diff --git a/MLEM.Data/Json/StaticJsonConverter.cs b/MLEM.Data/Json/StaticJsonConverter.cs
index be0a70a..2829d3e 100644
--- a/MLEM.Data/Json/StaticJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Data/Json/StaticJsonConverter.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
     /// <summary>
     /// A <see cref="JsonConverter{T}"/> that doesn't actually serialize the object, but instead serializes the name given to it by the underlying <see cref="Dictionary{T,T}"/>. 
-    /// Optionally, the name of a <see cref="Dictionary{TKey,TValue}"/> can be passed to this converter when used in the <see cref="JsonConverterAttribute"/> by passing the arguments for the <see cref="StaticJsonConverter{T}(string,string)"/> constructor as <see cref="JsonConverterAttribute.ConverterParameters"/>.
+    /// Optionally, the name of a <see cref="Dictionary{TKey,TValue}"/> can be passed to this converter when used in the <see cref="JsonConverterAttribute"/> by passing the arguments for the <see cref="StaticJsonConverter{T}(Type,string)"/> constructor as <see cref="JsonConverterAttribute.ConverterParameters"/>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to convert</typeparam>
     public class StaticJsonConverter<T> : JsonConverter<T> {
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new static json converter by finding the underlying <see cref="Dictionary{TKey,TValue}"/> from the given type and member name
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="typeName">The name of the type that the dictionary is in</param>
+        /// <param name="type">The type that the dictionary is declared in</param>
         /// <param name="memberName">The name of the dictionary itself</param>
-        public StaticJsonConverter(string typeName, string memberName) :
-            this(GetEntries(typeName, memberName)) {
+        public StaticJsonConverter(Type type, string memberName) :
+            this(GetEntries(type, memberName)) {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
             return ret;
         }
 
-        private static Dictionary<string, T> GetEntries(string typeName, string memberName) {
+        private static Dictionary<string, T> GetEntries(Type type, string memberName) {
             const BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
-            var type = Type.GetType(typeName) ?? throw new ArgumentException($"Type {typeName} does not exist", nameof(typeName));
             var value = type.GetProperty(memberName, flags)?.GetValue(null) ?? type.GetField(memberName, flags)?.GetValue(null);
             if (value == null)
                 throw new ArgumentException($"There is no property or field value for name {memberName}", nameof(memberName));