diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99f8259..09a7acb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "4.1.0",
     "commander": "6.2.0",
+    "strip-json-comments": "^3.1.1",
     "ts-morph": "9.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/bin.ts b/src/bin.ts
index 5e6f208..b556bbf 100755
--- a/src/bin.ts
+++ b/src/bin.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import chalk = require('chalk');
 import program = require('commander');
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { tsImportTypes } from '.';
+import stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
+import fs from 'fs';
 
 const sourcePatterns: string[] = [];
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ const project = program.project || './tsconfig.json';
 const tsConfigFilePath = resolve(process.cwd(), project);
 
 try {
-  require(tsConfigFilePath);
+  JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(fs.readFileSync(tsConfigFilePath, 'utf8')));
 } catch (err) {
   const message = `ts-import-types-cli --project ${tsConfigFilePath} is not a tsconfig.json file`;
   console.error(chalk.red(message));
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7be641c..ac177ec 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ source-map@^0.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz#74722af32e9614e9c287a8d0bbde48b5e2f1a263"
   integrity sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==
 
+strip-json-comments@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.1.1.tgz#31f1281b3832630434831c310c01cccda8cbe006"
+  integrity sha512-6fPc+R4ihwqP6N/aIv2f1gMH8lOVtWQHoqC4yK6oSDVVocumAsfCqjkXnqiYMhmMwS/mEHLp7Vehlt3ql6lEig==
+
 supports-color@^7.1.0:
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz#1b7dcdcb32b8138801b3e478ba6a51caa89648da"