diff --git a/lib/database.js b/lib/database.js
index f17b7d45..98a873d1 100644
--- a/lib/database.js
+++ b/lib/database.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const JSONStream = require('JSONStream');
+const { parse: createJsonParseStream } = require('./jsonstream');
 const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const fs = require('graceful-fs');
 const Model = require('./model');
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Database {
     };
 
     // data event arg0 wrap key/value pair.
-    const parseStream = JSONStream.parse('models.$*');
+    const parseStream = createJsonParseStream('models.$*');
 
     parseStream.once('header', getMetaCallBack);
     parseStream.once('footer', getMetaCallBack);
diff --git a/lib/jsonstream/index.js b/lib/jsonstream/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a6d26bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jsonstream/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const through2 = require('through2');
+const Parser = require('jsonparse');
+
+/**
+ * Check whether a x and y are equal, or x matches y, or x(y) is truthy.
+ * @param {boolean | string | RegExp | (args: any[]) => boolean} x
+ * @param {*} y
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const check = (x, y) => {
+  if (typeof x === 'string') {
+    return y === x;
+  }
+
+  if (x && typeof x.exec === 'function') {
+    return x.exec(y);
+  }
+
+  if (typeof x === 'boolean' || typeof x === 'object') {
+    return x;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof x === 'function') {
+    return x(y);
+  }
+
+  return false;
+};
+
+module.exports.parse = function(path, map) {
+  let header, footer;
+
+  const parser = new Parser();
+  const stream = through2.obj(
+    (chunk, enc, cb) => {
+      if (typeof chunk === 'string') {
+        chunk = Buffer.from(chunk);
+      }
+      parser.write(chunk);
+      cb();
+    },
+    cb => {
+      if (header) {
+        stream.emit('header', header);
+      }
+      if (footer) {
+        stream.emit('footer', footer);
+      }
+
+      if (parser.tState !== Parser.C.START || parser.stack.length > 0) {
+        cb(new Error('Incomplete JSON'));
+        return;
+      }
+
+      cb();
+    }
+  );
+
+  if (typeof path === 'string') {
+    path = path.split('.').map(e => {
+      if (e === '$*') {
+        return { emitKey: true };
+      }
+      if (e === '*') {
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (e === '') {
+        // '..'.split('.') returns an empty string
+        return { recurse: true };
+      }
+      return e;
+    });
+  }
+
+
+  if (!path || !path.length) {
+    path = null;
+  }
+
+  parser.onValue = function(value) {
+    if (!this.root) { stream.root = value; }
+
+    if (!path) return;
+
+    let i = 0; // iterates on path
+    let j = 0; // iterates on stack
+    let emitKey = false;
+    let emitPath = false;
+    while (i < path.length) {
+      const key = path[i];
+      let c;
+      j++;
+
+      if (key && !key.recurse) {
+        c = j === this.stack.length ? this : this.stack[j];
+        if (!c) return;
+        if (!check(key, c.key)) {
+          setHeaderFooter(c.key, value);
+          return;
+        }
+        emitKey = !!key.emitKey;
+        emitPath = !!key.emitPath;
+        i++;
+      } else {
+        i++;
+        const nextKey = path[i];
+        if (!nextKey) return;
+
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition
+        while (true) {
+          c = j === this.stack.length ? this : this.stack[j];
+          if (!c) return;
+          if (check(nextKey, c.key)) {
+            i++;
+            if (!Object.isFrozen(this.stack[j])) {
+              this.stack[j].value = null;
+            }
+            break;
+          } else {
+            setHeaderFooter(c.key, value);
+          }
+          j++;
+        }
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    // emit header
+    if (header) {
+      stream.emit('header', header);
+      header = false;
+    }
+    if (j !== this.stack.length) return;
+
+    const actualPath = this.stack.slice(1).map(element => element.key);
+    actualPath.push(this.key);
+
+    let data = this.value[this.key];
+    if (data != null) {
+      if ((data = map ? map(data, actualPath) : data) != null) {
+        if (emitKey || emitPath) {
+          data = {
+            value: data
+          };
+          if (emitKey) {
+            data.key = this.key;
+          }
+          if (emitPath) {
+            data.path = actualPath;
+          }
+        }
+
+        stream.push(data);
+      }
+    }
+
+    delete this.value[this.key];
+
+    for (const k in this.stack) {
+      if (!Object.isFrozen(this.stack[k])) {
+        this.stack[k].value = null;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  parser._onToken = parser.onToken;
+
+  parser.onToken = function(token, value) {
+    parser._onToken(token, value);
+    if (this.stack.length === 0) {
+      if (stream.root) {
+        if (!path) { stream.push(stream.root); }
+
+        stream.root = null;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  parser.onError = function(err) {
+    if (err.message.includes('at position')) {
+      err.message = 'Invalid JSON (' + err.message + ')';
+    }
+    stream.destroy(err);
+  };
+
+  return stream;
+
+  function setHeaderFooter(key, value) {
+    // header has not been emitted yet
+    if (header !== false) {
+      header = header || {};
+      header[key] = value;
+    }
+
+    // footer has not been emitted yet but header has
+    if (footer !== false && header === false) {
+      footer = footer || {};
+      footer[key] = value;
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c72d72f..c169cd09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",
     "hexo-log": "^3.0.0",
     "is-plain-object": "^5.0.0",
-    "JSONStream": "^1.0.7",
-    "rfdc": "^1.1.4"
+    "jsonparse": "^1.3.1",
+    "rfdc": "^1.1.4",
+    "through2": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",