diff --git a/openapi-to-har.js b/openapi-to-har.js
index 2d9daf2..a2fe96e 100644
--- a/openapi-to-har.js
+++ b/openapi-to-har.js
@@ -437,8 +437,20 @@ const getBaseUrl = function (openApi, path, method) {
  * @return {HarParameterObject[]} Array of objects describing the parameters in a given OpenAPI method or path
  */
 const getParameterValues = function (openApi, param, location, values) {
+  var type = (param.type || (param.schema && param.schema.type));
+
+  if (typeof type === 'undefined') {
+    type = "ANY"
+  } else if (typeof type !== 'string') {
+    // While this is an error and it'll get by the openapi-snippet
+    // generator, any openapi validator should flag this error where
+    // typeof type is not 'string'.
+    type = "ERROR"
+  } else {
+    type = type.toUpperCase()
+  }
   let value =
-    'SOME_' + (param.type || param.schema.type).toUpperCase() + '_VALUE';
+    'SOME_' + type + '_VALUE';
   if (location === 'path') {
     // then default to the original place holder value (e.b. '{id}')
     value = `{${param.name}}`;
@@ -500,10 +512,6 @@ const parseParametersToQuery = function (
         /^#/.test(param.schema['$ref'])
       ) {
         param.schema = resolveRef(openApi, param.schema['$ref']);
-        if (typeof param.schema.type === 'undefined') {
-          // many schemas don't have an explicit type
-          param.schema.type = 'object';
-        }
       }
     }
     if (
diff --git a/test/parameter_variations_swagger.json b/test/parameter_variations_swagger.json
index ba1cc8a..b9cae1e 100644
--- a/test/parameter_variations_swagger.json
+++ b/test/parameter_variations_swagger.json
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@
                             "type": "integer",
                             "format": "int32"
                         }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "noType",
+                        "description": "can be any type",
+                        "in": "query"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "typeNotAString",
+                        "type": 35,
+                        "in": "query"
                     }
                 ],
                 "responses": {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index cd59409..0a963fb 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ test('Parameters that are Schema References Are Dereferenced', function (t) {
     ['node_request']
   );
   const snippet = result.snippets[0].content;
-  t.true(/pet: 'SOME_OBJECT_VALUE'/.test(snippet));
+  t.true(/pet: 'SOME_ANY_VALUE'/.test(snippet));
   t.end();
 });
 
@@ -1714,3 +1714,29 @@ test('A reference in an examples object is resolved', function (t) {
   t.match(snippet, /tags=dog%2Ccat/);
   t.end();
 });
+
+test('A parameter without an explicit type is assigned the Any Type', function (t) {
+  const result = OpenAPISnippets.getEndpointSnippets(
+    ParameterVariationsAPI,
+    '/pets',
+    'get',
+    ['shell_curl']
+  );
+
+  const snippet = result.snippets[0].content;
+  t.match(snippet, /noType=SOME_ANY_VALUE/);
+  t.end();
+});
+
+test('A parameter with a type that is not a string value (like "boolean" or "object") is an error', function (t) {
+  const result = OpenAPISnippets.getEndpointSnippets(
+    ParameterVariationsAPI,
+    '/pets',
+    'get',
+    ['shell_curl']
+  );
+
+  const snippet = result.snippets[0].content;
+  t.match(snippet, /typeNotAString=SOME_ERROR_VALUE/);
+  t.end();
+});