diff --git a/presence/json_config.hpp b/presence/json_config.hpp
index b027dba..a369bd5 100644
--- a/presence/json_config.hpp
+++ b/presence/json_config.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <memory>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <sdeventplus/source/signal.hpp>
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "rpolicy.hpp"
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
 namespace presence
 {
 
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 using policies = std::vector<std::unique_ptr<RedundancyPolicy>>;
 
@@ -57,11 +60,24 @@
          */
         static const policies& get();
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Callback function to handle receiving a HUP signal to
+         * reload the json configuration.
+         *
+         * @param[in] sigSrc - sd_event_source signal wrapper
+         * @param[in] sigInfo - signal info on signal fd
+         */
+        void sighupHandler(sdeventplus::source::Signal& sigSrc,
+                           const struct signalfd_siginfo* sigInfo);
+
     private:
 
         /* Fan presence policies */
         static policies _policies;
 
+        /* Default json configuration file */
+        const fs::path _defaultFile;
+
         /* List of Fan objects to have presence policies */
         std::vector<fanPolicy> _fans;
 
@@ -75,6 +91,11 @@
         static const std::map<std::string, rpolicyHandler> _rpolicies;
 
         /**
+         * @brief Load the json config file
+         */
+        void load();
+
+        /**
          * @brief Process the json config to extract the defined fan presence
          * policies.
          *
@@ -83,11 +104,15 @@
         void process(const json& jsonConf);
 
         /**
-         * @brief Add to the list of policies of presence detection
+         * @brief Get the redundancy policy of presence detection for a fan
          *
-         * @param[in] rpolicy - policy to add
+         * @param[in] rpolicy - policy type to construct
+         * @param[in] fpolicy - fan policy object
+         *
+         * @return - The constructed redundancy policy type for the fan
          */
-        void addPolicy(const json& rpolicy);
+        std::unique_ptr<RedundancyPolicy> getPolicy(const json& rpolicy,
+                                                    const fanPolicy& fpolicy);
 };
 
 /**