diff --git a/src/aws.zig b/src/aws.zig
index ce6da9d..01b6602 100644
--- a/src/aws.zig
+++ b/src/aws.zig
@@ -485,6 +485,42 @@ test "basic json request serialization" {
         \\}
     , buffer.items);
 }
+test "layer object only" {
+    const TestResponse = struct {
+        arn: ?[]const u8 = null,
+        // uncompressed_code_size: ?i64 = null,
+
+        pub fn jsonFieldNameFor(_: @This(), comptime field_name: []const u8) []const u8 {
+            const mappings = .{
+                .arn = "Arn",
+            };
+            return @field(mappings, field_name);
+        }
+    };
+    const response =
+        \\        {
+        \\          "UncompressedCodeSize": 2,
+        \\          "Arn": "blah"
+        \\        }
+    ;
+    // const response =
+    //     \\        {
+    //     \\          "UncompressedCodeSize": 22599541,
+    //     \\          "Arn": "arn:aws:lambda:us-west-2:550620852718:layer:PollyNotes-lib:4"
+    //     \\        }
+    // ;
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    var stream = json.TokenStream.init(response);
+    const parser_options = json.ParseOptions{
+        .allocator = allocator,
+        .allow_camel_case_conversion = true, // new option
+        .allow_snake_case_conversion = true, // new option
+        .allow_unknown_fields = true, // new option. Cannot yet handle non-struct fields though
+        .allow_missing_fields = false, // new option. Cannot yet handle non-struct fields though
+    };
+    const r = try json.parse(TestResponse, &stream, parser_options);
+    json.parseFree(TestResponse, r, parser_options);
+}
 // Use for debugging json responses of specific requests
 // test "dummy request" {
 //     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
diff --git a/src/json.zig b/src/json.zig
index d6399f3..41e0015 100644
--- a/src/json.zig
+++ b/src/json.zig
@@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@ pub const TokenStream = struct {
             return error.UnexpectedEndOfJson;
         }
     }
+    fn stackUsed(self: *TokenStream) u8 {
+        return self.parser.stack_used + if (self.token != null) @as(u8, 1) else 0;
+    }
 };
 
 fn checkNext(p: *TokenStream, id: std.meta.Tag(Token)) !void {
@@ -1532,6 +1535,20 @@ fn snakeCaseComp(field: []const u8, key: []const u8, options: ParseOptions) !boo
 
     return std.mem.eql(u8, comp_field, normalized_key);
 }
+const SkipValueError = error{UnexpectedJsonDepth} || TokenStream.Error;
+
+fn skipValue(tokens: *TokenStream) SkipValueError!void {
+    const original_depth = tokens.stackUsed();
+
+    // Return an error if no value is found
+    _ = try tokens.next();
+    if (tokens.stackUsed() < original_depth) return error.UnexpectedJsonDepth;
+    if (tokens.stackUsed() == original_depth) return;
+
+    while (try tokens.next()) |_| {
+        if (tokens.stackUsed() == original_depth) return;
+    }
+}
 
 fn parseInternal(comptime T: type, token: Token, tokens: *TokenStream, options: ParseOptions) !T {
     switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
@@ -1675,6 +1692,7 @@ fn parseInternal(comptime T: type, token: Token, tokens: *TokenStream, options:
                             }
                         }
                         if (!found and !options.allow_unknown_fields) return error.UnknownField;
+                        if (!found) try skipValue(tokens);
                     },
                     .ObjectBegin => {
                         if (!options.allow_unknown_fields) return error.UnknownField;