diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod1/_merge/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod1/_merge/data/objects.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 90c57d73..00000000
--- a/samples/flixel/mods/mod1/_merge/data/objects.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"merge":[
-		{
-			"target":"object_0",
-			"payload":{"value":"daisy"}
-		}
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod2/_merge/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod2/_merge/data/objects.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f6020be1..00000000
--- a/samples/flixel/mods/mod2/_merge/data/objects.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"merge":[
-		{
-			"target":"object_1",
-			"payload":{"value":"sunflower"}
-		}
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod3/_merge/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod3/_merge/data/objects.json
index fe96152b..95208a57 100644
--- a/samples/flixel/mods/mod3/_merge/data/objects.json
+++ b/samples/flixel/mods/mod3/_merge/data/objects.json
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-{
-	"merge":[
-		{
-			"target":"object_2",
-			"payload":{"value":"hibiscus"}
-		}
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+[
+    { "op": "replace", "path": "$..value", "value": "chocolate"}
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod4/_merge/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod4/_merge/data/objects.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dfac01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/flixel/mods/mod4/_merge/data/objects.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+    { "op": "replace", "path": "/nested/object/array", "value": ["foo"] }
+]
diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_append/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_append/data/objects.json
index e635d7b9..dc7530fc 100644
--- a/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_append/data/objects.json
+++ b/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_append/data/objects.json
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 {
-	"object_3":{"value":"chocolate"}
-}
+	"object_3": {
+		"value": "chocolate"
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_merge/data/objects.json b/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_merge/data/objects.json
index 975b1d06..dde2b9ed 100644
--- a/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_merge/data/objects.json
+++ b/samples/flixel/mods/mod5/_merge/data/objects.json
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-{
-    "merge":[
-        {
-            "target":"nested.object.array",
-            "payload":["a","b","c","d"]
-        }
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+[
+    { "op": "add", "path": "/nested/object/array/-", "value": "d" }
+]
diff --git a/samples/openfl_firetongue/assets/locales/index2.xml b/samples/openfl_firetongue/assets/locales/index2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b41fc20..00000000
--- a/samples/openfl_firetongue/assets/locales/index2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<data>
-	
-	<file id="data" value="data.tsv"/>
-  <file id="mod" value="mod.tsv"/>
-	
-	<!--Add locale entries here.
-	
-	The locale id is the ISO 639-1 country language code with 2-letter country suffix:
-	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1
-	
-	1) Add the locale entry
-	2) Add a corresponding folder with localization content matching the id
-	3) Add a corresponding flag image in the _flags folder matching the id
-	4) Add any labels you want to display the language text in the menu
-	-->
-	
-	<!--American English-->
-	<locale id="en-US" is_default="true" sort="0">
-		<ui language="Language" region="Region" accept="Okay" />
-		<label id="en-US,en-GB,en-CA" language="English" region="United States"/>
-		<label id="yr-HR" language="American English" region="Uni'ed States o' 'merica"/>
-	</locale>
-	
-	<!--Pirate Speak-->
-	<locale id="yr-HR" sort="1"> 
-		<ui language="Tongue" region="Stretch o' Ocean"/>
-		<label id="en-US,en-GB,en-CA" language="Pirate Speak" region="Seven Seas"/>
-		<label id="yr-HR" language="Pirate Speak, Matey" region="Seven Seas"/>
-	</locale>
-	
-</data>