diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ceefe1..7ba50e9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 bin/Debug/*
 bin/Release/*
 build/Debug/*
-build/Release/*
\ No newline at end of file
+build/Release/*
diff --git a/bin/Debug/tempRecord b/bin/Debug/tempRecord
index f713ab2..306b997 100755
Binary files a/bin/Debug/tempRecord and b/bin/Debug/tempRecord differ
diff --git a/gmon.out b/gmon.out
index 7b8ad7b..5b64d1e 100644
Binary files a/gmon.out and b/gmon.out differ
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index f9f0b43..5d0a718 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ int8_t save_data_to_json_file(struct bme280_data *sensor_readings_data)
     char dateString[32];
     char timeString[32];
     char filename[100];
-    char jsonBuffer[1024];
     FILE *jsonFilePtr;
 
     struct json_object *parsed_json;
@@ -135,9 +134,21 @@ int8_t save_data_to_json_file(struct bme280_data *sensor_readings_data)
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", filename);
         exit(1);
     }
-    fread(jsonBuffer, 1024, 1, jsonFilePtr);
+    fseek(jsonFilePtr, 0, SEEK_END);
+    long fileSize = ftell(jsonFilePtr);
+    rewind(jsonFilePtr);
+    char *jsonBuffer = malloc(fileSize + 1);
+    if (jsonBuffer == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate buffer for %s\n", filename);
+        fclose(jsonFilePtr);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    fread(jsonBuffer, 1, fileSize, jsonFilePtr);
+    jsonBuffer[fileSize] = '\0';
 //printf("raw json read in: %s \n", jsonBuffer);
     parsed_json = json_tokener_parse(jsonBuffer);
+    free(jsonBuffer);
 
 //printf("json read in: %s \n", json_object_to_json_string(parsed_json));
 
@@ -186,8 +197,8 @@ int8_t save_data_to_json_file(struct bme280_data *sensor_readings_data)
     fseek(jsonFilePtr, 0, SEEK_SET);
     ftruncate(fileno(jsonFilePtr), 0);
     fputs(json_object_to_json_string(parsed_json), jsonFilePtr);
-printf("json to write out: %s \n", json_object_to_json_string(latest_reading_object));
-printf("new json to write out: %s \n", json_object_to_json_string(parsed_json));
+    printf("json to write out: %s \n", json_object_to_json_string(latest_reading_object));
+    printf("new json to write out: %s \n", json_object_to_json_string(parsed_json));
     fclose(jsonFilePtr);
     return 0;
 }