MonetDB Bulk Loader issue: Hasn't this bug been fixed a few versions ago ???

Hi:

I am using the latest versions of Pentaho CE (8.0) and MonetDB (mserver5 v11.29.3 "Mar 2018").

The issue I am having is exactly the same as the one posted on this post (Google Groups ) back in 2014, which apparently was fixed in PDI 5.4.0 as specified on JIRA here: [PDI-12278] MonetDB Bulk Loader error with MonetDB Jan 2014-SP2 bugfix release - Pentaho Platform Tracking

Can someone pick this up again? This is causing me a major headache as the connection to MonetDB keeps getting flushed and my remediation right now is to remap and reload manually...

FYI I tried to recompile form the code (as per this blog ( MonetDB bulk loader and PDI | Ubiquis Consulting ) a couple of times but keep getting a snag with the json package. I tried, wasted too much time and now I am reaching out for help.

Can anyone help?

Thank you in advance!