diff --git a/json_serialization/reader.nim b/json_serialization/reader.nim
index 82e1ab1..202f7f5 100644
--- a/json_serialization/reader.nim
+++ b/json_serialization/reader.nim
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ proc readValue*(r: var JsonReader, value: var auto) =
     r.skipToken tkBracketRi
 
   elif value is (object or tuple):
-    type T = value.type
+    type T = type(value)
     r.skipToken tkCurlyLe
 
     when T.totalSerializedFields > 0:
@@ -192,4 +192,3 @@ proc readValue*(r: var JsonReader, value: var auto) =
   else:
     const typeName = typetraits.name(value.type)
     {.error: "Failed to convert to JSON an unsupported type: " & typeName.}
-
diff --git a/tests/test_serialization.nim b/tests/test_serialization.nim
index 2d70a12..ec71155 100644
--- a/tests/test_serialization.nim
+++ b/tests/test_serialization.nim
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ type
   Invalid = object
     distance: Mile
 
+  Reserved = object
+    # Using Nim reserved keyword
+    `type`: string
+
 template reject(code) =
   static: doAssert(not compiles(code))
 
@@ -102,3 +106,8 @@ suite "toJson tests":
     expect JsonReaderError:
       discard Json.decode(jsonValue, uint64, mode = Portable)
 
+  test "Using Nim reserved keyword `type`":
+    let r = Reserved(`type`: "uint8")
+    check:
+      r.toJSON == """{"type":"uint8"}"""
+      r == Json.decode("""{"type":"uint8"}""", Reserved)