diff --git a/addon/ng2/models/find-lazy-modules.ts b/addon/ng2/models/find-lazy-modules.ts
index 9b98a9079ec2..8874c8802ebe 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/models/find-lazy-modules.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/models/find-lazy-modules.ts
@@ -6,39 +6,39 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 import {getSource, findNodes, getContentOfKeyLiteral} from '../utilities/ast-utils';
 
 
-function flatMap<T, R>(obj: Array<T>, mapFn: (item: T) => R | R[]): Array<R> {
-  return obj.reduce((arr: R[], current: T) => {
-    const result = mapFn.call(null, current);
-    return result !== undefined ? arr.concat(result) : arr;
-  }, <R[]>[]);
-}
-
-
 export function findLoadChildren(tsFilePath: string): string[] {
   const source = getSource(tsFilePath);
   const unique: { [path: string]: boolean } = {};
 
-  let nodes = flatMap(
-    findNodes(source, ts.SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression),
-    node => findNodes(node, ts.SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment))
-      .filter((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
-        const key = getContentOfKeyLiteral(source, node.name);
-        if (!key) {
-          // key is an expression, can't do anything.
-          return false;
-        }
-        return key == 'loadChildren';
-      })
-      // Remove initializers that are not files.
-      .filter((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
-        return node.initializer.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral;
-      })
-      // Get the full text of the initializer.
-      .map((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
-        return JSON.parse(node.initializer.getText(source)); // tslint:disable-line
-      });
-
-  return nodes
+  return (
+    // Find all object literals.
+    findNodes(source, ts.SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression)
+    // Get all their property assignments.
+    .map(node => findNodes(node, ts.SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment))
+    // Flatten into a single array (from an array of array<property assignments>).
+    .reduce((prev, curr) => curr ? prev.concat(curr) : prev, [])
+    // Remove every property assignment that aren't 'loadChildren'.
+    .filter((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
+      const key = getContentOfKeyLiteral(source, node.name);
+      if (!key) {
+        // key is an expression, can't do anything.
+        return false;
+      }
+      return key == 'loadChildren';
+    })
+    // Remove initializers that are not files.
+    .filter((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
+      return node.initializer.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral;
+    })
+    // Get the full text of the initializer.
+    .map((node: ts.PropertyAssignment) => {
+      const literal = node.initializer as ts.StringLiteral;
+      return literal.text;
+    })
+    // Map to the module name itself.
+    .map((moduleName: string) => moduleName.split('#')[0])
+    // Only get unique values (there might be multiple modules from a single URL, or a module used
+    // multiple times).
     .filter((value: string) => {
       if (unique[value]) {
         return false;
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ export function findLoadChildren(tsFilePath: string): string[] {
         unique[value] = true;
         return true;
       }
-    })
-    .map((moduleName: string) => moduleName.split('#')[0]);
+    }));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/ast-tools/src/ast-utils.ts b/packages/ast-tools/src/ast-utils.ts
index 0ffe4c6d8580..40ebfb5aa5e2 100644
--- a/packages/ast-tools/src/ast-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/ast-tools/src/ast-utils.ts
@@ -96,13 +96,9 @@ export function insertAfterLastOccurrence(nodes: ts.Node[], toInsert: string,
 
 export function getContentOfKeyLiteral(source: ts.SourceFile, node: ts.Node): string {
   if (node.kind == ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier) {
-    return (<ts.Identifier>node).text;
+    return (node as ts.Identifier).text;
   } else if (node.kind == ts.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
-    try {
-      return JSON.parse(node.getFullText(source));
-    } catch (e) {
-      return null;
-    }
+    return (node as ts.StringLiteral).text;
   } else {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/find-lazy-module.spec.ts b/tests/acceptance/find-lazy-module.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d44804dd549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/find-lazy-module.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import * as mockFs from 'mock-fs';
+import {stripIndents} from 'common-tags';
+import {expect} from 'chai';
+
+import {findLazyModules} from '../../addon/ng2/models/find-lazy-modules';
+
+
+describe('find-lazy-module', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockFs({
+      'project-root': {
+        'fileA.ts': stripIndents`
+          const r1 = {
+            "loadChildren": "moduleA"
+          };
+          const r2 = {
+            loadChildren: "moduleB"
+          };
+          const r3 = {
+            'loadChildren': 'moduleC'
+          };
+          const r4 = {
+            "loadChildren": 'app/+workspace/+settings/settings.module#SettingsModule'
+          };
+          const r5 = {
+            loadChildren: 'unexistentModule'
+          };
+        `,
+        // Create those files too as they have to exist.
+        'moduleA.ts': '',
+        'moduleB.ts': '',
+        'moduleC.ts': '',
+        'moduleD.ts': '',
+        'app': { '+workspace': { '+settings': { 'settings.module.ts': '' } } }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  afterEach(() => mockFs.restore());
+
+  it('works', () => {
+    expect(findLazyModules('project-root')).to.eql([
+      'moduleA',
+      'moduleB',
+      'moduleC',
+      'app/+workspace/+settings/settings.module'
+    ]);
+  });
+});