diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/models/parser.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/models/parser.py
index 5848a5e786cb975df06ab5ae5c439ce55d50bb97..6a33d5c03e40d3c7a2dd99c10f88601f1e2f95a3 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/models/parser.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/models/parser.py
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ class JsonSchemaParser(Parser):
                 name = self._stringify(elt["title"], context=elt)
                 self._treat_element(elt, name)
             elif "properties" in elt:
-                for key, prop in elt["properties"]:
+                for key, prop in elt["properties"].items():
                     name = self._get_name_from_property(key, prop)
                     self._treat_element(prop, name)
             else:
diff --git a/unittests/json-schema-models/datamodel_no_toplevel_entity.schema.json b/unittests/json-schema-models/datamodel_no_toplevel_entity.schema.json
index d8d0369a613f97360488224f925b1f436b982429..3e4f1770bb1f38ff39ebc5242acf13b61ab24b67 100644
--- a/unittests/json-schema-models/datamodel_no_toplevel_entity.schema.json
+++ b/unittests/json-schema-models/datamodel_no_toplevel_entity.schema.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         }
     },
     "properties": {
-        {
+        "Dataset1": {
             "title": "Dataset1",
             "description": "Some description",
             "type": "object",
diff --git a/unittests/test_json_schema_model_parser.py b/unittests/test_json_schema_model_parser.py
index adc6361c08787cee081b08984d35233cb4e8659b..81c76cb9a13747bf08cb3e4915ecebaf2143a447 100644
--- a/unittests/test_json_schema_model_parser.py
+++ b/unittests/test_json_schema_model_parser.py
@@ -361,3 +361,26 @@ def test_name_property():
 def test_no_toplevel_entity():
     model = parse_model_from_json_schema(os.path.join(
         FILEPATH, "datamodel_no_toplevel_entity.schema.json"), top_level_recordtype=False)
+
+    assert "Dataset1" in model
+    rt1 = model["Dataset1"]
+
+    assert rt1.name == "Dataset1"
+    assert rt1.description == "Some description"
+    assert len(rt1.get_properties()) == 3
+
+    assert rt1.get_property("title") is not None
+    assert rt1.get_property("campaign") is not None
+    assert rt1.get_property("number_prop") is not None
+
+    title_prop = rt1.get_property("title")
+    assert title_prop.datatype == db.TEXT
+    assert rt1.get_importance(title_prop.name) == db.OBLIGATORY
+
+    campaign_prop = rt1.get_property("campaign")
+    assert campaign_prop.datatype == db.TEXT
+    assert rt1.get_importance(campaign_prop.name) == db.RECOMMENDED
+
+    float_prop = rt1.get_property("number_prop")
+    assert float_prop.datatype == db.DOUBLE
+    assert rt1.get_importance(float_prop.name) == db.OBLIGATORY