Error: Syntax Error: Unexpected token in JSON at position 0

[Saltallica]

Hi, encountering the following when attempting to use funcpack pack ./

$ funcpack pack ./

info: Generating project files/metadata
error:  SyntaxError: Unexpected token  in JSON at position 0
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Function.<anonymous> (C:\Users\sjohnson\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-pack\lib\utils\fs-helper.js:58:30)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (C:\Users\sjohnson\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\azure-functions-pack\lib\utils\fs-helper.js:4:58)
    at <anonymous>
(node:15696) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: Could not generate project
(node:15696) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Windows 10
Node v8.9.4
npm v5.6.0