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diff --git a/pyload/utils/json_layer.py b/pyload/utils/json_layer.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# abstraction layer for json operations
+
+print ".json_layer is deprecated, use .json instead"
+
+try: # since python 2.6
+    import json
+    from json import loads as json_loads
+    from json import dumps as json_dumps
+except ImportError: #use system simplejson if available
+    import simplejson as json
+    from simplejson import loads as json_loads
+    from simplejson import dumps as json_dumps