diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0d3274b..55efe84 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ const path = require("path");
 const fs = require('fs');
 
 function stripJsonComments (data) {
-  const re = new RegExp("\/\/(.*)","g");
-  return data.replace(re,'');
+  return data.replace(/\\"|"(?:\\"|[^"])*"|(\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/)/g, (m, g) => g ? "" : m);
 }
 
 module.exports = (relativeTsconfigPath = './tsconfig.json') => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cee0447..e5c1c0d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "esbuild-ts-paths",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "description": "Transform TS path alias to absolute paths for esbuild",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:frankleng/esbuild-ts-paths.git",