use json.loads()
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bot.msg_count = 0
bot.start_time = None
bot.honey_buckets = None # list of cooldowns for honey command (econ cog)
-with json.load(open("data/data.json", "r", encoding='utf8')) as jj: # load essential data from data.json
+with json.loads(open("data/data.json", "r", encoding='utf8')) as jj: # load essential data from data.json
bot.playing_list = jj['playing_list'] # list of games the bot can "play" in its status
bot.cursed_images = jj['cursed_images'] # list of Minecraft cursed images
bot.default_findables = jj['default_findables'] # items which can be found all the time
