diff --git a/middleware/load-user.js b/middleware/load-user.js
index 0f93d492..483c2345 100644
--- a/middleware/load-user.js
+++ b/middleware/load-user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
+const loadJsonFile = require('load-json-file')
 
 module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
   const id = req.hostname.split('.')[0]
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
   }
 
   try {
-    const data = await fs.readFile(
-      path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`),
-      'utf8'
-    )
-    res.locals.user = { ...res.locals.user, ...JSON.parse(data) }
+    res.locals.user = {
+      ...res.locals.user,
+      ...await loadJsonFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`))
+    }
   } catch ({ code, message }) {
     if (code !== 'ENOENT') {
       res
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d442fa6..723f0d9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@
     "escape-goat": "^3.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-minify": "^1.0.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "html-text": "^1.0.1",
+    "load-json-file": "^6.2.0",
     "md5": "^2.3.0",
+    "path-exists": "^4.0.0",
     "postcss-middleware": "^1.1.4",
     "postcss-preset-env": "^6.7.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.5.0",
     "temp-dir": "^2.0.0",
+    "write-json-file": "^4.3.0",
     "yn": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/routes/post.js b/routes/post.js
index 14e2f9a6..c803e56b 100644
--- a/routes/post.js
+++ b/routes/post.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const btoa = require('btoa')
 const { version } = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'))
 const size = require('any-size')
 const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest')
+const pathExists = require('path-exists')
+const writeJsonFile = require('write-json-file')
 const github = new Octokit({
   // GitHub personal access token
   auth: process.env.github_token,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
   }
 
   // Check if the user file exists in the users directory
-  const exists = await fs.pathExists(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`))
+  const exists = await pathExists(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`))
   if (exists) {
     res
       .status(409)
@@ -88,21 +89,19 @@ module.exports = async (req, res) => {
   }
 
   try {
-    const fileContent = JSON.stringify(userData, 0, 2)
-
     await github.repos.createOrUpdateFileContents({
       owner: 'remy',
       repo: 'mit-license',
       path: `users/${id}.json`,
       message: `Automated creation of user ${id}.`,
-      content: btoa(fileContent),
+      content: btoa(JSON.stringify(userData, 0, 2)),
       committer: {
         name: 'MIT License Bot',
         email: 'remy@leftlogic.com'
       }
     })
 
-    await fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`), fileContent)
+    await writeJsonFile(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'users', `${id}.json`), userData, { indent: undefined })
 
     res.status(201).send(`MIT license page created: https://${hostname}`)
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index ceb01390..1eee5192 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
+const { promises: fs } = require('fs')
+const writeJsonFile = require('write-json-file')
 const CSS = require('css')
 const { validDomainId } = require('./routes/utils')
 const hasFlag = require('has-flag')
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ async function report (content, fix) {
   for (const user of users) {
     if (getExtension(user) !== 'json') {
       await report(`${user} is not a json file`, async () => {
-        await fs.remove(user)
+        await fs.unlink(user)
       })
     }
 
@@ -39,8 +40,7 @@ async function report (content, fix) {
         if (parsedData.version) {
           await report(`Version tag found in ${user}`, async () => {
             delete parsedData.version
-            const stringified = `${JSON.stringify(parsedData, 0, 2)}\n`
-            await fs.writeFile(path.join('users', user), stringified)
+            await writeJsonFile(path.join('users', user), parsedData, { indent: 2 })
           })
         }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 357734c3..6e95cec5 100644
Binary files a/yarn.lock and b/yarn.lock differ