diff --git a/implementations/javascript/packages/core/src/text.ts b/implementations/javascript/packages/core/src/text.ts
index e9f0dd8..2fb8146 100644
--- a/implementations/javascript/packages/core/src/text.ts
+++ b/implementations/javascript/packages/core/src/text.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GenericEmbedded } from './embedded';
+import { Embedded, GenericEmbedded } from './embedded';
 import type { Value } from './values';
 
 import { Annotated } from './annotated';
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ export const stringifyEmbeddedWrite: EmbeddedWriter<any> = {
             new Writer(s, this).push(v.generic);
         } else {
             try {
-                new Writer(s, this).push(fromJS(v));
-                return;
+                const j = fromJS(v);
+                if (!(j instanceof Embedded)) {
+                    new Writer(s, this).push(j);
+                    return;
+                }
             } catch {}
             try {
                 s.pieces.push(JSON.stringify(v));