diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Extensions/Decoder.swift b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Extensions/Decoder.swift
index 69a0aa8..5435b1d 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Extensions/Decoder.swift
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Extensions/Decoder.swift
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ extension KeyedDecodingContainerProtocol {
 }
 
 extension Decodable {
+    public static func decode(jsonDict: [String: Any]) throws -> Self {
+        let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: jsonDict)
+        do {
+            return try jsonData.decode()
+        } catch {
+            throw JSONError.other(error: error)
+        }
+    }
+
     public static func decode(fileName: String, bundle: Bundle = Bundle.main) throws -> Self {
         guard let path = bundle.path(forResource: fileName, ofType: ".json") else {
             throw JSONError.pathNotFound
diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Model/ModelRegistry.swift b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Model/ModelRegistry.swift
index a141ed4..719167d 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Model/ModelRegistry.swift
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Models/Model/ModelRegistry.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ public struct ModelRegistry {
     public static func register<M: Model>(_ type: M.Type) {
         types[M.identifier] = type
     }
+
+    public static func getType(for name: String) -> Model.Type? {
+        return types[name]
+    }
 }
 
 extension KeyedDecodingContainer where Key: CodingKey {
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ extension KeyedDecodingContainer where Key: CodingKey {
 
         //get the type
         guard let found = ModelRegistry.types[type] else {
+            MVMCoreLoggingHandler.logDebugMessage(withDelegate: "Model not mapped: \(type)")
             throw ModelRegistry.Error.decoderErrorModelNotMapped
         }