diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e97710b19..11cb928cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/carapace-sh/carapace
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/carapace-sh/carapace-shlex v1.0.1
diff --git a/internal/shell/cmd_clink/snippet.go b/internal/shell/cmd_clink/snippet.go
index 67b949e42..195e157f2 100644
--- a/internal/shell/cmd_clink/snippet.go
+++ b/internal/shell/cmd_clink/snippet.go
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/carapace-sh/carapace/pkg/uid"
+	jsonlua "github.com/carapace-sh/carapace/third_party/github.com/rxi/json.lua"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func Snippet(cmd *cobra.Command) string {
-	result := fmt.Sprintf(`local function %v_completion(word, word_index, line_state, match_builder) 
+	result := fmt.Sprintf(`%v
+local function %v_completion(word, word_index, line_state, match_builder) 
   args = { %#v, "_carapace", "fish", "\"\"" } 
   for i = 2,word_index,1 do 
     table.insert(args, string.format("%%q" ,line_state:getword(i))) 
@@ -25,6 +27,6 @@ func Snippet(cmd *cobra.Command) string {
 end 
  
 clink.argmatcher("%v"):addarg({%v_completion}):loop(1)
-`, cmd.Name(), uid.Executable(), cmd.Name(), cmd.Name())
+`, jsonlua.Script, cmd.Name(), uid.Executable(), cmd.Name(), cmd.Name())
 	return result
 }