diff --git a/assets/simple-route-json.json b/assets/simple-route-json.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71eaace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/simple-route-json.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+    "layerCount": 2,
+    "minTraceWidth": 0.5,
+    "obstacles": [
+      {
+        "type": "rect",
+        "layers": ["top", "bottom"],
+        "center": { "x": 50, "y": 50 },
+        "width": 10,
+        "height": 20,
+        "connectedTo": ["net1", "net2"]
+      }
+    ],
+    "connections": [
+      {
+        "name": "connection1",
+        "pointsToConnect": [
+          { "x": 0, "y": 0, "layer": "top" },
+          { "x": 10, "y": 10, "layer": "top" }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "bounds": {
+      "minX": 0,
+      "maxX": 100,
+      "minY": 0,
+      "maxY": 100
+    },
+    "traces": [
+      {
+        "type": "pcb_trace",
+        "pcb_trace_id": "trace1",
+        "route": [
+          {
+            "route_type": "wire",
+            "x": 0,
+            "y": 0,
+            "width": 0.5,
+            "layer": "top"
+          },
+          {
+            "route_type": "via",
+            "x": 10,
+            "y": 10,
+            "to_layer": "bottom",
+            "from_layer": "top"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b2a569..05929d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     "typescript": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@tscircuit/core": "^0.0.331",
+    "circuit-json": "^0.0.144",
     "zustand": "^5.0.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 3e637ea..3f526b3 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,35 @@
 import { useCallback } from "react"
 import { useStore } from "./store"
 import { CircuitJsonPreview } from "@tscircuit/runframe"
+import type { AnyCircuitElement } from "circuit-json"
+import type { SimpleRouteJson } from "@tscircuit/core"
 
 export const App = () => {
   const circuitJson = useStore((s) => s.circuitJson)
   const setCircuitJson = useStore((s) => s.setCircuitJson)
   const reset = useStore((s) => s.reset)
 
+  const convertSimpleRouteJsonToCircuitJson = (simpleRouteJson: SimpleRouteJson): AnyCircuitElement[] => {
+    const circuitJson: AnyCircuitElement[] = []
+
+    for (const connection of simpleRouteJson.connections) {
+      const trace: AnyCircuitElement = {
+        type: "pcb_trace",
+        pcb_trace_id: connection.name,
+        route: connection.pointsToConnect.map(point => ({
+          route_type: "wire",
+          x: point.x,
+          y: point.y,
+          layer: point.layer as "top" | "bottom" | "inner1" | "inner2" | "inner3" | "inner4" | "inner5" | "inner6",
+          width: simpleRouteJson.minTraceWidth,
+        })),
+      }
+      circuitJson.push(trace)
+    }
+
+    return circuitJson
+  }
+
   const handleDrop = useCallback(
     (e: React.DragEvent) => {
       e.preventDefault()
@@ -16,7 +39,12 @@ export const App = () => {
         reader.onload = (e) => {
           try {
             const json = JSON.parse(e.target?.result as string)
-            setCircuitJson(json)
+            if (json.connections && json.minTraceWidth !== undefined) {
+              const circuitJson = convertSimpleRouteJsonToCircuitJson(json)
+              setCircuitJson(circuitJson)
+            } else {
+              setCircuitJson(json)
+            }
           } catch (err) {
             console.error("Failed to parse JSON:", err)
           }
@@ -35,7 +63,12 @@ export const App = () => {
       reader.onload = (e) => {
         try {
           const json = JSON.parse(e.target?.result as string)
-          setCircuitJson(json)
+          if (json.connections && json.minTraceWidth !== undefined) {
+            const circuitJson = convertSimpleRouteJsonToCircuitJson(json)
+            setCircuitJson(circuitJson)
+          } else {
+            setCircuitJson(json)
+          }
         } catch (err) {
           console.error("Failed to parse JSON:", err)
         }