diff --git a/lib/model/model/enum_model.dart b/lib/model/model/enum_model.dart
index 0335534..cb0cff6 100644
--- a/lib/model/model/enum_model.dart
+++ b/lib/model/model/enum_model.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:model_generator/model/item_type/integer_type.dart';
 import 'package:model_generator/model/item_type/item_type.dart';
+import 'package:model_generator/model/item_type/string_type.dart';
 import 'package:model_generator/model/model/model.dart';
 
 class EnumModel extends Model {
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@ class EnumProperty {
   EnumProperty({
     required this.value,
     required this.name,
-  }) : type = IntegerType();
+  }) : type = StringType();
 }
diff --git a/lib/writer/enum_model_writer.dart b/lib/writer/enum_model_writer.dart
index 62d42e4..1341fcf 100644
--- a/lib/writer/enum_model_writer.dart
+++ b/lib/writer/enum_model_writer.dart
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ class EnumModelWriter {
     jsonModel.fields?.forEach((key) {
       final keyProperty = key.enumProperties.firstWhereOrNull((element) => element.name.toLowerCase() == jsonModel.keyProperty);
       final jsonValue = keyProperty?.value ?? key.serializedName;
+      final propertyType = keyProperty?.type;
 
-      if (keyProperty?.type is StringType) {
+      if (propertyType is StringType || propertyType == null) {
         sb.writeln('  @JsonValue(\'$jsonValue\')');
-      } else if (keyProperty?.type is DoubleType) {
+      } else if (propertyType is DoubleType) {
         final doubleValue = double.tryParse(jsonValue);
         sb.writeln('  @JsonValue($doubleValue)');
       } else {
diff --git a/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/config.txt b/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..096d3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+MyEnumModel:
+  path: test/enum/
+  type: enum
+  properties:
+    MY_VALUE_1:
+        value: '1'
+    MY_VALUE_2:
+        value: '2'
diff --git a/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/output.txt b/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/output.txt
index 526caef..0b50f98 100644
--- a/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/output.txt
+++ b/test/writer/enum_model_writer/normal/output.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import 'package:json_annotation/json_annotation.dart';
 
 enum MyEnumModel {
-  ///A good description of this field
   @JsonValue('MY_VALUE_1')
   MY_VALUE_1,
   @JsonValue('MY_VALUE_2')
diff --git a/test/writer/enum_model_writer_test.dart b/test/writer/enum_model_writer_test.dart
index a619c9a..c6d0ca1 100644
--- a/test/writer/enum_model_writer_test.dart
+++ b/test/writer/enum_model_writer_test.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'writer_helper.dart';
 
 void main() {
   void testEnumModelWriter(String path) {
-    final result = WriterHelper.prepareYmlConfig(
+    final result = WriterHelper.prepareWriterTest(
       path: path,
       pubspecPath: 'test/writer/enum_model_writer',
     );
diff --git a/test/writer/object_model_writer_test.dart b/test/writer/object_model_writer_test.dart
index 6d5bce8..c8bae49 100644
--- a/test/writer/object_model_writer_test.dart
+++ b/test/writer/object_model_writer_test.dart
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import 'writer_helper.dart';
 
 void main() {
   void testObjectModelWriter(String path) {
-    final result = WriterHelper.prepareYmlConfig(path: path);
+    final result = WriterHelper.prepareWriterTest(path: path);
     final jsonModel = result.config.models.first;
     if (jsonModel is! ObjectModel) {
       throw Exception('The first model in the config file must be an object model and will be validated. The model is ${jsonModel.runtimeType}');
diff --git a/test/writer/writer_helper.dart b/test/writer/writer_helper.dart
index 0541f3c..a50abb0 100644
--- a/test/writer/writer_helper.dart
+++ b/test/writer/writer_helper.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class WriterHelper {
     String expected,
     YmlGeneratorConfig config,
     PubspecConfig pubspecConfig,
-  }) prepareYmlConfig({
+  }) prepareWriterTest({
     required String path,
     String? pubspecPath,
   }) {