# Error: line 1:1: expected object or array but found ' '
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-line-1-1-expected-object-or-array-but-found/7762
**Category:** The Toolbox
**Created:** [November 4, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-line-1-1-expected-object-or-array-but-found/7762 "2014-11-04T19:40:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Lanceo90](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lanceo90)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-line-1-1-expected-object-or-array-but-found/7762/21 "2014-11-04T22:04:43Z")
[quote=“Rivet, post:20, topic:7762”]Something inherently wrong in the dead\_animatronics.json file itself, possibly bad newlines; I made a fresh .json and copied the contents inside and it loaded fine.
Bugs were a duplicated ID (not the root problem though) and some common copy/paste errors.
By the by, what program are you using to edit your .jsons?[/quote]
just notepad
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### Author:  [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-line-1-1-expected-object-or-array-but-found/7762/22 "2014-11-04T22:06:16Z")
[N++ : learn it, love it.](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
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### Author:  [@Lanceo90](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lanceo90)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/error-line-1-1-expected-object-or-array-but-found/7762/23 "2014-11-04T22:20:49Z")
> [@Rivet](#):
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> [N++ : learn it, love it.](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
Holy crap that makes these easier to look at lol
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