diff --git a/config.cc b/config.cc
index 077c1b9..cba8c7a 100644
--- a/config.cc
+++ b/config.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl.h>
 #include <google/protobuf/text_format.h>
+#include <google/protobuf/util/json_util.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <sys/personality.h>
@@ -310,24 +311,27 @@ static void logHandler(
 bool parseFile(nsjconf_t* nsjconf, const char* file) {
 	LOG_D("Parsing configuration from '%s'", file);
 
-	int fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(file, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
-	if (fd == -1) {
+	google::protobuf::SetLogHandler(logHandler);
+
+	std::ifstream ifs(file);
+	if (!ifs.is_open()) {
 		PLOG_W("Couldn't open config file '%s'", file);
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	google::protobuf::SetLogHandler(logHandler);
-	google::protobuf::io::FileInputStream input(fd);
-	input.SetCloseOnDelete(true);
+	std::string conf((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(ifs)), (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
 
 	/* Use static so we can get c_str() pointers, and copy them into the nsjconf struct */
 	static nsjail::NsJailConfig nsc;
 
-	auto parser = google::protobuf::TextFormat::Parser();
-	if (!parser.Parse(&input, &nsc)) {
-		LOG_W("Couldn't parse file '%s' from Text into ProtoBuf", file);
-		return false;
+	auto status = google::protobuf::util::JsonStringToMessage(conf, &nsc);
+	if (!status.ok()) {
+		if (!google::protobuf::TextFormat::ParseFromString(conf, &nsc)) {
+			LOG_W("Couldn't parse file '%s' from Text or JSON into ProtoBuf", file);
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
+
 	if (!parseInternal(nsjconf, nsc)) {
 		LOG_W("Couldn't parse the ProtoBuf from '%s'", file);
 		return false;
diff --git a/configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.json b/configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a06522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/bash-with-fake-geteuid.json
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+{
+  "name": "bash-with-fake-geteuid",
+  "description": [
+    "An example/demo policy which allows to execute /bin/bash and other commands in ",
+    "a fairly restricted jail containing only some directories from the main ",
+    "system, and with blocked __NR_syslog syscall. Also, __NR_geteuid returns -1337 ",
+    "value, which /usr/bin/id will show as euid=4294965959, and ptrace is blocked ",
+    "but returns success, hence strange behavior of the strace command. ",
+    "This is an example/demo policy, hence it repeats many default values from the ",
+    "https://github.com/google/nsjail/blob/master/config.proto PB schema "
+  ],
+  "mode": "ONCE",
+  "hostname": "JAILED-BASH",
+  "cwd": "/tmp",
+  "port": 31337,
+  "bindhost": "127.0.0.1",
+  "maxConnsPerIp": 10,
+  "timeLimit": 100,
+  "daemon": false,
+  "maxCpus": 1,
+  "keepEnv": false,
+  "envar": [
+    "ENVAR1=VALUE1",
+    "ENVAR2=VALUE2",
+    "TERM=linux",
+    "HOME=/",
+    "PS1=[\\H:\\t:\\s-\\V:\\w]\\$ "
+  ],
+  "keepCaps": true,
+  "cap": [
+    "CAP_NET_ADMIN",
+    "CAP_NET_RAW"
+  ],
+  "silent": false,
+  "skipSetsid": true,
+  "stderrToNull": false,
+  "passFd": [
+    100,
+    3
+  ],
+  "disableNoNewPrivs": false,
+  "rlimitAs": "128",
+  "rlimitCore": "0",
+  "rlimitCpu": "10",
+  "rlimitFsize": "0",
+  "rlimitNofile": "32",
+  "rlimitNprocType": "SOFT",
+  "rlimitStackType": "SOFT",
+  "personaAddrCompatLayout": false,
+  "personaMmapPageZero": false,
+  "personaReadImpliesExec": false,
+  "personaAddrLimit3gb": false,
+  "personaAddrNoRandomize": false,
+  "cloneNewnet": true,
+  "cloneNewuser": true,
+  "cloneNewns": true,
+  "cloneNewpid": true,
+  "cloneNewipc": true,
+  "cloneNewuts": true,
+  "cloneNewcgroup": true,
+  "uidmap": [
+    {
+      "insideId": "0",
+      "outsideId": "",
+      "count": 1
+    }
+  ],
+  "gidmap": [
+    {
+      "insideId": "0",
+      "outsideId": "",
+      "count": 1
+    }
+  ],
+  "mountProc": false,
+  "mount": [
+    {
+      "src": "/lib",
+      "dst": "/lib",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/bin",
+      "dst": "/bin",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/sbin",
+      "dst": "/sbin",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/usr",
+      "dst": "/usr",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/lib64",
+      "dst": "/lib64",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false,
+      "mandatory": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/lib32",
+      "dst": "/lib32",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": false,
+      "mandatory": false
+    },
+    {
+      "dst": "/tmp",
+      "fstype": "tmpfs",
+      "isBind": false,
+      "rw": true,
+      "nosuid": true,
+      "nodev": true,
+      "noexec": true
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/dev/null",
+      "dst": "/dev/null",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "rw": true
+    },
+    {
+      "dst": "/proc",
+      "fstype": "proc",
+      "rw": false
+    },
+    {
+      "srcContent": "VGhpcyBmaWxlIHdhcyBjcmVhdGVkIGR5bmFtaWNhbGx5",
+      "dst": "/DYNAMIC_FILE"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/nonexistent_777",
+      "dst": "/nonexistent_777",
+      "isBind": true,
+      "mandatory": false
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/proc/self/fd",
+      "dst": "/dev/fd",
+      "isSymlink": true
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "/some/unimportant/target",
+      "dst": "/proc/no/symlinks/can/be/created/in/proc",
+      "mandatory": false,
+      "isSymlink": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "seccompString": [
+    "ERRNO(1337) { geteuid }\t",
+    "ERRNO(1) { ptrace, sched_setaffinity }\t\t",
+    "KILL_PROCESS { syslog }\t\t",
+    "DEFAULT ALLOW\t\t\t"
+  ],
+  "execBin": {
+    "path": "/bin/bash",
+    "arg": [
+      "-i"
+    ],
+    "arg0": "sh"
+  }
+}