1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/tosca/PropertyConvertor.java b/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/tosca/PropertyConvertor.java
index 22f6730eb1..083ea67769 100644
--- a/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/tosca/PropertyConvertor.java
+++ b/catalog-be/src/main/java/org/openecomp/sdc/be/tosca/PropertyConvertor.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class PropertyConvertor {
 				}
 	
 				innerConverter = type.getValueConverter();
-				if (ToscaPropertyType.STRING.equals(type) && value.startsWith("/")) {
+				if (ToscaPropertyType.STRING.equals(type) && valueStartsWithNonJsonChar(value)) {
 					return innerConverter.convertToToscaValue(value, innerType, dataTypes);
 				}
 			}
@@ -192,4 +192,8 @@ public class PropertyConvertor {
 
 	}
 
+	private boolean valueStartsWithNonJsonChar(String value) {
+		return value.startsWith("/") || value.startsWith(":");
+	}
+
 }