diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/config/GsonModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/config/GsonModule.java
index 1d340cb5cd..eb607e527e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/config/GsonModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/config/GsonModule.java
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ public class GsonModule extends AbstractModule {
       // simple (type adapters)
       builder.registerTypeAdapter(Properties.class, propertiesAdapter.nullSafe());
       builder.registerTypeAdapter(Date.class, adapter.nullSafe());
-      builder.registerTypeAdapter(new TypeToken<List<Byte>>() {
-      }.getType(), byteListAdapter.nullSafe());
       builder.registerTypeAdapter(byte[].class, byteArrayAdapter.nullSafe());
       builder.registerTypeAdapter(JsonBall.class, jsonAdapter.nullSafe());
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(optional);
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(iterable);
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(collection);
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(list);
+      builder.registerTypeAdapter(new TypeToken<List<Byte>>() {
+      }.getType(), byteListAdapter.nullSafe());
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(immutableList);
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(set);
       builder.registerTypeAdapterFactory(immutableSet);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/json/JsonTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/json/JsonTest.java
index 7d76a8508f..16ac1f91ff 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/json/JsonTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/json/JsonTest.java
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.json;
 
+import static com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding.base16;
+import static com.google.common.primitives.Bytes.asList;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -113,6 +116,17 @@ public class JsonTest {
       private Test enumValue;
    }
 
+   private static class ByteList {
+      List<Byte> checksum;
+   }
+
+   public void testByteList() {
+      ByteList bl = new ByteList();
+      bl.checksum = asList(base16().lowerCase().decode("1dda05ed139664f1f89b9dec482b77c0"));
+      assertEquals(json.toJson(bl), "{\"checksum\":\"1dda05ed139664f1f89b9dec482b77c0\"}");
+      assertEquals(json.fromJson(json.toJson(bl), ByteList.class).checksum, bl.checksum);
+   }
+
    public void testPropertiesSerializesDefaults() {
       Properties props = new Properties();
       props.put("string", "string");