diff --git a/src/build.ts b/src/build.ts
index a4d0031..f8e2b6a 100644
--- a/src/build.ts
+++ b/src/build.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,10 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import Theme from './theme.js';
 import { debug, log } from './logging.js';
 import { getModuleConfigEntry } from './config-utils.js';
-import { getModuleFullPath } from './utils.js';
+import { getModuleNameForPath } from './utils.js';
 
 export const cwd = nodeProcess.cwd();
 
-const moduleNameByPath: { [key: string]: string } = {};
-
-function getModuleNameForPath(path: string): string {
-  if (!moduleNameByPath[path]) {
-    moduleNameByPath[path] = require(`${getModuleFullPath(
-      path
-    )}/package.json`).name;
-  }
-
-  return moduleNameByPath[path];
-}
-
 /**
  * get the command to call for the package
  */
diff --git a/src/config-utils.ts b/src/config-utils.ts
index 44a918c..0c54cd4 100644
--- a/src/config-utils.ts
+++ b/src/config-utils.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ function getGlobalConfig(): Config {
 
   try {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    config = require(`${configPath}/${CONFIG_FILE_NAME}`);
+    config = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(`${configPath}/${CONFIG_FILE_NAME}`, { encoding: 'utf8' })
+    );
   } catch (e) {} //eslint-disable-line no-empty
 
   globalConfigCache = config;
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index b6da507..129ad30 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import nodeProcess from 'process';
 
 export const cwd = nodeProcess.cwd();
@@ -10,9 +11,12 @@ export function getModuleFullPath(path: string): string {
 
 export function getModuleNameForPath(path: string): string {
   if (!moduleNameByPath[path]) {
-    moduleNameByPath[path] = require(`${getModuleFullPath(
-      path
-    )}/package.json`).name;
+    const fullPath = `${getModuleFullPath(path)}/package.json`;
+    const packageJsonContent = fs.readFileSync(fullPath, {
+      encoding: 'utf8',
+    });
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonContent);
+    moduleNameByPath[path] = packageJson.name;
   }
 
   return moduleNameByPath[path];
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index be19450..c340744 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "target": "es2020",
     "allowJs": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
+    "resolveJsonModule": false
   },
   "include": ["./src/"]
 }