diff --git a/frappe/website/render.py b/frappe/website/render.py
index d5269ed1cb..73fb3fbd38 100644
--- a/frappe/website/render.py
+++ b/frappe/website/render.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def is_static_file(path):
 	if ('.' not in path):
 		return False
 	extn = path.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
-	if extn in ('html', 'md', 'js', 'xml', 'css', 'txt', 'py'):
+	if extn in ('html', 'md', 'js', 'xml', 'css', 'txt', 'py', 'json'):
 		return False
 
 	for app in frappe.get_installed_apps():