diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b22fb9..dc14416 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.16.0"
@@ -194,6 +203,25 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16b80225097f2e5ae4e7179dd2266824648f3e2f49d9134d584b76389d31c4c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive-deref-rs"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -205,6 +233,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -327,6 +365,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -616,7 +664,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
+ "serde_json5",
+ "thiserror 1.0.68",
  "tribool",
 ]
 
@@ -626,7 +675,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0395df40b27e5b44d89befbf479c06df7554c0af28674fa663aebd8e0d8f400c"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.68",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -826,6 +875,51 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "2.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b7cafe60d6cf8e62e1b9b2ea516a089c008945bb5a275416789e7db0bc199dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "thiserror 2.0.9",
+ "ucd-trie",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "2.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "816518421cfc6887a0d62bf441b6ffb4536fcc926395a69e1a85852d4363f57e"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_generator",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_generator"
+version = "2.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d1396fd3a870fc7838768d171b4616d5c91f6cc25e377b673d714567d99377b"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_meta",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.87",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_meta"
+version = "2.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1e58089ea25d717bfd31fb534e4f3afcc2cc569c70de3e239778991ea3b7dea"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "pest",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1049,6 +1143,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json5"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32a6b754515e1a7bd79fc2edeaecee526fc80cb3a918607e5ca149225a3a9586"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1061,6 +1166,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "793db75ad2bcafc3ffa7c68b215fee268f537982cd901d132f89c6343f3a3dc8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1198,7 +1314,16 @@ version = "1.0.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "02dd99dc800bbb97186339685293e1cc5d9df1f8fae2d0aecd9ff1c77efea892"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.68",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f072643fd0190df67a8bab670c20ef5d8737177d6ac6b2e9a236cb096206b2cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1212,6 +1337,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b50fa271071aae2e6ee85f842e2e28ba8cd2c5fb67f11fcb1fd70b276f9e7d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.87",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -1310,6 +1446,18 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-trie"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -1357,6 +1505,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a583a5..b93bcd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ idmangler-lib = "0.4.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_json5 = "0.1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.68"
 tribool = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c054ec3..b5c4373 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -258,22 +258,25 @@ fn cook(
 }
 
 fn load_jsonconfig(path: &String) -> Result<Jsonconfig, Errorfr> {
-    serde_json::from_reader(fs::File::open(path).map_err(|_| Errorfr::ItemJsonMissing)?)
-        .map_err(Errorfr::ItemJsonCorrupt)
+    serde_json5::from_reader(
+        &mut fs::File::open(path)
+            .map_err(|_| Errorfr::ItemJsonMissing)?
+    )
+    .map_err(|_| Errorfr::ItemJsonCorrupt)
 }
 fn load_idkeys(executable_path: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, u8>, Errorfr> {
     // id_keys.json
-    serde_json::from_reader(
-        fs::File::open(executable_path.to_owned() + "/id_keys.json")
-            .map_err(|_| Errorfr::IDMapJsonMissing)?,
+    serde_json5::from_reader(
+        &mut fs::File::open(executable_path.to_owned() + "/id_keys.json")
+            .map_err(|_| Errorfr::IDMapJsonMissing)?
     )
     .map_err(|_| Errorfr::IDMapJsonCorrupt)
 }
 fn load_shinystats(executable_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<Shinystruct>, Errorfr> {
     // shiny_stats.json
-    serde_json::from_reader(
-        fs::File::open(executable_path.to_owned() + "/shiny_stats.json")
-            .map_err(|_| Errorfr::ShinyJsonMissing)?,
+    serde_json5::from_reader(
+        &mut fs::File::open(executable_path.to_owned() + "/shiny_stats.json")
+            .map_err(|_| Errorfr::ShinyJsonMissing)?
     )
     .map_err(|_| Errorfr::ShinyJsonCorrupt)
 }