diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index e3abcfed..8a59dcba 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@
         "--allow-all"
       ],
       "attachSimplePort": 9229
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "citations-supabase-deno",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "type": "node",
+      "program": "server.tsx",
+      "cwd": "/home/d9k/cr/demo/citations-supabase-demo",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "${env:HOME}/.deno/bin/deno",
+      "runtimeArgs": [
+        "run",
+        "--no-npm",
+        "--inspect",
+        "--allow-all",
+        "--no-check",
+        // "--watch"
+      ],
+      "args": [],
+      "attachSimplePort": 9229
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/middleware/compiler.ts b/lib/middleware/compiler.ts
index 79e2bb55..5a246a75 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/compiler.ts
+++ b/lib/middleware/compiler.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,20 @@ export const compiler = (options: CompilerOptions) => {
     const path = !isRemoteSource ? join(root, pathname) : pathname;
     const url = !isRemoteSource ? toFileUrl(path) : new URL(pathname);
 
-    const isCompilerTarget = [".ts", ".tsx", ".js", ".jsx"].includes(extension);
+    const isCompilerTarget = [".ts", ".tsx", ".js", ".jsx", ".json"].includes(extension);
+    const isJson = [".json"].includes(extension);
+
+    if (method === "GET" && isJson) {
+      const bytes = await fetch(url).then((response) => response.arrayBuffer());
+      const source = new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
+
+      return new Response(source, {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: {
+          "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+        },
+      });
+    }
 
     if (method === "GET" && isCompilerTarget) {
       const bytes = await fetch(url).then((response) => response.arrayBuffer());