diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/config.json b/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/config.json
index 023184a6..03064d1b 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/config.json
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/config.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"StaticTemperatureDefaultValue": "89",
 		"ThermalSimPeriod":"100",
 		"ThermalSimUnit":"us",
-		"PowerInfoFile": "powerInfo.xml",
+		"PowerInfoFile": "powerInfo.json",
 		"IceServerIp": "127.0.0.1",
 		"IceServerPort": "11880",
 		"SimPeriodAdjustFactor" : "10",
diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/powerInfo.json b/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/powerInfo.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80c12d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/resources/configs/thermalsim/powerInfo.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+	"powerInfo": {
+		"dram_die_channel0": {
+			"init_pow": "0",
+			"threshold": "1.0"
+		},
+		"dram_die_channel1": {
+			"init_pow": "0",
+			"threshold": "1.0"
+		},
+		"dram_die_channel2": {
+			"init_pow": "0",
+			"threshold": "1.0"
+		},
+		"dram_die_channel3": {
+			"init_pow": "0",
+			"threshold": "1.0"
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/TemperatureSimConfig.h b/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/TemperatureSimConfig.h
index a0505bbf..a7e9eb38 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/TemperatureSimConfig.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/TemperatureSimConfig.h
@@ -82,49 +82,49 @@ struct TemperatureSimConfig
                         + "/configs/thermalsim/"
                         + powerInfoFile;
 
-        // Load the XML file into memory and parse it
-        tinyxml2::XMLDocument xml;
-        loadXML(powerInfoFile, xml);
-        tinyxml2::XMLElement *powInfoElem = xml.FirstChildElement("powerInfo");
+        // Load the JSON file into memory and parse it
+            nlohmann::json powInfoElem = nlohmann::json::parse(std::ifstream(powerInfoFile));
 
-        if (powInfoElem == NULL) {
-            // Invalid file
-            std::string errormsg = "Invalid Power Info File " + powerInfoFile;
-            PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", errormsg);
-            SC_REPORT_FATAL("Temperature Sim Config", errormsg.c_str());
+            if (powInfoElem["powerInfo"].empty()){
+                // Invalid file
+                std::string errormsg = "Invalid Power Info File " + powerInfoFile;
+                PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", errormsg);
+                SC_REPORT_FATAL("Temperature Sim Config", errormsg.c_str());
+            }
+            else {
+                for ( auto it: powInfoElem["powerInfo"].items() ){
+
+                    // Load initial power values for all devices
+                    auto value= it.value();
+                    std::string init_pow_str = value["init_pow"];
+                    float pow = std::stof(init_pow_str);
+                    powerInitialValues.push_back(pow);
+
+                    // Load power thresholds for all devices
+                    //Changes in power dissipation that exceed the threshods
+                    //will make the thermal simulation to be executed more often)
+                    std::string thr_str = value["threshold"];
+                    float thr = std::stof(thr_str);
+                    powerThresholds.push_back(thr);
+                }
+            }
+            showTemperatureSimConfig();
         }
 
-        for (tinyxml2::XMLElement *e = powInfoElem->FirstChildElement(); e != NULL;
-                e = e->NextSiblingElement()) {
-
-            // Load initial power values for all devices
-            std::string init_pow_str = e->Attribute("init_pow");
-            float pow = std::stof(init_pow_str);
-            powerInitialValues.push_back(pow);
-
-            // Load power thresholds for all devices (changes in power dissipation that exceed the threshods will make the thermal simulation to be executed more often)
-            std::string thr_str = e->Attribute("threshold");
-            float thr = std::stof(thr_str);
-            powerThresholds.push_back(thr);
+        void showTemperatureSimConfig()
+        {
+            int i __attribute__((unused)) = 0;
+            for (auto e __attribute__((unused)) : powerInitialValues) {
+                PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", "powerInitialValues["
+                                  + std::to_string(i++) + "]: " + std::to_string(e));
+            }
+            i = 0;
+            for (auto e __attribute__((unused)) : powerThresholds) {
+                PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", "powerThreshold["
+                                  + std::to_string(i++) + "]: " + std::to_string(e));
+            }
         }
-
-        showTemperatureSimConfig();
-    }
-
-    void showTemperatureSimConfig()
-    {
-        int i __attribute__((unused)) = 0;
-        for (auto e __attribute__((unused)) : powerInitialValues) {
-            PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", "powerInitialValues["
-                              + std::to_string(i++) + "]: " + std::to_string(e));
-        }
-        i = 0;
-        for (auto e __attribute__((unused)) : powerThresholds) {
-            PRINTDEBUGMESSAGE("TemperatureSimConfig", "powerThreshold["
-                              + std::to_string(i++) + "]: " + std::to_string(e));
-        }
-    }
-};
+    };
 
 #endif // TEMPERATURESIMCONFIG_H