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@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default class KitchenSink {
 
 In order for Angular to expose the debug information for AoT applications, you will have to explicitly set the debug flag to `true` in your project's `tsconfig.json` as such:
 
-```json
+```json5
 "angularCompilerOptions": {
   /* ... */
   "debug": true