diff --git a/src/jsx_encoder.erl b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
index 7b09bb2..05403d3 100644
--- a/src/jsx_encoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_encoder.erl
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ object([{Key, Value}], {Handler, State}, Config) when is_atom(Key); is_binary(Ke
         },
         Config
     );
-object([], {Handler, State}, _Config) -> Handler:handle_event(end_object, State).
+object([], {Handler, State}, _Config) -> Handler:handle_event(end_object, State);
+object(Term, Handler, Config) -> ?error(object, Term, Handler, Config).
 
 
 list([Value, Next|Rest], {Handler, State}, Config) ->
@@ -303,4 +304,4 @@ custom_error_handler_test_() ->
         )}
     ].
 
--endif.
\ No newline at end of file
+-endif.