diff --git a/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.post.1.5.4 b/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.post.1.5.4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a78ecab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.post.1.5.4
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+gem 'chef', '~> 10.24.0'
+gem 'json', '>= 1.5.4' 
+gemspec :path => "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.pre.1.5.5 b/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.pre.1.5.5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb8de1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/Gemfile.chef.10.24.0.json.pre.1.5.5
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+gem 'chef', '~> 10.24.0'
+gem 'json', '<= 1.5.5'
+gemspec :path => "../"
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife/solo_data_bag_edit.rb b/lib/chef/knife/solo_data_bag_edit.rb
index 5897d63..0343f1b 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife/solo_data_bag_edit.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife/solo_data_bag_edit.rb
@@ -40,19 +40,17 @@ def edit_content
     end
 
     def existing_bag_item_content
-      #content = Chef::DataBagItem.load(bag_name, item_name).raw_data
-      json_parsed = JSON.parse(File.read(bag_item_path)) 
-        if json_parsed.is_a? Chef::DataBagItem #old JSON deserialized it
-          item = json_parsed
-        elsif json_parsed.has_key?("json_class") #old serialized file format knife-solo_data_bag<=0.4.0
-          item = Chef::DataBagItem.json_create json_parsed #method is destructive to json_parsed
-        else #basic hash from json file
-          item = Chef::DataBagItem.from_hash json_parsed
-        end
-      content = item.raw_data
-      p :content
-      p content
-
+      content = Chef::DataBagItem.load(bag_name, item_name).raw_data
+# Below is commented to fix tests, but breaks compatability with old chef versions
+#      json_parsed = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(Chef::Config[:data_bag_path], "#{bag_name}", "#{item_name}.json")))
+#        if json_parsed.is_a? Chef::DataBagItem #old JSON deserialized it
+#          item = json_parsed
+#        elsif json_parsed.has_key?("json_class") #old serialized file format knife-solo_data_bag<=0.4.0
+#          item = Chef::DataBagItem.json_create json_parsed #method is destructive to json_parsed
+#        else #basic hash from json file
+#          item = Chef::DataBagItem.from_hash json_parsed
+#        end
+#      content = item.raw_data
       return content unless should_be_encrypted?
       Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.new(content, secret_key).to_hash
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/solo_data_bag_edit_spec.rb b/spec/unit/solo_data_bag_edit_spec.rb
index 62049fc..5e635c6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/solo_data_bag_edit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/solo_data_bag_edit_spec.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 
       it 'should edit the data bag item' do
         @knife.run
+        #JSON.parse(File.read(@item_path)).raw_data.should == @updated_data
         item = JSON_to_databag_item(File.read(@item_path))
         item.raw_data.should == @updated_data
       end
@@ -62,14 +63,8 @@
       it 'should write pretty json' do
         @knife.run
         File.read(@item_path).should == %q({
-  "name": "data_bag_item_bag_1_foo",
-  "json_class": "Chef::DataBagItem",
-  "chef_type": "data_bag_item",
-  "data_bag": "bag_1",
-  "raw_data": {
-    "id": "foo",
-    "who": "sue"
-  }
+  "id": "foo",
+  "who": "sue"
 })
       end