diff --git a/db/sqldb/golden/human_readable_schema.sql b/db/sqldb/golden/human_readable_schema.sql
index 1cf56bb..9eff8d7 100644
--- a/db/sqldb/golden/human_readable_schema.sql
+++ b/db/sqldb/golden/human_readable_schema.sql
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ CREATE TYPE file_type AS ENUM (
     'csv',
     'yaml',
     'zip',
-    'html');
+    'html',
+    'json');
 CREATE TYPE language AS ENUM (
     'en',
     'de',
diff --git a/db/sqldb/golden/schema_dump.sql b/db/sqldb/golden/schema_dump.sql
index 7514639..2364cdb 100644
--- a/db/sqldb/golden/schema_dump.sql
+++ b/db/sqldb/golden/schema_dump.sql
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ CREATE TYPE public.file_type AS ENUM (
     'csv',
     'yaml',
     'zip',
-    'html'
+    'html',
+    'json'
 );
 
 
diff --git a/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.down.sql b/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..902dbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+BEGIN;
+
+-- There isn't a way to delete a value from an enum, so this is the workaround
+-- https://stackoverflow.com/a/56777227/17909149
+
+ALTER TABLE blob ALTER file_type TYPE TEXT;
+
+DROP TYPE file_type;
+CREATE TYPE file_type AS ENUM (
+    'csv',
+    'yaml',
+    'zip',
+    'html');
+
+ALTER TABLE blob 
+    ALTER file_type TYPE file_type 
+        USING file_type::file_type;
+
+COMMIT;
diff --git a/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.up.sql b/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c542ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/sqldb/migrations/0005_json_blob_type.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+BEGIN;
+
+ALTER TYPE file_type ADD VALUE 'json'; 
+
+COMMIT;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/sqldb/sqldb_test.go b/db/sqldb/sqldb_test.go
index 2476414..cc627b5 100644
--- a/db/sqldb/sqldb_test.go
+++ b/db/sqldb/sqldb_test.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func TestSchemaHistory(t *testing.T) {
 		{ID: 2, Version: 2}, // 0002_create_user_table
 		{ID: 3, Version: 3}, // 0003_domain_types
 		{ID: 4, Version: 4}, // 0004_audit_log_tweaks
+		{ID: 5, Version: 5}, // 0005_json_blob_type
 	}
 
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
diff --git a/pacta/enum_test.go b/pacta/enum_test.go
index 72e455d..6c4411f 100644
--- a/pacta/enum_test.go
+++ b/pacta/enum_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package pacta
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestParseAuthMechanism(t *testing.T) {
 	testParseEnum(t, AuthnMechanismValues, ParseAuthnMechanism)
@@ -12,6 +15,20 @@ func TestParseLanguage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseFileType(t *testing.T) {
 	testParseEnum(t, FileTypeValues, ParseFileType)
+	otherCases := []string{
+		"hello/world.json",
+		"hello/world/hithere.JsOn",
+		"  hello/world/hithere.json   ",
+	}
+	for _, c := range otherCases {
+		ft, err := ParseFileType(filepath.Ext(c))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected successful parse, got %w", err)
+		}
+		if ft != FileType_JSON {
+			t.Errorf("expected JSON, got %v", ft)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // need
diff --git a/pacta/pacta.go b/pacta/pacta.go
index 44144f6..8984de0 100644
--- a/pacta/pacta.go
+++ b/pacta/pacta.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package pacta
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ const (
 	FileType_YAML = "yaml"
 	FileType_ZIP  = "zip"
 	FileType_HTML = "html"
+	FileType_JSON = "json"
 )
 
 var FileTypeValues = []FileType{
@@ -211,10 +213,15 @@ var FileTypeValues = []FileType{
 	FileType_YAML,
 	FileType_ZIP,
 	FileType_HTML,
+	FileType_JSON,
 }
 
 func ParseFileType(s string) (FileType, error) {
-	switch s {
+	ss := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(s))
+	if strings.HasPrefix(ss, ".") {
+		ss = ss[1:]
+	}
+	switch ss {
 	case "csv":
 		return FileType_CSV, nil
 	case "yaml":
@@ -223,8 +230,10 @@ func ParseFileType(s string) (FileType, error) {
 		return FileType_ZIP, nil
 	case "html":
 		return FileType_HTML, nil
+	case "json":
+		return FileType_JSON, nil
 	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown FileType: %q", s)
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown pacta.FileType: %q", s)
 }
 
 type BlobURI string