diff --git a/pkg/award/award.go b/pkg/award/award.go
index 9ca1026..f7600bd 100644
--- a/pkg/award/award.go
+++ b/pkg/award/award.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 package award
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -69,6 +72,80 @@ func (a T) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(ao)
 }
 
+// UnmarshalJSON decodes the JSON string b.
+func (a T) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(b)
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(r)
+	dec.UseNumber() // Don't use floats
+
+	// All this to make sure we get `[`
+	if t, err := dec.Token(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else {
+		switch token := t.(type) {
+		case json.Delim:
+			if token.String() != "[" {
+				return &json.UnmarshalTypeError{
+					Value:  token.String(),
+					Type:   reflect.TypeOf(a),
+					Offset: 0,
+				}
+			}
+		default:
+			return &json.UnmarshalTypeError{
+				Value:  fmt.Sprintf("%v", t),
+				Type:   reflect.TypeOf(a),
+				Offset: 0,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var num json.Number
+	var err error
+	if err := dec.Decode(&num); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if a.When, err = strconv.ParseInt(string(num), 10, 64); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := dec.Decode(&a.Category); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := dec.Decode(&a.TeamID); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := dec.Decode(&num); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if a.Points, err = strconv.Atoi(string(num)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// All this to make sure we get `]`
+	if t, err := dec.Token(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	} else {
+		switch token := t.(type) {
+		case json.Delim:
+			if token.String() != "]" {
+				return &json.UnmarshalTypeError{
+					Value:  token.String(),
+					Type:   reflect.TypeOf(a),
+					Offset: 0,
+				}
+			}
+		default:
+			return &json.UnmarshalTypeError{
+				Value:  fmt.Sprintf("%v", t),
+				Type:   reflect.TypeOf(a),
+				Offset: 0,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Equal returns true if two award events represent the same award.
 // Timestamps are ignored in this comparison!
 func (a T) Equal(o T) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/award/award_test.go b/pkg/award/award_test.go
index 59a9c88..d1ca716 100644
--- a/pkg/award/award_test.go
+++ b/pkg/award/award_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ func TestAward(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Different pount values compare equal")
 	}
 
-	if ja, err := a.MarshalJSON(); err != nil {
+	ja, err := a.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	} else if string(ja) != `[1536958399,"1a2b3c4d","counting",10]` {
 		t.Error("JSON wrong")
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ func TestAward(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := Parse("1 bad bad bad"); err == nil {
 		t.Error("Not throwing error on bad points")
 	}
+
+	if err := b.UnmarshalJSON(ja); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !b.Equal(a) {
+		t.Error("UnmarshalJSON didn't work")
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range []string{`12`, `"moo"`, `{"a":1}`, `[1 2 3 4]`, `[]`, `[1,"a"]`, `[1,"a","b",4, 5]`} {
+		buf := []byte(s)
+		if err := a.UnmarshalJSON(buf); err == nil {
+			t.Error("Bad unmarshal didn't return error:", s)
+		}
+	}
+
 }
 
 func TestAwardList(t *testing.T) {