diff --git a/include/rfl/parsing/ParserPositional.hpp b/include/rfl/parsing/ParserPositional.hpp
index c7dd6832..3b038975 100644
--- a/include/rfl/parsing/ParserPositional.hpp
+++ b/include/rfl/parsing/ParserPositional.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ template <class T>
 struct is_positional<Positional<T>> : std::true_type {};
 
 template <class T>
-inline constexpr bool is_positional_v = is_positional<T>::value;
+inline constexpr bool is_positional_v =
+    is_positional<std::remove_cvref_t<T>>::value;
 
 template <class R, class W, class T, class ProcessorsType>
 struct ParserPositional {
diff --git a/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_default.hpp b/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_default.hpp
index f77daf57..46605434 100644
--- a/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_default.hpp
+++ b/include/rfl/parsing/Parser_default.hpp
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ struct Parser {
       return ParserDefaultVal<R, W, U, ProcessorsType>::to_schema(_definitions);
 
     } else if constexpr (is_short_v<U>) {
+      return ParserShort<R, W, U, ProcessorsType>::to_schema(_definitions);
+
     } else if constexpr (is_positional_v<U>) {
       return ParserPositional<R, W, typename U::Type,
                               ProcessorsType>::to_schema(_definitions);
diff --git a/include/rfl/parsing/is_string_map.hpp b/include/rfl/parsing/is_string_map.hpp
index 7be287da..1c4069d0 100644
--- a/include/rfl/parsing/is_string_map.hpp
+++ b/include/rfl/parsing/is_string_map.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "../ExtraFields.hpp"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ template <class T>
 struct is_string_map<rfl::ExtraFields<T>> : std::true_type {};
 
 template <class T>
-constexpr bool is_string_map_v = is_string_map<T>::value;
+constexpr bool is_string_map_v = is_string_map<std::remove_cvref_t<T>>::value;
 
 }  // namespace rfl::parsing