diff --git a/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_shared_ptr.hpp b/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_shared_ptr.hpp
index 60bb2e3a..cd29da63 100644
--- a/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_shared_ptr.hpp
+++ b/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_shared_ptr.hpp
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 #include "Parser_base.hpp"
 #include "schema/Type.hpp"
 
-namespace rfl {
-namespace parsing {
+namespace rfl::parsing {
 
 template <class R, class W, class T>
 requires AreReaderAndWriter<R, W, std::shared_ptr<T>>
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ struct Parser<R, W, std::shared_ptr<T>> {
 
   static Result<std::shared_ptr<T>> read(const R& _r,
                                          const InputVarType& _var) noexcept {
-    if (_r.is_empty(*_var)) {
+    if (_r.is_empty(_var)) {
       return std::shared_ptr<T>();
     }
     const auto to_ptr = [](auto&& _t) {
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ struct Parser<R, W, std::shared_ptr<T>> {
   }
 };
 
-}  // namespace parsing
-}  // namespace rfl
+}  // namespace rfl::parsing
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.cpp b/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71c44d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <rfl.hpp>
+#include <rfl/json.hpp>
+#include <source_location>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "test_unique_ptr.hpp"
+#include "write_and_read.hpp"
+
+namespace test_shared_ptr {
+
+struct Person {
+  rfl::Rename<"firstName", std::string> first_name;
+  rfl::Rename<"lastName", std::string> last_name = "Simpson";
+  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<Person>> children;
+};
+
+void test() {
+  std::cout << std::source_location::current().function_name() << std::endl;
+
+  auto children = std::make_shared<std::vector<Person>>();
+  children->emplace_back(Person{.first_name = "Bart"});
+  children->emplace_back(Person{.first_name = "Lisa"});
+  children->emplace_back(Person{.first_name = "Maggie"});
+
+  const auto homer =
+      Person{.first_name = "Homer", .children = std::move(children)};
+
+  write_and_read(
+      homer,
+      R"({"firstName":"Homer","lastName":"Simpson","children":[{"firstName":"Bart","lastName":"Simpson"},{"firstName":"Lisa","lastName":"Simpson"},{"firstName":"Maggie","lastName":"Simpson"}]})");
+}
+}  // namespace test_shared_ptr
diff --git a/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.hpp b/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac05afcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json/test_shared_ptr.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+namespace test_shared_ptr {
+void test();
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/json/tests.cpp b/tests/json/tests.cpp
index 38cf2a4f..bd82b48c 100644
--- a/tests/json/tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/json/tests.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "test_result.hpp"
 #include "test_save_load.hpp"
 #include "test_set.hpp"
+#include "test_shared_ptr.hpp"
 #include "test_size.hpp"
 #include "test_std_ref.hpp"
 #include "test_string_map.hpp"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ int main() {
   test_optional_fields::test();
   test_unique_ptr::test();
   test_unique_ptr2::test();
+  test_shared_ptr::test();
   test_literal::test();
   test_variant::test();
   test_tagged_union::test();