diff --git a/lib/neography/oj_parser.rb b/lib/neography/oj_parser.rb
index 94ebd82..fe27953 100644
--- a/lib/neography/oj_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/oj_parser.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 class OjParser < HTTParty::Parser
- 
+  Oj.default_options = { :mode => :strict }
+  
   protected 
     def json
-      #Oj::Doc.parse(body)
       Oj.load(body)
     end
 end
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diff --git a/spec/integration/parsing_spec.rb b/spec/integration/parsing_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a73846b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration/parsing_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'spec_helper')
+
+describe Neography do
+  subject { Neography::Rest.new }
+  describe 'create_node' do
+    it 'should not convert strings to symbol' do
+      node = subject.create_node({:text => ':1456'})
+
+      node['data']['text'].class.should == String # fails! expected: String got: Symbol (using ==)
+      node['data']['text'].should == ':1456'
+    end
+  end
+end
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