diff --git a/include/utils/JsonUtils.h b/include/utils/JsonUtils.h
index 9053ab41..c7ab1c61 100644
--- a/include/utils/JsonUtils.h
+++ b/include/utils/JsonUtils.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ extern String jsonWriteInt(String& json, String name, int value);
 extern String jsonWriteFloat(String& json, String name, float value);
 extern String jsonWriteBool(String& json, String name, boolean value);
 
+extern bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, unsigned long& value);
+extern bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, float& value);
 extern bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, String& value);
 extern bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, bool& value);
 extern bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, int& value);
diff --git a/src/utils/JsonUtils.cpp b/src/utils/JsonUtils.cpp
index 8e9e39a1..a02df298 100644
--- a/src/utils/JsonUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/JsonUtils.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ void jsonWriteStrDoc(DynamicJsonDocument& doc, String name, String value) {
 }
 
 // new==============================================================================
+bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, unsigned long& value) {
+    bool ret = true;
+    DynamicJsonDocument doc(JSON_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    DeserializationError error = deserializeJson(doc, json);
+    if (error) {
+        SerialPrint("EE", F("jsonRead"), error.f_str());
+        ret = false;
+    } else if (!doc.containsKey(key)) {
+        SerialPrint("EE", F("jsonRead"), key + " missing");
+        ret = false;
+    }
+    value = doc[key].as<unsigned long>();
+    return ret;
+}
+
 bool jsonRead(String& json, String key, float& value) {
     bool ret = true;
     DynamicJsonDocument doc(JSON_BUFFER_SIZE);