diff --git a/app/grandchallenge/core/static/js/jsoneditor_widget.mjs b/app/grandchallenge/core/static/js/jsoneditor_widget.mjs
index f485ad3ae..cda2e03d5 100644
--- a/app/grandchallenge/core/static/js/jsoneditor_widget.mjs
+++ b/app/grandchallenge/core/static/js/jsoneditor_widget.mjs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function initialize_jsoneditor_widget(jsoneditorWidgetID) {
 
         let data;
         try {
-            const data = JSON.parse(jsoneditorWidget.value);
+            data = JSON.parse(jsoneditorWidget.value);
         } catch (err) {
             console.warn(
                 "Could not parse JSON data:",