diff --git a/soitool/serialize_export_import_soi.py b/soitool/serialize_export_import_soi.py
index 18bdecad6b845be7f6b8ac1f20dbde1804589032..1b17e18f7c48eac817215ca7fe1fd87adcd40ae3 100644
--- a/soitool/serialize_export_import_soi.py
+++ b/soitool/serialize_export_import_soi.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Includes functionality for serializing, exporting and importing SOI."""
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
-from ast import literal_eval
 from schema import Schema, And, Or
 from soitool.soi import SOI
 from soitool.compressor import compress, decompress
@@ -190,9 +189,9 @@ def import_soi(file_path):
     """
     with open(file_path, "r") as file:
         if file_path.endswith(".txt"):
-            serialized = literal_eval(decompress(file.read()))
+            serialized = json.load(decompress(file.read))
         else:
-            serialized = literal_eval(file.read())
+            serialized = json.load(file.read())
 
     # Raise error if file content is invalid
     if not SERIALIZED_SOI_SCHEMA.is_valid(serialized):