diff --git a/deploy_static b/deploy_static
index f5e37538..16c3959a 100755
--- a/deploy_static
+++ b/deploy_static
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -o errexit
 
 rm -rf static_tmp
 cp -a static static_tmp
+json_reformat -m < static_tmp/manifest.webmanifest | sponge static_tmp/manifest.webmanifest
 find static_tmp -regex '\(.+/LICENSE\|.+\.\(css\|html\|ico\|js\|svg\|txt\|webmanifest\|xml\)\)' -exec zopfli {} \; -exec touch -r {} {}.gz \;
 
 remote=www-data@grapheneos.org