diff --git a/packages/config/generateCitation.js b/packages/config/generateCitation.js
index 1fa07969..3cc42241 100644
--- a/packages/config/generateCitation.js
+++ b/packages/config/generateCitation.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function generateCitation() {
   })();
 
   if (!citationCff) {
-    return JSON.stringify({ apa: "", bibtex: "" });
+    return { apa: "", bibtex: "" };
   }
 
   // Try to convert CITATION.cff to APA string
diff --git a/packages/config/rollup.js b/packages/config/rollup.js
index 0112002d..7f5daa8e 100644
--- a/packages/config/rollup.js
+++ b/packages/config/rollup.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ const makeConfig = ({
       __APACITATION__: JSON.stringify(citationData.apa),
       __BIBTEXCITATION__: JSON.stringify(citationData.bibtex),
     },
+    loaders: { ".json": "json" },
   };
 
   /** @type{import("@rollup/plugin-commonjs").RollupCommonJSOptions} */
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ const makeConfig = ({
       plugins: [
         externals({ deps: false }),
         resolve({ preferBuiltins: false }),
-        json(),
         commonjs(commonjsPluginOptions),
         esbuild({ ...esBuildPluginOptions, target: "esnext" }),
       ],