diff --git a/files/log8.jsonl b/files/log8.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f873ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/log8.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:01", "level": "WARN", "message":"Connection lost due to timeout"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:04", "level": "CRITICAL", "message": "Request processed unsuccessfully", "stacktrace": "Something went wrong\nTraceback (last line is latest):\n    sample.py: line 32\n        divide(100, 0)\n    sample.py: line 8\n        return a / b\nZeroDivisionError: division by zero"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:06", "level": "INFO", "message": "User authentication failed"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:08", "level": "DEBUG", "message": "Starting data synchronization"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:11", "level": "INFO", "message": "Processing incoming request"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:11", "level": "INFO", "message": "Processing incoming request (a little more...)"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:14", "level": "DEBUG", "message": "Performing database backup"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:16", "level": "WARN", "message": "Invalid input received: missing required field"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:19", "level": "ERROR", "message": "Failed to connect to remote server"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:22", "level": "INFO", "message": "Sending email notification"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:25", "level": "WARN", "message": "Slow response time detected"}
+{"timestamp": "2023-07-14 08:00:27", "level": "INFO", "message": "Data synchronization completed"}
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diff --git a/files/log9.jsonl b/files/log9.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e06d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/log9.jsonl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{"level": "WARN", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:01", "message":"Connection lost due to timeout"}
+{"level": "CRITICAL", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:04", "message": "Request processed unsuccessfully", "stacktrace": "Something went wrong\nTraceback (last line is latest):\n    sample.py: line 32\n        divide(100, 0)\n    sample.py: line 8\n        return a / b\nZeroDivisionError: division by zero"}
+{"level": "INFO", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:06", "message": "User authentication failed"}
+{"level": "DEBUG", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:08", "message": "Starting data synchronization"}
+{"level": "INFO", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:11", "message": "Processing incoming request"}
+{"level": "INFO", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:11", "message": "Processing incoming request (a little more...)"}
+{"level": "DEBUG", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:14", "message": "Performing database backup"}
+{"level": "WARN", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:16", "message": "Invalid input received: missing required field"}
+{"level": "ERROR", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:19", "message": "Failed to connect to remote server"}
+{"level": "INFO", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:22", "message": "Sending email notification"}
+{"level": "WARN", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:25", "message": "Slow response time detected"}
+{"level": "INFO", "LOG_TIME": "2023-07-14 08:00:27", "message": "Data synchronization completed"}
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diff --git a/logmerger/file_reading.py b/logmerger/file_reading.py
index 6ad03fe..d021080 100644
--- a/logmerger/file_reading.py
+++ b/logmerger/file_reading.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import abc
 import operator
 import types
+from typing import Any
+
+from logmerger.timestamp_wrapper import TimestampedLineTransformer
 
 
 class FileReader(abc.ABC):
@@ -253,3 +256,42 @@ def reader_guard(rdr):
 
     def _close_reader(self):
         self._close_obj.close()
+
+
+class JsonLFileReader(FileReader):
+    @classmethod
+    def _can_read(cls, fname: str) -> bool:
+        return fname.endswith(".jsonl")
+
+    def __init__(self, fname: str, encoding: str):
+        super().__init__(fname, encoding)
+        self._close_obj = open(fname, encoding=encoding, newline='')
+
+        self._iter = self.iter_file()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _find_dt_col(d: dict[str, Any], previous_key: str | None)-> tuple[str, Any]:
+        if previous_key is not None:
+            value = d.get(previous_key, "")
+            return previous_key, value
+        for key, val in d.items():
+            try:
+                tt = TimestampedLineTransformer.make_transformer_from_sample_line(str(val) + " ")
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            return key, val
+        raise ValueError("Could not find timestamp in the line")
+
+
+    def iter_file(self):
+        import json
+        time_key = None
+        for row in self._close_obj:
+            d: dict = json.loads(row)
+            time_key, timestamp_entry = self._find_dt_col(d, time_key)
+            s = "\n".join([f"{key}: {value}" for key, value in d.items() if key != time_key])
+
+            yield f"{timestamp_entry} {s}"
+
+    def _close_reader(self):
+        self._close_obj.close()
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