diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f8bc63..4b1a13d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configured like so:
 
 ```spec.json
 {
-  versions: [...],
+  versions: [...]
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/loader.c b/src/loader.c
index fc2a360..883267c 100644
--- a/src/loader.c
+++ b/src/loader.c
@@ -42,7 +42,23 @@ read_spec_json(const struct Config *const config, cJSON **parsed) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  // TODO: Need to parse the spec.json file.
+  // For simplicity, load the entire file into memory.
+  fseek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);
+  size_t file_size = ftell(handle);
+  fseek(handle, 0, SEEK_SET);
+  char *fcontent = malloc(file_size);
+  size_t read_count = fread(fcontent, 1, file_size, handle);
+  assert(read_count == file_size);
+
+  *parsed = cJSON_Parse(fcontent);
+
+  free(fcontent);
   fclose(handle);
-  assert(false);
+
+  // Can use `cJSON_GetErrorPtr()` to get the actual error message.
+  if (!*parsed) {
+    return SJE_JSON_INVALID;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/runner.c b/test/runner.c
index e512b5e..1c95d6f 100644
--- a/test/runner.c
+++ b/test/runner.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   sput_enter_suite("loader");
   sput_run_test(test_read_spec_json_missing);
+  sput_run_test(test_read_spec_json_minimal);
+  sput_run_test(test_read_spec_json_invalid);
 
   sput_finish_testing();
 
diff --git a/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/run.sh b/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c914ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "hello world"
diff --git a/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/spec.json b/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98232c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/invalid_spec_json/spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{
diff --git a/test/test_loader.h b/test/test_loader.h
index 9d94100..b9b1283 100644
--- a/test/test_loader.h
+++ b/test/test_loader.h
@@ -34,4 +34,46 @@ static void test_read_spec_json_missing() {
   free(root_dir);
 }
 
+static void test_read_spec_json_minimal() {
+  char *cwd = getcwd(0, 0);
+
+  const char *segments[] = {cwd, "test", "specs"};
+  char *root_dir = join_path_segments(sizeof(segments) / sizeof(char *), segments);
+
+  struct Config config = {
+    cwd,
+    root_dir,
+    "minimal_spec_json",
+  };
+
+  cJSON *parsed = 0;
+  enum SpecJsonError retval = read_spec_json(&config, &parsed);
+  sput_fail_unless(retval == 0, "minimal spec.json, success");
+  sput_fail_unless(parsed != 0, "minimal spec.json, parsed");
+
+  free(cwd);
+  free(root_dir);
+}
+
+static void test_read_spec_json_invalid() {
+  char *cwd = getcwd(0, 0);
+
+  const char *segments[] = {cwd, "test", "specs"};
+  char *root_dir = join_path_segments(sizeof(segments) / sizeof(char *), segments);
+
+  struct Config config = {
+    cwd,
+    root_dir,
+    "invalid_spec_json",
+  };
+
+  cJSON *parsed = 0;
+  enum SpecJsonError retval = read_spec_json(&config, &parsed);
+  sput_fail_unless(retval == SJE_JSON_INVALID, "invalid spec.json, JSON_INVALID");
+  sput_fail_unless(parsed == 0, "invalid spec.json, not parsed");
+
+  free(cwd);
+  free(root_dir);
+}
+
 #endif /* _BOOTSTRAP_TEST_LOADER */