diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
index a5851d8c..b6e3f52b 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/token/PropertyPathToken.java
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class PropertyPathToken extends PathToken {
     @Override
     public void evaluate(String currentPath, PathRef parent, Object model, EvaluationContextImpl ctx) {
         if (!ctx.jsonProvider().isMap(model)) {
-            throw new PathNotFoundException("Property " + getPathFragment() + " not found in path " + currentPath);
+            //throw new PathNotFoundException("Property " + getPathFragment() + " not found in path " + currentPath);
+            throw new PathNotFoundException("Expected to find an object with property " + getPathFragment() + " but found '" + model.getClass().getName() + "'. This is not a json object according to the JsonProvider: '" + ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().getClass().getName() + "'.");
         }
 
         handleObjectProperty(currentPath, model, ctx, properties);
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
index b1844c82..5ae4a2de 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/old/IssuesTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.old;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.BaseTest;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
@@ -875,4 +876,15 @@ public class IssuesTest extends BaseTest {
 
         assertThat(numbers).containsExactly(8.95D, 12.99D, 8.99D, 22.99D);
     }
+
+    @Test(expected = PathNotFoundException.class)
+    public void github_89() {
+
+        com.google.gson.JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+        json.addProperty("foo", "bar");
+
+        JsonPath path = JsonPath.compile("$.foo");
+        String object = path.read(json);
+
+    }
 }