diff --git a/push_processor/handler.py b/push_processor/handler.py
index bd9228d..d6a23b8 100644
--- a/push_processor/handler.py
+++ b/push_processor/handler.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 
 import redis
+from twisted.logger import eventsFromJSONLogFile
 
 from push_processor.aws_helpers import s3_open
 from push_processor.db import (
@@ -79,9 +80,6 @@ def process_heka_stream(redis_server, processor, stream):
 
 
 def process_json_stream(redis_server, processor, stream):
-    json_line = stream.readline()
-    while json_line:
-        msg = Message(json=json.loads(json_line))
-        processor.process_message(msg)
-        json_line = stream.readline()
+    for msg in eventsFromJSONLogFile(stream):
+        processor.process_message(Message(json=msg))
     dump_latest_messages_to_redis(redis_server, processor.latest_messages)
diff --git a/push_processor/tests/test_handler.py b/push_processor/tests/test_handler.py
index d6cfd15..9f09716 100644
--- a/push_processor/tests/test_handler.py
+++ b/push_processor/tests/test_handler.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import uuid
 
 import redis
+from mock import Mock, patch
 from nose.tools import eq_, ok_
 
 import push_messages.tests as pmtests
@@ -65,6 +66,29 @@ def test_lambda(self):
         ), None)
         eq_(result, None)
 
+    @patch("push_processor.handler.PubKeyProcessor")
+    def test_lambda_with_json(self, mock_pubkey):
+        import push_processor.handler as handler
+        mock_pubkey.return_value = mock_processor = Mock()
+        mock_processor.latest_messages = {}
+
+        handler.settings = {
+            "s3_bucket": "push-test",
+            "s3_key": "opts.js",
+            "redis_port": 6379,
+            "db_tablename": "push_messages_db",
+            "file_type": "json"
+        }
+
+        result = handler.aws_lambda(dict(
+            Records=[dict(s3=dict(
+                          bucket=dict(name="push-test"),
+                          object=dict(key="push_dash_logs.json")
+                          ))]
+        ), None)
+        eq_(result, None)
+        eq_(len(mock_processor.process_message.mock_calls), 407)
+
     def test_json_process(self):
         pkey = uuid.uuid4().hex
         from push_processor.processor.pubkey import PubKeyProcessor
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f2bdbc..2329086 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ boto3==1.2.6
 gzip_reader==0.1
 protobuf==2.6.1
 redis==2.10.5
+twisted==16.0.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 0ca4e57..86c7225 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ psutil==4.0.0
 mock==1.3.0
 nose==1.3.7
 coverage==4.0.3
+twisted==16.0.0