diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a6dec46..ce731c7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-				"strip-bom": "^4.0.0",
-				"strip-json-comments": "^3.0.1"
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+			"integrity": "sha1-hX/Kv8M5fSYluCKCYuhqp6ARsF0=",
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 			"integrity": "sha1-MAV0OOrGz3+MR2fzhkjWaX11yQM=",
+			"dev": true,
 			"requires": {
 				"minimist": "0.0.8"
 			}
@@ -1336,15 +1300,6 @@
 				"callsites": "^3.0.0"
 			}
 		},
-		"parse-json": {
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@@ -1617,11 +1572,6 @@
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-		"strip-bom": {
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-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-4.0.0.tgz",
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 		"strip-json-comments": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b98d5dd..7975e61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
-    "jsonc": "^2.0.0",
+    "jsonc-parser": "^2.1.0",
     "vsls": "^0.3.1291"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/settingsHelper.ts b/src/settingsHelper.ts
index 456715a..9cd3673 100755
--- a/src/settingsHelper.ts
+++ b/src/settingsHelper.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { Settings } from "./services/config";
-import { jsonc } from "jsonc";
+import * as jsonc from "jsonc-parser";
 
 export enum OsType {
   Windows = 1,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default class SettingsHelper {
 
     let newSettings = Object.assign({}, existingSettings, update);
 
-    let settingsAsJson = jsonc.stringify(newSettings, { space: 4 });
+    let settingsAsJson = JSON.stringify(newSettings, null, 4);
 
     await fs.writeFile(this.getSettingsPath(), settingsAsJson, {
       encoding: "utf8"