diff --git a/src/main/java/com/flemmli97/flan/config/LangConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/flemmli97/flan/config/LangConfig.java
index 8176e8f..08634b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/flemmli97/flan/config/LangConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/flemmli97/flan/config/LangConfig.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class LangConfig {
             JsonObject obj = ConfigHandler.GSON.fromJson(reader, JsonObject.class);
             reader.close();
             for (Field field : this.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
-                if (field.getDeclaringClass().equals(String.class) && obj.has(field.getName())) {
+                if (field.getType().equals(String.class) && obj.has(field.getName())) {
                     field.set(this, obj.get(field.getName()).getAsString());
                 }
             }