diff --git a/control/json/Makefile.am b/control/json/Makefile.am
index 84be4a4..b87b0db 100644
--- a/control/json/Makefile.am
+++ b/control/json/Makefile.am
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 
 libfan_control_json_la_SOURCES = \
 	manager.cpp \
-	profiles.cpp
+	profile.cpp
diff --git a/control/json/profiles.cpp b/control/json/profile.cpp
similarity index 73%
rename from control/json/profiles.cpp
rename to control/json/profile.cpp
index 289d77f..f7f80b1 100644
--- a/control/json/profiles.cpp
+++ b/control/json/profile.cpp
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-#include "profiles.hpp"
+#include "profile.hpp"
 
-#include "json_config.hpp"
-#include "json_parser.hpp"
-
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
 
 namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
 {
 
-Profiles::Profiles(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus)
-{
-    _jsonObj = fan::JsonConfig::load(
-        fan::JsonConfig::getConfFile(bus, confAppName, confFileName));
-}
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+Profile::Profile(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const json& jsonObj) :
+    ConfigBase(jsonObj), _bus(bus)
+{}
 
 } // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
diff --git a/control/json/profile.hpp b/control/json/profile.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed80226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/json/profile.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2020 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "config_base.hpp"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
+{
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+/**
+ * @class Profile - Represents a configured fan control profile
+ *
+ * Fan control profiles are optional, therefore the "profiles.json" file is
+ * also optional. A profile can be used to load specific fan control events
+ * based on the configuration of the profile. Fan control events configured
+ * with no profile(s) are always used and events configured for a specified
+ * profile are included when that profile is enabled.
+ *
+ * When no profiles exist, all configured fan control events are used.
+ */
+class Profile : public ConfigBase
+{
+  public:
+    /* JSON file name for profiles */
+    static constexpr auto confFileName = "profiles.json";
+
+    Profile() = delete;
+    Profile(const Profile&) = delete;
+    Profile(Profile&&) = delete;
+    Profile& operator=(const Profile&) = delete;
+    Profile& operator=(Profile&&) = delete;
+    ~Profile() = default;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * Parses and populates a zone profile from JSON object data
+     *
+     * @param[in] bus - sdbusplus bus object
+     * @param[in] jsonObj - JSON object
+     */
+    Profile(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const json& jsonObj);
+
+  private:
+    /* The sdbusplus bus object */
+    sdbusplus::bus::bus& _bus;
+};
+
+} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
diff --git a/control/json/profiles.hpp b/control/json/profiles.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f6ba56e..0000000
--- a/control/json/profiles.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright © 2020 IBM Corporation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-#pragma once
-
-#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
-
-namespace phosphor::fan::control::json
-{
-
-using json = nlohmann::json;
-
-class Profiles
-{
-  public:
-    Profiles() = delete;
-    Profiles(const Profiles&) = delete;
-    Profiles(Profiles&&) = delete;
-    Profiles& operator=(const Profiles&) = delete;
-    Profiles& operator=(Profiles&&) = delete;
-    ~Profiles() = default;
-
-    /**
-     * Constructor
-     * Parses and populates the zone profiles from a json file
-     *
-     * @param[in] bus - sdbusplus bus object
-     */
-    explicit Profiles(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus);
-
-  private:
-    /* JSON file name for profiles */
-    static constexpr auto confFileName = "profiles.json";
-
-    /* The parsed JSON object */
-    json _jsonObj;
-};
-
-} // namespace phosphor::fan::control::json