diff --git a/src/ngx-translate-loaders/translate-json5-universal.loader.ts b/src/ngx-translate-loaders/translate-json5-universal.loader.ts
index c557fb9a3e..657be1012d 100644
--- a/src/ngx-translate-loaders/translate-json5-universal.loader.ts
+++ b/src/ngx-translate-loaders/translate-json5-universal.loader.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import * as JSON5 from 'json5'
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
+const JSON5 = require('json5').default;
+
 export class TranslateJson5UniversalLoader implements TranslateLoader {
 
   constructor(private prefix: string = 'dist/assets/i18n/', private suffix: string = '.json') { }