Hugo server local instance won't start due to missing JSON resources

Attempting to run a local instance of the Hugo server results in errors:

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ERROR 2021/01/15 23:00:34 Failed to get JSON resource "_data/kcorewidgetsapi.json": unexpected end of JSON input
If you feel that this should not be logged as an ERROR, you can ignore it by adding this to your site config:
ignoreErrors = ["error-remote-getjson"]
ERROR 2021/01/15 23:00:34 Failed to get JSON resource "_data/kirigami.json": unexpected end of JSON input
If you feel that this should not be logged as an ERROR, you can ignore it by adding this to your site config:
ignoreErrors = ["error-remote-getjson"]
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