diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 081227b..f92e951 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.282"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.283"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-10-09T09:23:40+0200"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-10-09T15:17:22+0200"
diff --git a/mongoext/registry.go b/mongoext/registry.go
index c14eb44..9b67579 100644
--- a/mongoext/registry.go
+++ b/mongoext/registry.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package mongoext
 import (
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/bsoncodec"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/bsontype"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/rfctime"
 	"reflect"
 )
@@ -24,5 +26,9 @@ func CreateGoExtBsonRegistry() *bsoncodec.Registry {
 
 	bson.PrimitiveCodecs{}.RegisterPrimitiveCodecs(rb)
 
+	// otherwise we get []primitve.E when unmarshalling into any
+	// which will result in {'key': .., 'value': ...}[] json when json-marshalling
+	rb.RegisterTypeMapEntry(bsontype.EmbeddedDocument, reflect.TypeOf(primitive.M{}))
+
 	return rb.Build()
 }