diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/common/modeling/Model.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/common/modeling/Model.kt
index 9b4e245727..5b82420850 100644
--- a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/common/modeling/Model.kt
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/common/modeling/Model.kt
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ open class Model(
                         Float::class.java, java.lang.Float::class.java -> data[property] = jsonObject.getDouble(property).toFloat()
                         Int::class.java, java.lang.Integer::class.java -> data[property] = jsonObject.getInt(property)
                         Boolean::class.java, java.lang.Boolean::class.java -> data[property] = jsonObject.getBoolean(property)
+                        String::class.java, java.lang.String::class.java -> data[property] = jsonObject.getString(property)
                         else -> data[property] = jsonObject.get(property)
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModel.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModel.kt
index 7000afd0c8..83697ab1c0 100644
--- a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModel.kt
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/main/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModel.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ class PropertiesModel : Model() {
     override fun createModelForProperty(property: String, jsonObject: JSONObject): Model? {
         if (property == ::tags.name) {
             val model = MapModel<String>(this, ::tags.name)
-            model.initializeFromJson(jsonObject)
+            for (key in jsonObject.keys()) {
+                model.setStringProperty(key, jsonObject.getString(key))
+            }
             return model
         }
 
diff --git a/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModelTests.kt b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModelTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f4ff129fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OneSignalSDK/onesignal/core/src/test/java/com/onesignal/user/internal/properties/PropertiesModelTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.onesignal.user.internal.properties
+
+import com.onesignal.common.putJSONObject
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FunSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import io.kotest.runner.junit4.KotestTestRunner
+import org.json.JSONObject
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+@RunWith(KotestTestRunner::class)
+class PropertiesModelTests : FunSpec({
+
+    test("successfully initializes varying tag names") {
+        /* Given */
+        val varyingTags = JSONObject()
+            .putJSONObject(PropertiesModel::tags.name) {
+                it.put("value", "data1")
+                    .put("isEmpty", "data2")
+                    .put("object", "data3")
+                    .put("1", "data4")
+                    .put("false", "data5")
+                    .put("15.7", "data6")
+            }
+        val propertiesModel = PropertiesModel()
+
+        /* When */
+        propertiesModel.initializeFromJson(varyingTags)
+        val tagsModel = propertiesModel.tags
+
+        /* Then */
+        tagsModel["value"] shouldBe "data1"
+        tagsModel["isEmpty"] shouldBe "data2"
+        tagsModel["object"] shouldBe "data3"
+        tagsModel["1"] shouldBe "data4"
+        tagsModel["false"] shouldBe "data5"
+        tagsModel["15.7"] shouldBe "data6"
+    }
+})