package.json contains bad characters

[fehergeri13]

$ cat -A node_modules/mprogress/package.json
M-oM-;M-?{$
  "name": "mprogress",$
  "description": "Mprogress.js creates progress linear bar from Google Material Design.",$
  "version": "0.1.1",$
  "homepage": "https://github.com/lightningtgc/MProgress.js",$
  "author": "tang guichuan <[email protected]>",$
  "repository": {$
    "type": "git",$
    "url": "git://github.com/lightningtgc/MProgress.js.git"$
  },  $
  "devDependencies": {$
    "gulp": "^3.8.10",$
    "del": "^1.1.1",$
    "gulp-uglify": "^1.1.0",$
    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.0",$
    "gulp-es6-module-transpiler": "^0.2.1",$
    "gulp-stylus": "^2.0.0",$
    "gulp-minify-css": "^0.4.5"$
  }$
}$

M-oM-;M-? this is bad

Webpack fails with this package.json

[chengyiuchun]

I'm seeing this error as well. Too bad I won't be able to use this with npm.