diff --git a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
index c8f55a6..0610812 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,17 @@
             item.second);
     }
 
+    addObjectJson(newData, systemConfiguration, jsonPointerPath, path, board);
+}
+
+void EMDBusInterface::addObjectJson(
+    nlohmann::json& newData, nlohmann::json& systemConfiguration,
+    const std::string& jsonPointerPath, const std::string& path,
+    const std::string& board)
+{
+    nlohmann::json::json_pointer ptr(jsonPointerPath);
+    nlohmann::json& base = systemConfiguration[ptr];
+    auto findExposes = base.find("Exposes");
     auto findName = newData.find("Name");
     auto findType = newData.find("Type");
     if (findName == newData.end() || findType == newData.end())
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.hpp b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.hpp
index 3e24768..1f978bc 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.hpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/dbus_interface.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
         nlohmann::json& systemConfiguration, const std::string& jsonPointerPath,
         const std::string& path, const std::string& board);
 
+    // @brief: same as 'addObject', but operates on json
+    void addObjectJson(nlohmann::json& newData,
+                       nlohmann::json& systemConfiguration,
+                       const std::string& jsonPointerPath,
+                       const std::string& path, const std::string& board);
+
     boost::asio::io_context& io;
     sdbusplus::asio::object_server& objServer;