src/config/configuration.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
@@ -10,8 +11,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 class Config {
   constructor() {
     this.location = Config.determineLocation();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-dynamic-require, global-require
-    this.fields = require(`${this.location}`);
+    this.fields = Config.readFileContents(this.location);
   }
 
   static getInstance() {
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ class Config {
     return path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", process.env.SEASONED_CONFIG);
   }
 
+  static readFileContents(location) {
+    let content = {};
+    try {
+      content = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(location, { encoding: "utf-8" }));
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`Error loading configuration file at path: ${location}`);
+    }
+
+    return content;
+  }
+
   get(section, option) {
     if (
       this.fields[section] === undefined ||