diff --git a/derive/src/serde_json.rs b/derive/src/serde_json.rs
index ba2ad83..51aa91c 100644
--- a/derive/src/serde_json.rs
+++ b/derive/src/serde_json.rs
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ pub fn derive_de_json_proxy(proxy_type: &str, type_: &str) -> TokenStream {
     format!(
         "impl DeJson for {} {{
             #[allow(clippy::ignored_unit_patterns)]
-            fn de_json(_s: &mut nanoserde::DeJsonState, i: &mut core::str::Chars) -> ::core::result::Result<Self, nanoserde::DeJsonErr> {{
-                let proxy: {} = DeJson::deserialize_json(i)?;
+            fn de_json(s: &mut nanoserde::DeJsonState, i: &mut core::str::Chars) -> ::core::result::Result<Self, nanoserde::DeJsonErr> {{
+                let proxy: {} = DeJson::de_json(s, i)?;
                 ::core::result::Result::Ok(Into::into(&proxy))
             }}
         }}",
diff --git a/tests/json.rs b/tests/json.rs
index 0f11100..d143727 100644
--- a/tests/json.rs
+++ b/tests/json.rs
@@ -908,6 +908,42 @@ fn field_proxy() {
     assert!(test == test_deserialized);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn object_proxy() {
+    #[derive(DeJson, SerJson, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    #[nserde(proxy = "Serializable")]
+    pub struct NonSerializable {
+        foo: i32,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(DeJson, SerJson, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    pub struct Serializable {
+        x: i32,
+    }
+
+    impl From<&NonSerializable> for Serializable {
+        fn from(non_serializable: &NonSerializable) -> Serializable {
+            Serializable {
+                x: non_serializable.foo,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    impl From<&Serializable> for NonSerializable {
+        fn from(serializable: &Serializable) -> NonSerializable {
+            NonSerializable {
+                foo: serializable.x,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let test = NonSerializable { foo: 6 };
+
+    let bytes = SerJson::serialize_json(&test);
+    let test_deserialized = DeJson::deserialize_json(&bytes).unwrap();
+
+    assert!(test == test_deserialized);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn field_option_proxy() {
     #[derive(PartialEq, Clone, Debug)]