diff --git a/Neo4jClient.Tests/Serialization/CustomJsonDeserializerTests.cs b/Neo4jClient.Tests/Serialization/CustomJsonDeserializerTests.cs
index 136120104..997edbea1 100644
--- a/Neo4jClient.Tests/Serialization/CustomJsonDeserializerTests.cs
+++ b/Neo4jClient.Tests/Serialization/CustomJsonDeserializerTests.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using Neo4jClient.ApiModels.Gremlin;
 using Neo4jClient.Serialization;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 
 namespace Neo4jClient.Test.Serialization
 {
@@ -208,6 +209,36 @@ public void ReadJsonCanMapNullableEnumsToEnum()
             Assert.AreEqual(expected, result);
         }
 
+        private class DateTimeDeserializer : DateTimeConverterBase
+        {
+            public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+            {
+                if (value.GetType().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(DateTime)))
+                    writer.WriteValue(((DateTime)value).Ticks);
+            }
+
+            public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+            {
+                if (objectType.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(DateTime)))
+                    return new DateTime(long.Parse(reader.Value.ToString()));
+
+                return DateTime.MinValue;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeShouldUseCustomSerializerBeforeDefault()
+        {
+            var deserializer = new CustomJsonDeserializer(new List<JsonConverter>(GraphClient.DefaultJsonConverters) { new DateTimeDeserializer() });
+            var expected = new DateTime(2000, 1, 1).Date;
+
+            var deserializeDateTime = deserializer.Deserialize<DateTimeModel>("{\"Foo\":\"630822816000000000\"}");
+            
+            Assert.IsNotNull(deserializeDateTime.Foo);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, deserializeDateTime.Foo.Value);
+        }
+
+
         [Test]
         [TestCase("{\"Gender\": \"Female\"}", Gender.Female)]
         [TestCase("{\"Gender\": \"1\"}", Gender.Female)]
diff --git a/Neo4jClient/Serialization/CommonDeserializerMethods.cs b/Neo4jClient/Serialization/CommonDeserializerMethods.cs
index 78abd26d6..0372f4e8a 100644
--- a/Neo4jClient/Serialization/CommonDeserializerMethods.cs
+++ b/Neo4jClient/Serialization/CommonDeserializerMethods.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ public static object CoerceValue(DeserializationContext context, PropertyInfo pr
                 return null;
 
             var propertyType = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
+            object jsonConversionResult;
+            if (TryJsonConverters(context, propertyType, value, out jsonConversionResult))
+                return jsonConversionResult;
+            
             Type genericTypeDef = null;
 
             if (propertyType.IsGenericType)
@@ -165,10 +169,6 @@ public static object CoerceValue(DeserializationContext context, PropertyInfo pr
                 return Convert.FromBase64String(value.Value<string>());
             }
 
-            object jsonConversionResult;
-            if (TryJsonConverters(context, propertyType, value, out jsonConversionResult))
-                return jsonConversionResult;
-
             if (genericTypeDef == typeof(List<>))
             {
                 var list = BuildList(context, propertyType, value.Children(), typeMappings, nestingLevel + 1);