diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 17d601db4bc818da2b723ef75a4e2509af6e6786..b386c8d9a54a54e11c2d65e728d952bb8be77c37 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "netex",
-  "version": "0.8.9-rc1",
+  "version": "0.9.0-rc5",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1a3a605e97929259ff1bd4ffb7f5b02fa47dbbc1..6ccc9d77e1d7d86889fb357da8d3423f1e391718 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "netex",
-  "version": "0.9.0-rc5",
+  "version": "0.9.0-rc6",
   "scripts": {
     "ng": "ng",
     "start:local": "ng serve --configuration=local",
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "bulma-tooltip": "^3.0.2",
     "document-register-element": "^1.7.2",
     "dom-to-image": "^2.6.0",
+    "json5": "^2.2.0",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
     "primeicons": "^4.1.0",
     "primeng": "^12.0.1",
diff --git a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
index df6bbd289eb0fb6002a5bb9a6f9a3f1f13e48431..e3cd0f786157086889828ad768f878050a32a5fa 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/explorer-page/explorer-page.component.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import domtoimage from 'dom-to-image';
 import {NetworkSettings} from '../../network-settings';
 import {defaultConfig, EdgeGroup, IConfig, InteractionDatabase, NodeGroup} from '../../config';
 import {NetexControllerService} from 'src/app/services/netex-controller/netex-controller.service';
-import {downLoadFile, removeDuplicateObjectsFromList} from '../../utils';
+import {removeDuplicateObjectsFromList} from '../../utils';
 import * as merge from 'lodash/fp/merge';
 import {AnalysisPanelComponent} from 'src/app/components/analysis-panel/analysis-panel.component';
+import * as JSON5 from 'json5';
 
 declare var vis: any;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         this.config = config;
       }, 200);
     // add settings to config
-    const configObj = typeof config === 'object' ? config : JSON.parse(config);
+
+    const configObj = JSON.stringify(typeof config === 'string' ? JSON5.parse(config) : config);
     this.myConfig = merge(this.myConfig, configObj);
 
     // update Drugst.One according to the settings
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ export class ExplorerPageComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     if (network == null) {
       return;
     }
-    this.networkJSON = typeof network === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(network) : network;
+    this.networkJSON = JSON.stringify(typeof network === 'string' ? JSON5.parse(network) : network);
     this.createNetwork();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 81b9ff5d6af69fafb2005534609cd545c9446fb7..d02acab4f796abe758edaf90f46374bcf2a58bc6 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
   <network-expander id="netexp1"
                     pluginId="2"
-                    network='{"nodes":[{"id": "PTEN"}]}'></network-expander>
+                    network='{nodes:[{id: "PTEN"}]}'></network-expander>
 </div>
 
 <!--<div >-->