diff --git a/src/tasks/mod.rs b/src/tasks/mod.rs
index 564d44f..21cc246 100644
--- a/src/tasks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
+use crate::utils::parse::Testcases;
+
 mod tasks01;
+
+pub fn task_distrubute(testcases: Testcases) {
+    for testcase in testcases.testcases {
+        //match testcase {}
+        todo!();
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn task_deploy() {
+    todo!();
+}
diff --git a/src/test_json/parse_example.json b/src/test_json/parse_example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d17e60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test_json/parse_example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+"testcases": {
+"b856d760-023d-4b00-bad2-15d2b6da22fe": {
+"action": "add_numbers",
+"arguments": {
+"number1": 123,
+"number2": 234
+}
+},
+"254eaee7-05fd-4e0d-8292-9b658a852245": {
+"action": "add_numbers",
+"arguments": {
+"number1": 333,
+"number2": 444
+}
+},
+"affbf4fc-4d2a-41e3-afe0-a79e1d174781": {
+"action": "subtract_numbers",
+"arguments": {
+"number1": 999,
+"number2": 121212
+}
+}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/parse.rs b/src/utils/parse.rs
index aa3afd5..92597f6 100644
--- a/src/utils/parse.rs
+++ b/src/utils/parse.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,48 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_json::Value;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::{Result, Value};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Testcases {
-    testcase: Vec<Testcase>,
+    pub testcases: HashMap<String, Testcase>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Testcase {
-    uuid: String,
-    action: String,
-    arguments: Value,
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    pub action: String,
+    pub arguments: Value,
+}
+
+pub fn parse_json(json: String) -> Result<Testcases> {
+    let deserialised: Testcases = serde_json::from_str(&json)?;
+    Ok(deserialised)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::fs;
+
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    // Note this useful idiom: importing names from outer (for mod tests) scope.
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_json_parsing() {
+        let json = fs::read_to_string("src/test_json/parse_example.json").unwrap();
+        let parsed = parse_json(json).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            !parsed.testcases.is_empty(),
+            "Testcases struct was: {:?}",
+            parsed.testcases
+        );
+        assert!(
+            !parsed
+                .testcases
+                .contains_key("\"b856d760-023d-4b00-bad2-15d2b6da22fe\""),
+            "Testcases first element was: {:?}",
+            parsed.testcases
+        );
+    }
+}