
+        return json.load(json_file)
diff --git a/cbutil/util.py b/cbutil/util.py
index d42acf3995af5ed901bf9ebad591547848836ab6..01cf6f72df025371d147f44bb3f6c0d3709d83c6 100644
--- a/cbutil/util.py
+++ b/cbutil/util.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import git
+import logging
+import operator
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
-
-from typing import Union, Tuple
+from functools import reduce
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Tuple, Union
 
-import logging
+import git
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
@@ -68,3 +69,7 @@ def time_conversion(time_stamp, *, pattern="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"):
         dt = datetime.fromisoformat(time_stamp)
 
     return int(dt.timestamp())
+
+
+def get_from_nested_dict(nested_dict, keys):
+    return reduce(operator.getitem, keys, nested_dict)