diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 991374ba..b4e97af0 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import io
+import json
 import uuid
 import jwt
 import ereuse_utils
@@ -166,6 +167,11 @@ def file(name: str) -> dict:
     return json_encode(yaml2json(name))
 
 
+def file_json(name):
+    with Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('files').joinpath(name).open() as f:
+        return json.loads(f.read())
+
+
 def file_workbench(name: str) -> dict:
     """Opens and parses a YAML file from the ``files`` subdir."""
     with Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('workbench_files').joinpath(name + '.json').open() as f: