diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
index 42d806472..990052010 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue, Property {
       // expect to read non-null json value
       Object objValue;
       if (scalarType != null) {
-        objValue = scalarType.jsonRead(ctx.getParser(), event);
+        objValue = scalarType.jsonRead(ctx.getParser());
       } else {
         try {
           objValue = ctx.readValueUsingObjectMapper(propertyType);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarType.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarType.java
index bc0eb2ace..1e1f65ea2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarType.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.text.StringParser;
 import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ public interface ScalarType<T> extends StringParser, StringFormatter, ScalarData
   /**
    * Read the value from JsonParser.
    */
-  T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException;
+  T jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * Write the value to the JsonGenerator.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDate.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDate.java
index 3970cc3f5..d50079b16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDate.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeBaseDate<T> extends ScalarTypeBase<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
-    if (JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT == event) {
+  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    if (JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT == parser.getCurrentToken()) {
       return convertFromMillis(parser.getLongValue());
     } else {
       return convertFromDate(Date.valueOf(parser.getText()));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDateTime.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDateTime.java
index 46feca57f..0e3b45c96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDateTime.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseDateTime.java
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeBaseDateTime<T> extends ScalarTypeBase<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
 
-    switch (event) {
+    switch (parser.getCurrentToken()) {
       case VALUE_NUMBER_INT: {
         return convertFromMillis(parser.getLongValue());
       }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseVarchar.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseVarchar.java
index 66df95a5a..1d071098a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseVarchar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBaseVarchar.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<T> extends ScalarTypeBase<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBigDecimal.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBigDecimal.java
index b33ce570c..e6f94d3c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBigDecimal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBigDecimal.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeBigDecimal extends ScalarTypeBase<BigDecimal> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BigDecimal jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public BigDecimal jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getDecimalValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBoolean.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBoolean.java
index d0c1e090d..14c5857b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBoolean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBoolean.java
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ public class ScalarTypeBoolean {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Boolean jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) {
-      return JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE == event ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
+    public Boolean jsonRead(JsonParser parser) {
+      return JsonToken.VALUE_TRUE == parser.getCurrentToken() ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeByte.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeByte.java
index 672724ad1..3704778b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeByte.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeByte.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeByte extends ScalarTypeBase<Byte> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Byte jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Byte jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     parser.readBinaryValue(os);
     byte[] bytes = os.toByteArray();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesBase.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesBase.java
index 7b0a55bcb..262206f29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesBase.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeBytesBase extends ScalarTypeBase<byte[]> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public byte[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public byte[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(500);
     parser.readBinaryValue(out);
     return out.toByteArray();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesEncrypted.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesEncrypted.java
index 30475d1f4..257fd9266 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesEncrypted.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBytesEncrypted.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 import com.avaje.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocPropertyType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.DataInput;
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeBytesEncrypted implements ScalarType<byte[]> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public byte[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public byte[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(500);
     parser.readBinaryValue(out);
     return out.toByteArray();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeCharArray.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeCharArray.java
index 7a924c931..f712a9f1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeCharArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeCharArray.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeCharArray extends ScalarTypeBaseVarchar<char[]> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public char[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public char[] jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getValueAsString().toCharArray();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDouble.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDouble.java
index f17b24546..ba4baaefc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDouble.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDouble.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeDouble extends ScalarTypeBase<Double> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Double jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Double jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getDoubleValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDuration.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDuration.java
index 0bdf83175..9c93931b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeDuration.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeDuration extends ScalarTypeBase<Duration> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Duration jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Duration jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return Duration.parse(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEncryptedWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEncryptedWrapper.java
index 15debf6c2..fd3101a0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEncryptedWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEncryptedWrapper.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public class ScalarTypeEncryptedWrapper<T> implements ScalarType<T> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
-    return wrapped.jsonRead(parser, event);
+  public T jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return wrapped.jsonRead(parser);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEnumStandard.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEnumStandard.java
index 68f730306..ea9b9048a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEnumStandard.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeEnumStandard.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeEnumStandard {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Object jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+    public Object jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
       return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFile.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFile.java
index 7c9722a7a..15a3323be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFile.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeFile extends ScalarTypeBase<File> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public File jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public File jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     File tempFile = File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, directory);
     OutputStream os = getOutputStream(tempFile);
     parser.readBinaryValue(os);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFloat.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFloat.java
index 0baf6acd1..4d483a5ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFloat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeFloat.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeFloat extends ScalarTypeBase<Float> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Float jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Float jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getFloatValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInteger.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInteger.java
index 782f19cdd..819b4239c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInteger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeInteger.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeInteger extends ScalarTypeBase<Integer> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Integer jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Integer jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getIntValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTime.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTime.java
index 73ec76ab7..6680c91db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTime.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTime.java
@@ -77,13 +77,11 @@ public class ScalarTypeJodaLocalTime extends ScalarTypeBase<LocalTime> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public LocalTime jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
-    if (JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT == event) {
-      long millis = parser.getLongValue();
-      return convertFromMillis(millis);
+  public LocalTime jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    if (JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT == parser.getCurrentToken()) {
+      return convertFromMillis(parser.getLongValue());
     } else {
-      String string = parser.getValueAsString();
-      throw new RuntimeException("convert " + string);
+      return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
index 6f3bb1d50..a88320644 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonMap.java
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeJsonMap extends ScalarTypeBase<Map> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Map jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Map jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     // at this point the BeanProperty has read the START_OBJECT token
     // to check for a null value. Pass the START_OBJECT token through to
     // the EJson parsing so that it knows the first token has been read
-    return EJson.parseObject(parser, event);
+    return EJson.parseObject(parser, parser.getCurrentToken());
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
index 80c70f091..1aee52278 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJsonNode.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public abstract class ScalarTypeJsonNode extends ScalarTypeBase<JsonNode> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public JsonNode jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public JsonNode jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     // at this point the BeanProperty has read the START_OBJECT token
     // to check for a null value.
     return objectMapper.readValue(parser, JsonNode.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLocalTime.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLocalTime.java
index 75a40c7a3..b1c660e4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLocalTime.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLocalTime.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeLocalTime extends ScalarTypeBase<LocalTime> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public LocalTime jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public LocalTime jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return LocalTime.parse(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLong.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLong.java
index b3c29e74b..9af0a8fb3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLong.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeLong.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeLong extends ScalarTypeBase<Long> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Long jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Long jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getLongValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMathBigInteger.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMathBigInteger.java
index 9df78440e..d07cdc009 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMathBigInteger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMathBigInteger.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeMathBigInteger extends ScalarTypeBase<BigInteger> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BigInteger jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public BigInteger jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getDecimalValue().toBigInteger();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMonthDay.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMonthDay.java
index 553ce58e0..fd5d058b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMonthDay.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeMonthDay.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeMonthDay extends ScalarTypeBase<MonthDay> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public MonthDay jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public MonthDay jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
index 23d057b4e..a9e3272b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstore.java
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ public class ScalarTypePostgresHstore extends ScalarTypeBase<Map> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Map jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Map jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     // at this point the BeanProperty has read the START_OBJECT token
     // to check for a null value. Pass the START_OBJECT token through to
     // the EJson parsing so that it knows the first token has been read
-    return EJson.parseObject(parser, event);
+    return EJson.parseObject(parser, parser.getCurrentToken());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeShort.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeShort.java
index d8f14794c..721116bf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeShort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeShort.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeShort extends ScalarTypeBase<Short> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Short jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Short jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getShortValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeString.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeString.java
index dc90540bf..6a318a567 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeString.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeString.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeString extends ScalarTypeBase<String> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public String jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parser.getValueAsString();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeTime.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeTime.java
index 867ed66b4..7f5b167e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeTime.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeTime.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeTime extends ScalarTypeBase<Time> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Time jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Time jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return parse(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
index 33dae1db8..aff5b0091 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDBinary.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDBinary extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return UUID.fromString(parser.getValueAsString());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
index dc804db64..e558a628b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeUUIDNative.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeUUIDNative extends ScalarTypeBase<UUID> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public UUID jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     String strValue = parser.getValueAsString();
     return strValue == null ? null : parse(strValue);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeWrapper.java
index ba0508ea3..4cf0b8ee7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeWrapper.java
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ public class ScalarTypeWrapper<B, S> implements ScalarType<B> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public B jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
-    S object = scalarType.jsonRead(parser, event);
+  public B jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    S object = scalarType.jsonRead(parser);
     return converter.wrapValue(object);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeYear.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeYear.java
index 5412e6c95..2fceea7d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeYear.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeYear.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ScalarTypeYear extends ScalarTypeBase<Year> {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Year jsonRead(JsonParser parser, JsonToken event) throws IOException {
+  public Year jsonRead(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
     return Year.of(parser.getIntValue());
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/JsonTester.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/JsonTester.java
index 70deb8da8..fab435c37 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/JsonTester.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/JsonTester.java
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ public class JsonTester<T> {
     assertEquals(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, token);
     token = parser.nextToken();
     assertEquals(JsonToken.FIELD_NAME, token);
-    token = parser.nextToken();
+    parser.nextToken();
 
