diff --git a/src/json.zig b/src/json.zig
index 8aee181..d54dcf4 100644
--- a/src/json.zig
+++ b/src/json.zig
@@ -950,6 +950,14 @@ fn convertJSONtoStructField(field_type1: type, field: *field_type1, value_or_nul
                 } else {
                     return JSONConvertError.UnsupportedType;
                 }
+            } else if (field_type_info.Pointer.size == .One) {
+                if (field_type_info.Pointer.child == JSONObject and value.type == .Object) {
+                    field.* = value.getObject() catch @panic("JSON value type does not match what was reported");
+                } else {
+                    return JSONConvertError.UnsupportedType;
+                }
+            } else {
+                return JSONConvertError.UnsupportedType;
             }
         },
         .Array => {
@@ -967,19 +975,11 @@ fn convertJSONtoStructField(field_type1: type, field: *field_type1, value_or_nul
             }
         },
         .Struct => {
-            if (field_type == JSONObject) {
-                if (value.type == .Object) {
-                    field.* = value.getObject() catch @panic("JSON value type does not match what was reported");
-                } else {
-                    return JSONConvertError.IncorrectType;
-                }
+            if (value.type == .Object) {
+                const subObject = value.getObject() catch @panic("JSON value type does not match what was reported");
+                try JSONtoStruct(subObject, field_type, field);
             } else {
-                if (value.type == .Object) {
-                    const subObject = value.getObject() catch @panic("JSON value type does not match what was reported");
-                    try JSONtoStruct(subObject, field_type, field);
-                } else {
-                    return JSONConvertError.IncorrectType;
-                }
+                return JSONConvertError.IncorrectType;
             }
         },
         else => {
@@ -1031,13 +1031,9 @@ fn convertStructFieldtoJSON(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, field_type: type, valu
             }
         },
         .Struct => {
-            if (field_type == JSONObject) {
-                return try JSONObjectValue.create(allocator, value);
-            } else {
-                const obj = try structToJSON(allocator, value.*);
-                errdefer obj.deinit();
-                return try JSONObjectValue.create(allocator, obj);
-            }
+            const obj = try structToJSON(allocator, value.*);
+            errdefer obj.deinit();
+            return try JSONObjectValue.create(allocator, obj);
         },
         .Array => {
             var values = std.ArrayList(*JSONValue).init(allocator);
@@ -1079,6 +1075,10 @@ fn convertStructFieldtoJSON(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, field_type: type, valu
                     errdefer allocator.free(values_slice);
                     return try JSONArrayValue.create(allocator, values_slice);
                 }
+            } else if (field_type_info.Pointer.size == .One) {
+                if (field_type_info.Pointer.child == JSONObject) {
+                    return try JSONObjectValue.create(allocator, value.*);
+                }
             } else {
                 return JSONConvertError.UnsupportedType;
             }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 14c57f1..dcd9b6e 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const json = @import("json.zig");
 
 const TestStruct = struct {
+    item: ?*json.JSONObject,
     hello: []const u8,
     item2: struct {
         subitem: isize,