Error while parsing JSON - Unexpected ' ' when npm install

I'm getting this error when running npm install, not sure why. I have not modified any of the code.

`ERROR in ./src/client.js
Module build failed: SyntaxError: /Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/.babelrc: Error while parsing JSON - Unexpected ''
at JSON5.parse.error (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:50:25)
at JSON5.parse.word (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:378:13)
at JSON5.parse.value (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:478:56)
at Object.parse (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/node_modules/json5/lib/json5.js:491:18)
at OptionManager.addConfig (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:100:62)
at OptionManager.findConfigs (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:168:35)
at OptionManager.init (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:229:12)
at File.initOptions (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:147:75)
at new File (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:137:22)
at Pipeline.transform (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/pipeline.js:164:16)
at transpile (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-loader/index.js:12:22)
at Object.module.exports (/Users/abelwang/projects/react-redux-universal-hot-example-master/node_modules/babel-loader/index.js:69:12)
@ multi main`