diff --git a/livesync/livesync.py b/livesync/livesync.py
index 2c9ab63..2541c09 100755
--- a/livesync/livesync.py
+++ b/livesync/livesync.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import asyncio
-import json
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
+import pyjson5
+
 from livesync import Folder, Mutex, Target
 
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ async def async_main() -> None:
 
     folders: List[Folder] = []
     if source.is_file():
-        workspace = json.loads(source.read_text())
+        workspace = pyjson5.decode(source.read_text())
         paths = [Path(f['path']) for f in workspace['folders']]
         folders = [Folder(p, target) for p in paths if p.is_dir()]
     else:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2bd9cfd..03334cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pathspec
+pyjson5
 watchfiles
-pathspec
\ No newline at end of file