diff --git a/primitives/DataProviders.go b/primitives/DataProviders.go
index 19d8d28..16f01af 100644
--- a/primitives/DataProviders.go
+++ b/primitives/DataProviders.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func NewMapDataProvider[T any](m map[string]T) DataProvider {
 
 // Tries to create a map data provider from any value if it cannot it will return an empty data provider (which will always return nil)
 func NewAnyDataProvider(val any) DataProvider {
+	dataProvider, _ := TryNewAnyDataProvider(val)
+	return dataProvider
+}
+
+func TryNewAnyDataProvider(val any) (DataProvider, bool) {
 	x := reflect.ValueOf(val)
 
 	switch x.Kind() {
@@ -51,33 +56,33 @@ func NewAnyDataProvider(val any) DataProvider {
 		keyTyp := x.Type().Key()
 
 		if keyTyp.Kind() != reflect.String {
-			return &EmptyDataProvider{}
+			return &EmptyDataProvider{}, false
 		}
 
 		valTyp := x.Type().Elem()
 
 		switch valTyp.Kind() { // TODO: add more types
 		case reflect.String:
-			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]string))
+			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]string)), true
 		case reflect.Int:
-			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]int))
+			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]int)), true
 		case reflect.Float64:
-			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]float64))
+			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]float64)), true
 		case reflect.Bool:
-			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]bool))
+			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]bool)), true
 		case reflect.Interface:
-			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]any))
+			return NewMapDataProvider(x.Interface().(map[string]any)), true
 		default:
-			return &EmptyDataProvider{}
+			return &EmptyDataProvider{}, false
 		}
 
 	case reflect.Pointer:
 		if x.IsNil() {
-			return &EmptyDataProvider{}
+			return &EmptyDataProvider{}, false
 		}
-		return NewAnyDataProvider(x.Elem().Interface())
+		return TryNewAnyDataProvider(x.Elem().Interface())
 
 	default:
-		return &EmptyDataProvider{}
+		return &EmptyDataProvider{}, false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/slices.go b/slices.go
index ac6c131..4f3e7ef 100644
--- a/slices.go
+++ b/slices.go
@@ -97,12 +97,7 @@ func (v *sliceProcessor) process(val any, dest any, errs p.ZogErrors, path p.Pat
 			item := refVal.Index(idx).Interface()
 			ptr := destVal.Index(idx).Addr().Interface()
 			path := path.Push(fmt.Sprint(idx))
-			if procesor, ok := v.schema.(*structProcessor); ok {
-				dp := p.NewAnyDataProvider(item)
-				procesor.process(dp, ptr, errs, path, ctx)
-			} else {
-				v.schema.process(item, ptr, errs, path, ctx)
-			}
+			v.schema.process(item, ptr, errs, path, ctx)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/slices_test.go b/slices_test.go
index a77546e..09aeb36 100644
--- a/slices_test.go
+++ b/slices_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ func TestSliceOfStructs(t *testing.T) {
 	var team Team
 
 	errsMap := teamSchema.Parse(NewMapDataProvider(data), &team)
-	fmt.Printf("%+v", errsMap)
-	fmt.Printf("%+v", team)
+	assert.Nil(t, errsMap)
+	assert.Len(t, team.Users, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, team.Users[0].Name, "Jane")
+	assert.Equal(t, team.Users[1].Name, "John")
 }
diff --git a/struct.go b/struct.go
index f1dc148..36d65b3 100644
--- a/struct.go
+++ b/struct.go
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ func (v *structProcessor) process(val any, dest any, errs p.ZogErrors, path p.Pa
 	// 2. cast data as DataProvider
 	dataProv, ok := val.(p.DataProvider)
 	if !ok {
-		errs.Add(path, Errors.Wrap(fmt.Errorf("expected a DataProvider at path %s", path), "failed to validate field"))
-		return
+		if dataProv, ok = p.TryNewAnyDataProvider(val); !ok {
+			errs.Add(path, Errors.Wrap(fmt.Errorf("expected a DataProvider at path %s", path), "failed to validate field"))
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	// required