diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 44071ba..9e81fb7 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.415"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.416"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-03-18T10:42:00+0100"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-03-18T11:19:01+0100"
diff --git a/reflectext/convertToMap.go b/reflectext/convertToMap.go
index f8721b4..b46c513 100644
--- a/reflectext/convertToMap.go
+++ b/reflectext/convertToMap.go
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 package reflectext
 
-import "reflect"
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"reflect"
+)
 
-func ConvertStructToMap(v any) any {
-	return reflectToMap(reflect.ValueOf(v))
+type ConvertStructToMapOpt struct {
+	KeepJsonMarshalTypes bool
 }
 
-func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value) any {
+func ConvertStructToMap(v any, opts ...ConvertStructToMapOpt) any {
+	opt := ConvertStructToMapOpt{}
+	if len(opts) > 0 {
+		opt = opts[0]
+	}
+	return reflectToMap(reflect.ValueOf(v), opt)
+}
+
+func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value, opt ConvertStructToMapOpt) any {
 
 	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 
 		if fv.IsNil() {
 			return nil
 		} else {
-			return reflectToMap(fv.Elem())
+			return reflectToMap(fv.Elem(), opt)
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value) any {
 		arrlen := fv.Len()
 		arr := make([]any, arrlen)
 		for i := 0; i < arrlen; i++ {
-			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i))
+			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i), opt)
 		}
 		return arr
 
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value) any {
 		arrlen := fv.Len()
 		arr := make([]any, arrlen)
 		for i := 0; i < arrlen; i++ {
-			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i))
+			arr[i] = reflectToMap(fv.Index(i), opt)
 		}
 		return arr
 
@@ -56,11 +67,15 @@ func reflectToMap(fv reflect.Value) any {
 
 	if fv.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
 
+		if opt.KeepJsonMarshalTypes && fv.Type().Implements(reflect.TypeFor[json.Marshaler]()) {
+			return fv.Interface()
+		}
+
 		res := make(map[string]any)
 
 		for i := 0; i < fv.NumField(); i++ {
 			if fv.Type().Field(i).IsExported() {
-				res[fv.Type().Field(i).Name] = reflectToMap(fv.Field(i))
+				res[fv.Type().Field(i).Name] = reflectToMap(fv.Field(i), opt)
 			}
 		}