From 8fa96c2836d0fee0a6d68e990587a1e2d0ba3cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Detweiler <sdetweil@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 12:13:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add error handler to json parsing of translation files

---
 js/translator.js | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/translator.js b/js/translator.js
index 0f4bc00a..43b65297 100644
--- a/js/translator.js
+++ b/js/translator.js
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ var Translator = (function () {
 		xhr.open("GET", file, true);
 		xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
 			if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
-				callback(JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
+				// needs error handler try/catch at least
+				let fileinfo = null;
+				try {
+					fileinfo = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+				} catch (exception) {
+					// nothing here, but don't die
+					console.log(" loading json file failed =" + file);
+				}
+				callback(fileinfo);
 			}
 		};
 		xhr.send(null);

From 69efca0bdbfb0e088ca122098e2449d484abbfd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Detweiler <sdetweil@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 10:45:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] use Log.error instead of console.log for error message,
 shows in output

---
 js/translator.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/js/translator.js b/js/translator.js
index 43b65297..5dc50045 100644
--- a/js/translator.js
+++ b/js/translator.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var Translator = (function () {
 					fileinfo = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
 				} catch (exception) {
 					// nothing here, but don't die
-					console.log(" loading json file failed =" + file);
+					Log.error(" loading json file =" + file + " failed");
 				}
 				callback(fileinfo);
 			}

From 6440d2289c22b4a02d740d1801ab9fba566c5696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Detweiler <sdetweil@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 12:58:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix translation files with comments crashing UI

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4cae705..246effd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ❤️ **Donate:** Enjoying MagicMirror²? [Please consider a donation!](https://magicmirror.builders/donate) With your help we can continue to improve the MagicMirror²
 
+### Fixed
+
+- JSON Parse translation files with comments crashing UI
+
 ## [2.13.0] - 2020-10-01
 
 Special thanks to the following contributors: @bryanzzhu, @bugsounet, @chamakura, @cjbrunner, @easyas314, @larryare, @oemel09, @rejas, @sdetweil & @sthuber90.