diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index adcfc69..66e96d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@biesbjerg/ngx-translate-extract",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "description": "Extract strings from projects using ngx-translate",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts b/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts
index 4b48c98..2a32157 100644
--- a/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export class NamespacedJsonCompiler implements CompilerInterface {
 	public extension = 'json';
 
 	public compile(collection: TranslationCollection): string {
-		const values: {} = flat.unflatten(collection.values);
+		const values: {} = flat.unflatten(collection.values, {
+			object: true
+		});
 		return JSON.stringify(values, null, '\t');
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts b/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts
index 6801215..8d352f1 100644
--- a/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,14 @@ describe('NamespacedJsonCompiler', () => {
 		expect(result).to.equal('{\n\t"NAMESPACE": {\n\t\t"KEY": {\n\t\t\t"FIRST_KEY": "",\n\t\t\t"SECOND_KEY": "VALUE"\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}');
 	});
 
+	it('should preserve numeric values on compile', () => {
+		const collection = new TranslationCollection({
+			"option.0": '',
+			"option.1": '',
+			"option.2": ''
+		});
+		const result: string = compiler.compile(collection);
+		expect(result).to.equal('{\n\t"option": {\n\t\t"0": "",\n\t\t"1": "",\n\t\t"2": ""\n\t}\n}');
+	});
+
 });