diff --git a/app/Jobs/Util/Import.php b/app/Jobs/Util/Import.php
index 586ec2d90a8f..fbbb8c7ab094 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Util/Import.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Util/Import.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class Import implements ShouldQueue
     /**
      * @var array
      */
-    private $data;
+    private $data; //the file path - using a different JSON parser here.
 
     /**
      * @var Company
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Import implements ShouldQueue
      * @param User $user
      * @param array $resources
      */
-    public function __construct(array $data, Company $company, User $user, array $resources = [])
+    public function __construct(string $data, Company $company, User $user, array $resources = [])
     {
         $this->data = $data;
         $this->company = $company;
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ class Import implements ShouldQueue
     {
         set_time_limit(0);
 
-info(print_r(array_keys($this->data),1));
+        $jsonStream = \JsonMachine\JsonMachine::fromFile($this->data, "/data");
 
-        foreach ($this->data as $key => $resource) {
+        foreach ($jsonStream as $key => $resource) {
             if (! in_array($key, $this->available_imports)) {
                 //throw new ResourceNotAvailableForMigration("Resource {$key} is not available for migration.");
                 info("Resource {$key} is not available for migration.");
@@ -779,8 +779,8 @@ info(print_r(array_keys($this->data),1));
     }
 
     private function processPayments(array $data): void
-    {info(print_r($this->ids,1));
-
+    {
+    
         Payment::reguard();
 
         $rules = [
diff --git a/app/Jobs/Util/StartMigration.php b/app/Jobs/Util/StartMigration.php
index b3cb4e6540fc..f80e963c6adb 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Util/StartMigration.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Util/StartMigration.php
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ class StartMigration implements ShouldQueue
                 throw new NonExistingMigrationFile('Migration file does not exist, or it is corrupted.');
             }
 
-            $data = json_decode(file_get_contents($file), 1);
-
-            Import::dispatchNow($data['data'], $this->company, $this->user);
+            //$data = json_decode(file_get_contents($file), 1);
+            //Import::dispatchNow($data['data'], $this->company, $this->user);
+            Import::dispatchNow($file, $this->company, $this->user);
         } catch (NonExistingMigrationFile | ProcessingMigrationArchiveFailed | ResourceNotAvailableForMigration | MigrationValidatorFailed | ResourceDependencyMissing $e) {
 
             Mail::to($this->user)->send(new MigrationFailed($e, $e->getMessage()));
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8b9865fa9164..d64163f2f0b6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         "fzaninotto/faker": "^1.4",
         "google/apiclient": "^2.7",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
+        "halaxa/json-machine": "^0.4.0",
         "hashids/hashids": "^3.0",
         "intervention/image": "^2.5",
         "laracasts/presenter": "^0.2.1",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index e5bd8516b38a..ddd667c09f91 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "7e448a70f9bd66e655c3a9dab1159d66",
+    "content-hash": "a178576541f03dbaf5e757fb4c89b474",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "asgrim/ofxparser",
@@ -2287,6 +2287,54 @@
             },
             "time": "2020-09-30T07:37:11+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "halaxa/json-machine",
+            "version": "0.4.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/halaxa/json-machine.git",
+                "reference": "b99d7a9a1efc8ba633da4581cf079b3a6f1ed219"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/halaxa/json-machine/zipball/b99d7a9a1efc8ba633da4581cf079b3a6f1ed219",
+                "reference": "b99d7a9a1efc8ba633da4581cf079b3a6f1ed219",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.6"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "ext-json": "*",
+                "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^6",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.7.27"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "JsonMachine\\": "src/"
+                },
+                "files": [
+                    "src/functions.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "Apache-2.0"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Filip Halaxa",
+                    "email": "filip@halaxa.cz"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Efficient, easy-to-use and fast JSON pull parser",
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/halaxa/json-machine/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/halaxa/json-machine/tree/0.4.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2020-11-09T13:28:55+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "hashids/hashids",
             "version": "3.0.0",