diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Enable syntax highlighting for Solidity
-*.sol linguist-language=Solidity
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+*.sol linguist-language=Solidity
+# Prevent Github highlighting comments in JSON files as errors
+*.json  linguist-language=JSON-with-Comments
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