diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/Providers/JsonConfigProvider.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/Providers/JsonConfigProvider.cs
index 7fb1bfa7..34c7d0d3 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/Providers/JsonConfigProvider.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/Providers/JsonConfigProvider.cs
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ namespace IPA.Config.Providers
 
         public Value Load(FileInfo file)
         {
-            if (!file.Exists) return Value.Null();
-
-            JToken jtok;
-            using (var sreader = new StreamReader(file.OpenRead()))
-            {
-                using var jreader = new JsonTextReader(sreader);
-                jtok = JToken.ReadFrom(jreader);
-            }
-
+            if (!file.Exists) return Value.Null();
+
             try
-            {
+            {
+                JToken jtok;
+                using (var sreader = new StreamReader(file.OpenRead()))
+                {
+                    using var jreader = new JsonTextReader(sreader);
+                    jtok = JToken.ReadFrom(jreader);
+                }
+
                 return VisitToValue(jtok);
             }
             catch (Exception e)