diff --git a/src/fs.zig b/src/fs.zig
index 17c811cde271ca..fa20e43a5272aa 100644
--- a/src/fs.zig
+++ b/src/fs.zig
@@ -1713,6 +1713,7 @@ pub const Path = struct {
 
     pub fn isJSONCFile(this: *const Path) bool {
         const str = this.name.filename;
+
         if (strings.eqlComptime(str, "package.json") or strings.eqlComptime(str, "bun.lock")) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -1721,11 +1722,11 @@ pub const Path = struct {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!(strings.hasPrefixComptime(str, "tsconfig.") or strings.hasPrefixComptime(str, "jsconfig."))) {
-            return false;
+        if (strings.hasPrefixComptime(str, "tsconfig.") or strings.hasPrefixComptime(str, "jsconfig.")) {
+            return strings.hasSuffixComptime(str, ".json");
         }
 
-        return strings.hasSuffixComptime(str, ".json");
+        return false;
     }
 
     pub const PackageRelative = struct {