diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/RemoteMachinesHelper/VSCodeRemoteMachinesApi.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/RemoteMachinesHelper/VSCodeRemoteMachinesApi.cs
index b00702bf67..66694ec8dc 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/RemoteMachinesHelper/VSCodeRemoteMachinesApi.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/RemoteMachinesHelper/VSCodeRemoteMachinesApi.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces.RemoteMachinesHelper
 
                         try
                         {
-                            JsonElement vscodeSettingsFile = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(fileContent);
+                            JsonElement vscodeSettingsFile = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonElement>(fileContent, new JsonSerializerOptions() { AllowTrailingCommas = true, ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip });
                             if (vscodeSettingsFile.TryGetProperty("remote.SSH.configFile", out var pathElement))
                             {
                                 var path = pathElement.GetString();
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/SshConfigParser/SshConfig.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/SshConfigParser/SshConfig.cs
index ef113c0484..76c515cec8 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/SshConfigParser/SshConfig.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces/SshConfigParser/SshConfig.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.VSCodeWorkspaces.SshConfigParser
 
         public static IEnumerable<SshHost> Parse(string str)
         {
-            str = str.Replace('\r', '\0');
+            str = str.Replace("\r", string.Empty);
             var list = new List<SshHost>();
             foreach (Match match in _sshConfig.Matches(str))
             {