diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d0dfbe..fc56929 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 target/
 
-org.eclipse.*
\ No newline at end of file
+# CLI files
+org.eclipse.*
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 22bac33..ac0c798 100644
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
               <include>org.json:json</include>
             </includes>
           </artifactSet>
+          <filters>
+            <filter>
+              <artifact>org.json:*</artifact>
+              <excludes>
+                <exclude>META-INF/*.MF</exclude>
+              </excludes>
+            </filter>
+          </filters>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61a6f5b..1e8a90c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
                     <include>org.json:json</include>
                 </includes>
             </artifactSet>
+            <filters>
+              <filter>
+                 <artifact>org.json:*</artifact>
+                 <excludes>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.MF</exclude>
+                 </excludes>
+              </filter>
+           </filters>
         </configuration>
     </plugin>
     </plugins>