diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
index 5fb7d4c61..5213a6911 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-grammar.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module.exports =
 class TextMateGrammar
   @readFromPath: (path) ->
     grammarContent = null
-    if fs.extension(path) is '.cson'
+    extension = fs.extension(path)
+    if extension is '.cson' or extension is '.json'
       grammarContent = fs.readObject(path)
     else
       plist.parseString fs.read(path), (e, data) ->