Reading json file with pattrstorage

Hi all, I have succesfully used pattrstorage in a patcher binding it to different numbers and saving them in a json file. Now I want to access that data stored in another patcher. When I choose the saved json file to read from in the new pattrstorage object though, it does not load the stored data. I send dump, or get clientlist messages and it seems to be empty. I only want to READ the data previously stored by another patcher with pattrstorage, I don't need to update any client. Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks,
~nat