diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 6b8dc21..6bddfcf 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@
     // the keys will shift all over the place
     for (i = 0; i < w3cs.length; i += 1) {
       key = w3cs.key(i);
-      val = w3cs.getItem(key);
+      try {
+        val = JSON.parse(w3cs.getItem(key));
+      } catch(e) {
+        return;
+      }
       json[key] = val;
     }
     w3cs.clear();
diff --git a/lib/package.json b/lib/package.json
index 86a7578..6fd005a 100644
--- a/lib/package.json
+++ b/lib/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "json-storage",
   "description": "A wrapper for storage engines which use the W3C Storage API",
   "keywords": ["ender", "localStorage", "sessionStorage", "globalStorage", "Storage"],
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.1.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/coolaj86/json-storage-js.git"