diff --git a/checks/jq.go b/checks/jq.go
index aad5f34..0688b97 100644
--- a/checks/jq.go
+++ b/checks/jq.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package checks
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	api "github.com/bootdotdev/bootdev/client"
 	"github.com/goccy/go-json"
 	"github.com/itchyny/gojq"
+	"github.com/tailscale/hujson"
 )
 
 func prettyPrintStdoutJqTest(test api.StdoutJqTest, variables map[string]string) string {
@@ -66,11 +68,22 @@ func runStdoutJqQuery(stdout string, test api.StdoutJqTest, variables map[string
 
 func parseJqInput(stdout string, inputMode string) (any, error) {
 	mode := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(inputMode))
-	if mode != "json" && mode != "jsonl" {
-		mode = "json"
+	if mode != "jsonc" && mode != "jsonl" {
+		mode = "jsonc"
+	}
+	var inputReader io.Reader
+	if mode == "jsonc" {
+		// HuJSON requires a newline to terminate a final line comment.
+		standardJSON, err := hujson.Standardize([]byte(stdout + "\n"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		inputReader = bytes.NewReader(standardJSON)
+	} else {
+		inputReader = strings.NewReader(stdout)
 	}
 
-	decoder := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(stdout))
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(inputReader)
 	decoder.UseNumber()
 	if mode == "jsonl" {
 		var values []any
diff --git a/checks/jq_test.go b/checks/jq_test.go
index f86667b..57e6731 100644
--- a/checks/jq_test.go
+++ b/checks/jq_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ func TestRunStdoutJqQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		wantError bool
 	}{
 		{
-			name:   "queries json with interpolated query",
-			stdout: `{"users":[{"name":"Lane"},{"name":"Theo"}]}`,
+			name: "queries json with interpolated query",
+			stdout: `{
+				// Users to query
+				"users": [/* users */ {"name":"Lane"},{"name":"Theo",},],
+			}`,
 			test: api.StdoutJqTest{
 				InputMode: "json",
 				Query:     `.users[] | select(.name == "${name}") | .name`,
@@ -29,6 +32,24 @@ func TestRunStdoutJqQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				Results: []string{`"Theo"`},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:   "default mode accepts comments and trailing commas",
+			stdout: `{"name": /* user */ "Boots",} // final comment without newline`,
+			test:   api.StdoutJqTest{Query: `.name`},
+			want: api.CLICommandJqOutput{
+				Query:   `.name`,
+				Results: []string{`"Boots"`},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "preserves large integers",
+			stdout: `{"id":9007199254740993,}`,
+			test:   api.StdoutJqTest{InputMode: "json", Query: `.id`},
+			want: api.CLICommandJqOutput{
+				Query:   `.id`,
+				Results: []string{`9007199254740993`},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:   "queries jsonl as array",
 			stdout: "{\"id\":1}\n{\"id\":2}\n",
@@ -43,7 +64,7 @@ func TestRunStdoutJqQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "returns parse error",
-			stdout: `{not json}`,
+			stdout: `{"name":"Boots"} /* unterminated`,
 			test: api.StdoutJqTest{
 				InputMode: "json",
 				Query:     `.name`,
@@ -77,6 +98,9 @@ func TestRunStdoutJqQuery(t *testing.T) {
 				if got.Error == "" {
 					t.Fatal("expected an error")
 				}
+				if len(got.Results) != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("expected no results on error, got %v", got.Results)
+				}
 				return
 			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
@@ -91,9 +115,6 @@ func TestParseJqInputRejectsMultipleJSONValuesInJSONMode(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected error for multiple JSON values in json mode")
 	}
-	if err.Error() != "expected a single JSON value" {
-		t.Fatalf("expected single-value error, got %q", err.Error())
-	}
 }
 
 func TestValFromJqPath(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/client/lessons.go b/client/lessons.go
index c51ece0..a66b6d4 100644
--- a/client/lessons.go
+++ b/client/lessons.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type CLICommandTest struct {
 }
 
 type StdoutJqTest struct {
-	InputMode       string             `yaml:"inputMode"` // "json" or "jsonl"
+	InputMode       string             `yaml:"inputMode"` // "jsonc" or "jsonl"
 	Query           string             `yaml:"query"`
 	ExpectedResults []JqExpectedResult `yaml:"expectedResults"`
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdc47b7..af8caa1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.21.0
+	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20241010212012-29efb4a0184b
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.39.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f2a46b0..e01cb80 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 h1:9NlTDc1FTs4qu0DDq7AEtTPNw6SVm7uBMsUCUjABIf8=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Dk4QP5c2W3ibzajGcXpNraDfq2IrhjMIvMSWPKKo0FU=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20241010212012-29efb4a0184b h1:MNaGusDfB1qxEsl6iVb33Gbe777IKzPP5PDta0xGC8M=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20241010212012-29efb4a0184b/go.mod h1:EbW0wDK/qEUYI0A5bqq0C2kF8JTQwWONmGDBbzsxxHo=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 2959091..4953ae0 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.32.3
+v1.32.4