diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9418e4..f1a0a83 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ build/*
 composer.lock
 phpjsonable.iml
 .idea/*
-vendor/*
\ No newline at end of file
+vendor/*
+index.php
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/grinfeld_phpjsonable.phar b/grinfeld_phpjsonable.phar
index 84663cf..756848e 100644
Binary files a/grinfeld_phpjsonable.phar and b/grinfeld_phpjsonable.phar differ
diff --git a/src/transformers/BeanTransformer.php b/src/transformers/BeanTransformer.php
index 2f56ff6..dc44344 100644
--- a/src/transformers/BeanTransformer.php
+++ b/src/transformers/BeanTransformer.php
@@ -40,8 +40,19 @@ public function transform($obj, OutputStream $output, Configuration $conf) {
             $clazzName = $conf->getString(Configuration::CLASS_PROPERTY, Configuration::DEFAULT_CLASS_PROPERTY_VALUE);
             $clazzStrategy = $conf->getString(Configuration::CLASS_TYPE_PROPERTY, LanguageStrategyFactory::LANG_PHP);
             foreach($props as $prop) {
-                $prop->setAccessible(true);
-                $val = $prop->getValue($obj);
+                // check getter
+                $val = null;
+                try {
+                    $refMethod = new \ReflectionMethod($clazz, "get" . ucfirst($prop->getName()));
+                    if ($refMethod->isPublic())
+                        $val = $refMethod->invoke($obj);
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    echo $e->getMessage();
+                }
+                if ($val == null) {
+                    $prop->setAccessible(true);
+                    $val = $prop->getValue($obj);
+                }
                 if ($excludeNull === false || ($val !== null || $val !== "")) {
                     if ($prop->getName() != $clazzName) {
                         if ($i != 0)
diff --git a/src/transformers/MapTransformer.php b/src/transformers/MapTransformer.php
index 48843d7..ff09efe 100644
--- a/src/transformers/MapTransformer.php
+++ b/src/transformers/MapTransformer.php
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class MapTransformer implements Transformer {
     public function match($obj) {
         if (!is_array($obj))
             return false;
+
+        if (is_object($obj))
+            return false;
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/parsers/json/WriterTest.php b/test/parsers/json/WriterTest.php
index 8d2a229..aaf0d20 100644
--- a/test/parsers/json/WriterTest.php
+++ b/test/parsers/json/WriterTest.php
@@ -127,5 +127,17 @@ public function testParse() {
         Json::encode($pair, $output, (new Configuration())->push(Configuration::INCLUDE_CLASS_NAME_PROPERTY, "true")->push(Configuration::EXCLUDE_NULL_PROPERTY, "false"));
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $output->toString(), "Should be $expected");
 
+        $output = new StringOutputStream();
+        Json::encode(new SimpleBean(), $output, (new Configuration())->push(Configuration::INCLUDE_CLASS_NAME_PROPERTY, "false")->push(Configuration::EXCLUDE_NULL_PROPERTY, "false"));
+        $this->assertEquals("{\"val\":\"123\"}", $output->toString(), "Should be 123");
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+    class SimpleBean {
+        protected $val = "1";
+
+        /**
+         * @return mixed
+         */
+        public function getVal() { return "123"; }
+    }
\ No newline at end of file