diff --git a/src/common/objects.ts b/src/common/objects.ts
index ec56614..c054d12 100644
--- a/src/common/objects.ts
+++ b/src/common/objects.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ export async function tryLoadJSON5() {
       // @ts-ignore
       if (globalThis.JSON5) JSON5 = globalThis.JSON5;
       else {
-        const t = await import('json5');
-        JSON5 = (t.default || t) as never;
+        if (typeof require === 'function') JSON5 = require('json5');
+        else {
+          const t = await import('json5');
+          JSON5 = (t.default || t) as never;
+        }
       }
     } catch {
       // quit
diff --git a/src/node/LiteStorage.ts b/src/node/LiteStorage.ts
index 1bae36c..bac2387 100644
--- a/src/node/LiteStorage.ts
+++ b/src/node/LiteStorage.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fs } from './fs-system';
-import { assign, safeJsonParse, safeStringify } from '../common/objects';
+import { assign, safeJsonParse, safeStringify, tryLoadJSON5 } from '../common/objects';
 
 export interface LSCache<T> {
   version: string;
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class LiteStorage<T extends object = Record<string, unknown>> {
         const TOML = await import('@iarna/toml');
         localCache = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(TOML.default.parse(content)));
       } else {
+        await tryLoadJSON5();
         localCache = safeJsonParse<never>(content, true) as LSCache<T>;
       }