diff --git a/vpd-manager/include/listener.hpp b/vpd-manager/include/listener.hpp
index de75b8b..9a6d627 100644
--- a/vpd-manager/include/listener.hpp
+++ b/vpd-manager/include/listener.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "types.hpp"
 #include "worker.hpp"
 
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/asio/object_server.hpp>
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -123,5 +124,8 @@
 
     // Map of inventory path to Present property match object
     types::FruPresenceMatchObjectMap m_fruPresenceMatchObjectMap;
+
+    // Parsed correlated properties JSON.
+    nlohmann::json m_correlatedPropJson{};
 };
 } // namespace vpd
diff --git a/vpd-manager/src/listener.cpp b/vpd-manager/src/listener.cpp
index 333ace3..bc9ef94 100644
--- a/vpd-manager/src/listener.cpp
+++ b/vpd-manager/src/listener.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@
 {
     try
     {
+        m_correlatedPropJson =
+            jsonUtility::getParsedJson(i_correlatedPropJsonFile);
+        if (m_correlatedPropJson.empty())
+        {
+            throw JsonException("Failed to parse correlated properties JSON",
+                                i_correlatedPropJsonFile);
+        }
         /* TODO:
         Parse correlated_properties JSON, and register callback for all
         interfaces under all services */