diff --git a/slic/utils/__init__.py b/slic/utils/__init__.py
index 0108ac329..864fefe27 100644
--- a/slic/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/slic/utils/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .elog import Elog
 from .eval import arithmetic_eval
 from .exceptions import ChainedException, printable_exception, printed_exception
 from .ipy import devices
-from .json import json_save, json_load, json_validate
+from .jsonext import json_save, json_load, json_validate
 from .marker import Marker, markers
 from .npy import nice_linspace, nice_arange, fraction_to_percentage, within, within_fraction, get_dtype, get_shape, is_array
 from .path import can_create_all_files, can_create_file, glob_files, make_missing_dir
diff --git a/slic/utils/config.py b/slic/utils/config.py
index bc6f6c122..9078f3e58 100644
--- a/slic/utils/config.py
+++ b/slic/utils/config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .json import json_load
+from .jsonext import json_load
 
 
 class Config:
diff --git a/slic/utils/json.py b/slic/utils/jsonext.py
similarity index 100%
rename from slic/utils/json.py
rename to slic/utils/jsonext.py