diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c49a5d8..1c8f116 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 vendor/
 composer.lock
 phpunit.xml
+
+*.iml
+.idea/
diff --git a/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php b/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
index 907b0af..2dd9f04 100644
--- a/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
+++ b/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class JmsMetadataParser implements ParserInterface
             if (!is_null($item->type)) {
                 $name = isset($item->serializedName) ? $item->serializedName : $item->name;
 
-                $dataType = $this->processDataType($item->type);
+                $dataType = $this->processDataType($item->type ? is_string($item->type) : $item->type['name']);
 
                 $params[$name] = array(
                     'dataType' => $dataType['normalized'],