diff --git a/reflect_extension.go b/reflect_extension.go
index 05e8fbf1..da597066 100644
--- a/reflect_extension.go
+++ b/reflect_extension.go
@@ -451,9 +451,9 @@ func processTags(structDescriptor *StructDescriptor, cfg *frozenConfig) {
 				if binding.Field.Type().Kind() == reflect.String {
 					binding.Decoder = &stringModeStringDecoder{binding.Decoder, cfg}
 					binding.Encoder = &stringModeStringEncoder{binding.Encoder, cfg}
-				} else {
-					binding.Decoder = &stringModeNumberDecoder{binding.Decoder}
-					binding.Encoder = &stringModeNumberEncoder{binding.Encoder}
+				} else if binding.Field.Type().Kind() != reflect.Slice && binding.Field.Type().Kind() != reflect.Map{
+					binding.Decoder = &stringModeNonStringDecoder{binding.Decoder}
+					binding.Encoder = &stringModeNonStringEncoder{binding.Encoder}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/reflect_struct_decoder.go b/reflect_struct_decoder.go
index 932641ac..204619ad 100644
--- a/reflect_struct_decoder.go
+++ b/reflect_struct_decoder.go
@@ -1026,14 +1026,14 @@ func (decoder *stringModeStringDecoder) Decode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, iter *Iterato
 	*((*string)(ptr)) = tempIter.ReadString()
 }
 
-type stringModeNumberDecoder struct {
+type stringModeNonStringDecoder struct {
 	elemDecoder ValDecoder
 }
 
-func (decoder *stringModeNumberDecoder) Decode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, iter *Iterator) {
+func (decoder *stringModeNonStringDecoder) Decode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, iter *Iterator) {
 	c := iter.nextToken()
 	if c != '"' {
-		iter.ReportError("stringModeNumberDecoder", `expect ", but found `+string([]byte{c}))
+		iter.ReportError("stringModeNonStringDecoder", `expect ", but found `+string([]byte{c}))
 		return
 	}
 	decoder.elemDecoder.Decode(ptr, iter)
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ func (decoder *stringModeNumberDecoder) Decode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, iter *Iterato
 	}
 	c = iter.readByte()
 	if c != '"' {
-		iter.ReportError("stringModeNumberDecoder", `expect ", but found `+string([]byte{c}))
+		iter.ReportError("stringModeNonStringDecoder", `expect ", but found `+string([]byte{c}))
 		return
 	}
 }
diff --git a/reflect_struct_encoder.go b/reflect_struct_encoder.go
index d0759cf6..0795f8e2 100644
--- a/reflect_struct_encoder.go
+++ b/reflect_struct_encoder.go
@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@ func (encoder *emptyStructEncoder) IsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-type stringModeNumberEncoder struct {
+type stringModeNonStringEncoder struct {
 	elemEncoder ValEncoder
 }
 
-func (encoder *stringModeNumberEncoder) Encode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *Stream) {
+func (encoder *stringModeNonStringEncoder) Encode(ptr unsafe.Pointer, stream *Stream) {
 	stream.writeByte('"')
 	encoder.elemEncoder.Encode(ptr, stream)
 	stream.writeByte('"')
 }
 
-func (encoder *stringModeNumberEncoder) IsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
+func (encoder *stringModeNonStringEncoder) IsEmpty(ptr unsafe.Pointer) bool {
 	return encoder.elemEncoder.IsEmpty(ptr)
 }
 
diff --git a/type_tests/struct_tags_test.go b/type_tests/struct_tags_test.go
index 66834b87..9a3bc7fd 100644
--- a/type_tests/struct_tags_test.go
+++ b/type_tests/struct_tags_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ func init() {
 			F1 uint32 `json:"F1"`
 			F2 uint32 `json:"F2,string"`
 		})(nil),
+		(*struct {
+			F1 []int 		`json:"F1,string"`
+			F2 map[int]int	`json:"F2,string"`
+			F3 bool			`json:"F3,string"`
+		})(nil),
 		(*struct {
 			A           string            `json:"a,omitempty"`
 			B           string            `json:"b,omitempty"`