diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3845e16..fe207dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tscpaths",
-  "version": "0.0.9",
+  "version": "0.0.10",
   "description": "Replace absolute paths to relative paths after typescript compilation",
   "main": "cjs/index.js",
   "module": "lib/index.js",
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^2.20.0",
-    "globby": "^9.2.0"
+    "globby": "^9.2.0",
+    "strip-json-comments": "^3.1.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index e289245..d63e952 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'path';
+import * as stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
 
 /*
 "baseUrl": ".",
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ export const mapPaths = (
 };
 
 export const loadConfig = (file: string): ITSConfig => {
+  const configString = fs.readFileSync(file).toString();
   const {
     extends: ext,
     compilerOptions: { baseUrl, outDir, paths } = {
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ export const loadConfig = (file: string): ITSConfig => {
       outDir: undefined,
       paths: undefined,
     },
-  } = require(file) as IRawTSConfig;
+  } = JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(configString)) as IRawTSConfig;
 
   const config: ITSConfig = {};
   if (baseUrl) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ea658af..4023a92 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3440,6 +3440,11 @@ strip-eof@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-eof/-/strip-eof-1.0.0.tgz#bb43ff5598a6eb05d89b59fcd129c983313606bf"
   integrity sha1-u0P/VZim6wXYm1n80SnJgzE2Br8=
 
+strip-json-comments@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.1.1.tgz#31f1281b3832630434831c310c01cccda8cbe006"
+  integrity sha512-6fPc+R4ihwqP6N/aIv2f1gMH8lOVtWQHoqC4yK6oSDVVocumAsfCqjkXnqiYMhmMwS/mEHLp7Vehlt3ql6lEig==
+
 strip-json-comments@~2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz#3c531942e908c2697c0ec344858c286c7ca0a60a"