diff --git a/Dotnet/AppApi/Cef/Folders.cs b/Dotnet/AppApi/Cef/Folders.cs
index 587f97c9..a3110159 100644
--- a/Dotnet/AppApi/Cef/Folders.cs
+++ b/Dotnet/AppApi/Cef/Folders.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace VRCX
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
                     return defaultPath;
 
-                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json);
+                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
                 if (obj["cache_directory"] == null)
                     return defaultPath;
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace VRCX
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
                     return defaultPath;
 
-                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json);
+                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
                 if (obj["picture_output_folder"] == null)
                     return defaultPath;
                 
diff --git a/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/AppApiCommon.cs b/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/AppApiCommon.cs
index 2b302b6a..b9d9d95d 100644
--- a/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/AppApiCommon.cs
+++ b/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/AppApiCommon.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using librsync.net;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NLog;
 
 namespace VRCX
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ namespace VRCX
         public void Init()
         {
         }
+        
+        public JsonSerializerSettings JsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings
+        {
+            Error = delegate(object _, Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ErrorEventArgs args)
+            {
+                args.ErrorContext.Handled = true;
+            }
+        };
 
         public string MD5File(string blob)
         {
diff --git a/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/VrcConfigFile.cs b/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/VrcConfigFile.cs
index 86b92730..062679fd 100644
--- a/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/VrcConfigFile.cs
+++ b/Dotnet/AppApi/Common/VrcConfigFile.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace VRCX
 {
@@ -18,6 +19,27 @@ namespace VRCX
             return json;
         }
 
+        public string ReadConfigFileSafe()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var configFile = ReadConfigFile();
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(configFile))
+                    return string.Empty;
+                
+                var jObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(configFile, JsonSerializerSettings);
+                if (jObject == null)
+                    return string.Empty;
+                
+                return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jObject, Formatting.Indented);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger.Warn(ex, "Failed to parse VRC config.json file");
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
         public void WriteConfigFile(string json)
         {
             var path = GetVRChatAppDataLocation();
diff --git a/Dotnet/AppApi/Electron/Folders.cs b/Dotnet/AppApi/Electron/Folders.cs
index 467c2459..435dc5d8 100644
--- a/Dotnet/AppApi/Electron/Folders.cs
+++ b/Dotnet/AppApi/Electron/Folders.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace VRCX
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
                     return defaultPath;
 
-                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json);
+                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
                 if (obj["cache_directory"] == null)
                     return defaultPath;
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace VRCX
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
                     return defaultPath;
 
-                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json);
+                var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
                 if (obj["picture_output_folder"] == null)
                     return defaultPath;
                 
diff --git a/src/views/Settings/dialogs/VRChatConfigDialog.vue b/src/views/Settings/dialogs/VRChatConfigDialog.vue
index 7b89a6b7..123f4c41 100644
--- a/src/views/Settings/dialogs/VRChatConfigDialog.vue
+++ b/src/views/Settings/dialogs/VRChatConfigDialog.vue
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
     }
 
     async function readVRChatConfigFile() {
-        const config = await AppApi.ReadConfigFile();
+        const config = await AppApi.ReadConfigFileSafe();
         if (config) {
             try {
                 const parsedConfig = JSON.parse(config);