diff --git a/Sources/SwiftGodot/Core/GenericSignal.swift b/Sources/SwiftGodot/Core/GenericSignal.swift
index 8a8dbf755..f8492f4f6 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftGodot/Core/GenericSignal.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftGodot/Core/GenericSignal.swift
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ extension Arguments {
         
         // try to unpack the variant as the expected type
         let value: T?
-        if (argument.gtype == .object) && (T.Representable.godotType == .object) {
-            value = argument.asObject(T.self as! Object.Type) as? T
+        if let objectType = type as? Object.Type, (argument.gtype == .object) && (T.Representable.godotType == .object) {
+            value = argument.asObject(objectType) as? T
         } else {
             value = T(argument)
         }