diff --git a/src/cards/wakatime-card.js b/src/cards/wakatime-card.js
index da16df6..8b042fd 100644
--- a/src/cards/wakatime-card.js
+++ b/src/cards/wakatime-card.js
@@ -18,17 +18,9 @@ import { wakatimeCardLocales } from "../translations.js";
  * since vercel is using v16.14.0 which does not yet support json imports without the
  * --experimental-json-modules flag.
  */
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
-import path from "path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
-const languageColors = JSON.parse(
-  readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, "../common/languageColors.json"),
-    "utf8",
-  ),
-);
+import { createRequire } from "module";
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const languageColors = require("../common/languageColors.json"); // now works
 
 /**
  * Creates the no coding activity SVG node.