diff --git a/lib/src/definitions/thing_description.dart b/lib/src/definitions/thing_description.dart
index 723d49a4..652a7f16 100644
--- a/lib/src/definitions/thing_description.dart
+++ b/lib/src/definitions/thing_description.dart
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class ThingDescription {
     final Set<String> parsedFields = {};
 
     context.addAll(json.parseContext(prefixMapping, parsedFields));
+    atType = json.parseArrayField('@type', parsedFields);
     title = json.parseRequiredField<String>('title', parsedFields);
     titles.addAll(json.parseMapField<String>('titles', parsedFields) ?? {});
     description = json.parseField<String>('description', parsedFields);