-    T val1 = type.jsonRead(parser, token);
+    T val1 = type.jsonRead(parser);
     assertEquals(value, val1);
 
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBooleanTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBooleanTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19e36c2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeBooleanTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
+
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.TOne;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ScalarTypeBooleanTest {
+
+  JsonContext jsonContext = Ebean.getDefaultServer().json();
+
+  @Test
+  public void json_true() {
+
+    TOne bean = new TOne();
+    bean.setId(42);
+    bean.setActive(true);
+
+    String json = jsonContext.toJson(bean);
+    TOne tOne = jsonContext.toBean(TOne.class, json);
+
+    assertTrue(tOne.isActive());
+    assertEquals(json, "{\"id\":42,\"active\":true}");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void json_false() {
+
+    TOne bean = new TOne();
+    bean.setId(42);
+    bean.setActive(false);
+
+    String json = jsonContext.toJson(bean);
+    TOne tOne = jsonContext.toBean(TOne.class, json);
+
+    assertFalse(tOne.isActive());
+    assertEquals(json, "{\"id\":42,\"active\":false}");
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTimeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTimeTest.java
index e6a24c485..73446a8e7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTimeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypeJodaLocalTimeTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.type;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.TJodaEntity;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.joda.time.LocalTime;
@@ -43,4 +45,19 @@ public class ScalarTypeJodaLocalTimeTest {
     assertEquals(ts1, ts2);
 
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void toJson() {
+
+    LocalTime now = new LocalTime();
+
+    TJodaEntity bean = new TJodaEntity();
+    bean.setId(42);
+    bean.setLocalTime(now);
+
+    String json = Ebean.json().toJson(bean);
+    TJodaEntity bean1 = Ebean.json().toBean(TJodaEntity.class, json);
+
+    assertEquals(bean1.getLocalTime(), now);
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstoreTest.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstoreTest.java
index cfa4caf75..1cc7fdefc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstoreTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/type/ScalarTypePostgresHstoreTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class ScalarTypePostgresHstoreTest {
     // simulate that here
     JsonToken token = parser.nextToken();
     assertEquals(JsonToken.START_OBJECT, token);
-    return (Map<String,Object>)hstore.jsonRead(parser, token);
+    return (Map<String,Object>)hstore.jsonRead(parser);
   }
 
   private String generateJson(Map<String, Object> map) throws IOException {