diff --git a/activitypub/object.go b/activitypub/object.go
index cf0a042..df1f151 100644
--- a/activitypub/object.go
+++ b/activitypub/object.go
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ type Object struct {
 func GetAPSource(data []byte) Source {
 	s := Source{}
 
-	contBytes, _, _, err := jsonparser.Get(data, "source", "content")
-	if err == nil {
+	if contBytes, _, _, err := jsonparser.Get(data, "source", "content"); err == nil {
 		s.Content.UnmarshalJSON(contBytes)
 	}
-	mimeBytes, _, _, err := jsonparser.Get(data, "source", "mimeType")
-	if err == nil {
+	if mimeBytes, _, _, err := jsonparser.Get(data, "source", "mediaType"); err == nil {
 		s.MediaType.UnmarshalJSON(mimeBytes)
 	}
 
diff --git a/activitypub/object_test.go b/activitypub/object_test.go
index dc15f24..964a6e2 100644
--- a/activitypub/object_test.go
+++ b/activitypub/object_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package activitypub
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func validateEmptyObject(o Object, t *testing.T) {
 	if o.ID != "" {
@@ -60,3 +62,16 @@ func TestSource_UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	s.UnmarshalJSON(dataEmpty)
 	validateEmptySource(s, t)
 }
+
+func TestGetAPSource(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte(`{"source": {"content": "test", "mediaType": "text/plain" }}`)
+
+	a := GetAPSource(data)
+
+	if a.Content.First() != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("Content didn't match test value. Received %q, expecting %q", a.Content, "test")
+	}
+	if a.MediaType != "text/plain" {
+		t.Errorf("Content didn't match test value. Received %q, expecting %q", a.MediaType, "text/plain")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/activitystreams/object.go b/activitystreams/object.go
index 81ded1e..12a2014 100644
--- a/activitystreams/object.go
+++ b/activitystreams/object.go
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ func (l *LangRef) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
 func (n *NaturalLanguageValue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	val, typ, _, err := jsonparser.Get(data)
 	if err != nil {
+		// try our luck if data contains an unquoted string
+		n.Append(NilLangRef, string(data))
 		return nil
 	}
 	switch typ {
@@ -418,9 +420,9 @@ type Relationship struct {
 type Tombstone struct {
 	Parent
 	// FormerType On a Tombstone object, the formerType property identifies the type of the object that was deleted.
-	FormerType ActivityVocabularyType  `jsonld:"formerType,omitempty"`
+	FormerType ActivityVocabularyType `jsonld:"formerType,omitempty"`
 	// Deleted On a Tombstone object, the deleted property is a timestamp for when the object was deleted.
-	Deleted time.Time  `jsonld:"deleted,omitempty"`
+	Deleted time.Time `jsonld:"deleted,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ValidGenericType validates the type against the valid generic object types