1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/ModHelper.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/ModHelper.cs
index d9498e83..0ba258b4 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/ModHelper.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModHelpers/ModHelper.cs
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModHelpers
             where TModel : class
         {
             path = Path.Combine(this.DirectoryPath, PathUtilities.NormalisePathSeparators(path));
-            return this.JsonHelper.ReadJsonFile<TModel>(path);
+            return this.JsonHelper.ReadJsonFileIfExists(path, out TModel data)
+                ? data
+                : null;
         }
 
         /// <summary>Save to a JSON file.</summary>