diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dbaddef2..af1d28c58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run-script eslint && npm run-script jsonlint && npm run-script mocha-suite",
     "eslint": "node_modules/.bin/eslint --max-warnings 0 lib public test app.js",
-    "jsonlint": "find . -not -path './node_modules/*' -type f -name '*.json' -o -type f -name '*.json.example' | while read json; do echo $json ; jq . $json; done",
+    "jsonlint": "find . \\( -not -path './node_modules/*' -type f -name '*.json' -o -type f -name '*.json.example' \\) -print0 | xargs -0 -I 'file' jq . file",
     "markdownlint": "remark .",
     "mocha-suite": "NODE_ENV=test CMD_DB_URL=\"sqlite::memory:\" mocha --exit",
     "standard": "echo 'standard is no longer being used, use `npm run eslint` instead!' && exit 1",