diff --git a/assets/js/icecoder.js b/assets/js/icecoder.js
index 1172a6e..ca0954b 100644
--- a/assets/js/icecoder.js
+++ b/assets/js/icecoder.js
@@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ var ICEcoder = {
             fileExt = fileExt[fileExt.length - 1];
             caretLocType =
                 fileExt === "js" ? "JavaScript"
+              : fileExt === "json" ? "JavaScript"
               : fileExt === "coffee" ? "CoffeeScript"
               : fileExt === "ts" ? "TypeScript"
               : fileExt === "py" ? "Python"
diff --git a/classes/File.php b/classes/File.php
index 66e33c1..814af2c 100644
--- a/classes/File.php
+++ b/classes/File.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class File
                     $finfo = "other";
                 };
             }
-            if (0 === strpos($finfo, "text") || 0 === strpos($finfo, "application/xml") || false !== strpos($finfo, "empty")) {
+            if (0 === strpos($finfo, "text") || 0 === strpos($finfo, "application/json") || 0 === strpos($finfo, "application/xml") || false !== strpos($finfo, "empty")) {
                 echo 'fileType="text";';
 
                 // Get file over FTP?