diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 924ffee2..c7191121 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ PATH
       compass (~> 1.0.3)
       dragonfly (~> 1.2.0)
       duktape (~> 2.0.1.1)
-      hjson (~> 0.1.2)
       httparty (~> 0.16.0)
       kramdown (~> 1.16.2)
       locomotivecms-solid (~> 4.0.1)
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ PATH
       mimetype-fu (~> 0.1.2)
       moneta (~> 1.0.0)
       morphine (~> 0.1.1)
+      multi_json (~> 1.13.1)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8.2)
       pony (~> 1.12)
       rack-cache (~> 1.7.0)
@@ -93,13 +93,11 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.3)
     duktape (2.0.1.1)
     execjs (2.7.0)
-    ffi (1.11.1)
+    ffi (1.10.0)
     flamegraph (0.9.5)
     haml (5.0.4)
       temple (>= 0.8.0)
       tilt
-    hjson (0.1.2)
-      json (>= 1.7.5)
     httparty (0.16.4)
       mime-types (~> 3.0)
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ GEM
     origin (2.3.1)
     pony (1.13.1)
       mail (>= 2.0)
-    public_suffix (3.1.0)
+    public_suffix (3.0.3)
     puma (3.12.0)
     rack (2.0.6)
     rack-cache (1.7.2)
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/steam.rb b/lib/locomotive/steam.rb
index 4183cf3f..62b6ec7a 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/steam.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/steam.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-require 'hjson'
+begin
+  require 'hjson'
+rescue LoadError
+
+end
 
 require 'locomotive/common'
 
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/page.rb b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/page.rb
index 229c552f..5c6200de 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/page.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/page.rb
@@ -160,11 +160,20 @@ def transform_sections_content(page, locale)
               if content = page[name][locale]
                 return unless content.is_a?(String)
 
-                begin
-                  page[name][locale] = Hjson.parse(content)
-                rescue Exception => e
-                  raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, page.template_path[locale], content)
+                if defined?(Hjson)
+                  begin
+                    page[name][locale] = Hjson.parse(content)
+                  rescue Hjson::Error => e
+                    raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, page.template_path[locale], content)
+                  end
+                else
+                  begin
+                    page[name][locale] = MultiJson.load(content)
+                  rescue MultiJson::ParseError => e
+                    raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, page.template_path[locale], content)
+                  end
                 end
+
               end
             end
           end
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/section.rb b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/section.rb
index e3dc3d46..2eaa7107 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/section.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/sanitizers/section.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ def parse_json(entity)
 
             json, template = match[:json], match[:template]
 
-            begin
-              entity.definition = handle_aliases(Hjson.parse(json))
-            rescue Exception => e
-              raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, entity.template_path, json)
+            if defined?(Hjson)
+              begin
+                entity.definition = handle_aliases(Hjson.parse(json))
+              rescue Hjson::Error => e
+                raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, entity.template_path, json)
+              end
+            else
+              begin
+                entity.definition = handle_aliases(MultiJson.load(json))
+              rescue MultiJson::ParseError => e
+                raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, entity.template_path, json)
+              end
             end
 
             entity.template = template
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/yaml_loader.rb b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/yaml_loader.rb
index dd49a897..6d963f07 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/yaml_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/steam/adapters/filesystem/yaml_loader.rb
@@ -51,10 +51,18 @@ def safe_json_load(path)
 
           json = File.read(path)
 
-          begin
-            Hjson.parse(json)
-          rescue Exception => e
-            raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, path, json)
+          if defined?(Hjson)
+            begin
+              Hjson.parse(json)
+            rescue Hjson::Error => e
+              raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, path, json)
+            end
+          else
+            begin
+              MultiJson.load(json)
+            rescue MultiJson::ParseError => e
+              raise Locomotive::Steam::JsonParsingError.new(e, path, json)
+            end
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/locomotivecms_steam.gemspec b/locomotivecms_steam.gemspec
index 5751c503..8866a2b5 100644
--- a/locomotivecms_steam.gemspec
+++ b/locomotivecms_steam.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'httparty',               '~> 0.16.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'chronic',                '~> 0.10.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'bcrypt',                 '~> 3.1.11'
-  spec.add_dependency 'hjson',                  '~> 0.1.2'
+  spec.add_dependency 'multi_json',             '~> 1.13.1'
 
   spec.add_dependency 'rack-rewrite',           '~> 1.5.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'rack-cache',             '~> 1.7.0'