diff --git a/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.cpp b/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.cpp
index 17e3c94..8e66585 100644
--- a/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,31 @@ nlohmann::json FilesystemService::readJson(const char* filepath) const {
 	return r;
 }
 
+nlohmann::ordered_json FilesystemService::readJsonOrdered(fs_file_t file) const {
+	if (!file)
+		return {};
+
+	seek(file, 0);
+
+	std::string buffer;
+	readString(file, buffer);
+
+	// disable exeptions
+	// TODO: use callback instead of readString()
+	return nlohmann::ordered_json::parse(buffer, nullptr, false);
+}
+
+nlohmann::ordered_json FilesystemService::readJsonOrdered(const char* filepath) const {
+	if (!isFile(filepath)) {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	auto h = open(filepath, READ);
+	auto r = readJsonOrdered(h);
+	close(h);
+	return r;
+}
+
 bool FilesystemService::writeJson(fs_file_t file, nlohmann::json& j, const int indent, const char indent_char) const {
 	if (!file) {
 		LOG_ERROR("writing json to invalid file");
diff --git a/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.hpp b/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.hpp
index cf55652..c9cd95b 100644
--- a/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/framework/filesystem/src/mm/services/filesystem.hpp
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class FilesystemService : public Service {
 		nlohmann::json readJson(fs_file_t file) const;
 		nlohmann::json readJson(const char* filepath) const;
 
+		nlohmann::ordered_json readJsonOrdered(fs_file_t file) const;
+		nlohmann::ordered_json readJsonOrdered(const char* filepath) const;
+
 		bool writeJson(fs_file_t file, nlohmann::json& j, const int indent = -1, const char indent_char = ' ') const;
 		bool writeJson(const char* filepath, nlohmann::json& j, const int indent = -1, const char indent_char = ' ') const;