diff --git a/recipes/cosmic/cosmic-edit/manifest b/recipes/cosmic/cosmic-edit/manifest
index 587eb325e..7be2c9e7b 100644
--- a/recipes/cosmic/cosmic-edit/manifest
+++ b/recipes/cosmic/cosmic-edit/manifest
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ accept=*.html
 accept=*.ion
 accept=*.java
 accept=*.js
+accept=*.json
 accept=*.list
 accept=*.log
 accept=*.lua