diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fb05479..64c30f1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ deploy:
   - LICENSE
   - kwikapi/api.py
   - kwikapi/__init__.py
-  name: kwikapi-0.5.14
-  tag_name: 0.5.14
+  name: kwikapi-0.5.15
+  tag_name: 0.5.15
   true:
     repo: deep-compute/kwikapi
 - provider: pypi
diff --git a/kwikapi/client.py b/kwikapi/client.py
index c741ef9..5cdfeed 100644
--- a/kwikapi/client.py
+++ b/kwikapi/client.py
@@ -143,9 +143,17 @@ def _make_request(self, url, post_body, headers):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _deserialize_response(data, proto, raise_exception=True):
+        proto = Client._get_protocol(proto)  # Checking for a valid protocol object
         r = proto.deserialize(data)
         return Client._extract_response(r, raise_exception)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_protocol(proto):
+        if isinstance(proto, str):
+            return PROTOCOLS[proto]
+        else:
+            return proto
+
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_response(r, raise_exception=True):
         success = r["success"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa7eaed..e9dc25f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = "0.5.14"
+version = "0.5.15"
 setup(
     name="kwikapi",
     version=version,