diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 1ea09ad..d070a2c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import { Sequelize, DataTypes } from "sequelize";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { handler as ssrHandler } from "./dist/server/entry.mjs";
 import multer from "multer";
-import config from "./config.json" assert { type: "json" };
+import fs from "fs";
 
+const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("config.json", "utf8"));
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 const app = express();
diff --git a/test_upload.js b/test_upload.js
index 79a1b25..cb36245 100644
--- a/test_upload.js
+++ b/test_upload.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // This is a test file to upload files to the Nebula server
 import { FormData, File } from "formdata-node";
 import { fileFromPath } from "formdata-node/file-from-path";
-import config from "./config.json" assert { type: "json" };
+import fs from "fs";
 
+const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("config.json", "utf8"));
 const form = new FormData();
 // const file = new File(["My hovercraft is full of eels"], "example.txt");