diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 770d014..7ac4476 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ examples
 .vscode
 **/node_modules/**
 **/target/**
-**/dist/**
\ No newline at end of file
+**/dist/**
+**/build/**
+**/license_sh.egg-info/**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/license_sh/helpers.py b/license_sh/helpers.py
index 56b2849..7358ff7 100644
--- a/license_sh/helpers.py
+++ b/license_sh/helpers.py
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ def get_npm_license_from_licenses_array(licenses_array):
 
     license_name = UNKNOWN
     for license_item in licenses_array:
-        license_item_type = license_item.get("type", UNKNOWN)
+        license_item_type = (
+            license_item.get("type", UNKNOWN)
+            if type(license_item) is dict
+            else f"{license_item}"
+        )
         if license_name != UNKNOWN:
             license_name = f"{license_name} AND {license_item_type}"
         else:
diff --git a/license_sh/runners/runners_shared.py b/license_sh/runners/runners_shared.py
index 8f013df..bcea6e3 100644
--- a/license_sh/runners/runners_shared.py
+++ b/license_sh/runners/runners_shared.py
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ async def fetch_concurrent(urls):
                 try:
                     output, version = await result
                     page = json.loads(output)
-                    license_map[f"{page['name']}@{version}"] = extract_npm_license(
-                        page, version
-                    )
+                    if ("name") in page:
+                        license_map[f"{page['name']}@{version}"] = extract_npm_license(
+                            page, version
+                        )
 
                 except json.JSONDecodeError:
                     pass
diff --git a/license_sh/version.py b/license_sh/version.py
index f871089..13361d1 100644
--- a/license_sh/version.py
+++ b/license_sh/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.0.15"
+__version__ = "1.0.16"
diff --git a/tests/runners/test_helpers.py b/tests/runners/test_helpers.py
index 1a0f966..9026a98 100644
--- a/tests/runners/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/runners/test_helpers.py
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@ def test_extract_npm_license_simple(self):
         name = extract_npm_license(data, "Unknown")
         self.assertEqual(name, "MIT")
 
+    def test_extract_npm_licenses_global_single_string(self):
+        data = json.loads(
+            """{
+            "name": "name",
+            "licenses": ["MIT"]
+        }"""
+        )
+        name = extract_npm_license(data, "Unknown")
+        self.assertEqual(name, "MIT")
+
     def test_extract_npm_licenses_global_single(self):
         data = json.loads(
             """{