diff --git a/swagger_to/intermediate.py b/swagger_to/intermediate.py
index c4dc496..8a26b91 100644
--- a/swagger_to/intermediate.py
+++ b/swagger_to/intermediate.py
@@ -432,12 +432,7 @@ def _recursively_strip_descriptions(schema_dict: MutableMapping[str, Any]) -> Mu
     new_schema_dict = collections.OrderedDict()  # type: MutableMapping[str, Any]
 
     for key, value in schema_dict.items():
-        if key.lower() == 'description':
-            if not isinstance(value, str):
-                raise ValueError("Expected the value in a schema to be a string, but got: {}".format(type(value)))
-
-            new_schema_dict[key] = value.strip()
-        elif isinstance(value, list):
+        if isinstance(value, list):
             lst = []  # type: List[Any]
             for item in value:
                 if isinstance(item, (dict, collections.OrderedDict)):
@@ -451,6 +446,11 @@ def _recursively_strip_descriptions(schema_dict: MutableMapping[str, Any]) -> Mu
             new_schema_dict[key] = _recursively_strip_descriptions(schema_dict=value)
         elif isinstance(value, swagger_to.swagger.RawDict):
             new_schema_dict[key] = _recursively_strip_descriptions(schema_dict=value)
+        elif key.lower() == 'description':
+            if not isinstance(value, str):
+                raise ValueError("Expected the value in a schema to be a string, but got: {}".format(type(value)))
+
+            new_schema_dict[key] = value.strip()
         else:
             new_schema_dict[key] = value
 

diff --git a/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/endpoints.json b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/endpoints.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1298ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/endpoints.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+[
+  {
+    "consumes": [],
+    "description": "",
+    "line": 14,
+    "method": "get",
+    "operation_id": "get_foo",
+    "parameters": [
+      {
+        "description": "The foo id",
+        "in_what": "path",
+        "json_schema": {
+          "identifier": "",
+          "text": ""
+        },
+        "line": 21,
+        "name": "foo_id",
+        "required": true,
+        "typedef": {
+          "description": "",
+          "format": "",
+          "identifier": "",
+          "json_schema": {
+            "identifier": "",
+            "text": ""
+          },
+          "line": 0,
+          "pattern": "",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "path": "/api/v1/foo",
+    "produces": [],
+    "responses": {
+      "200": {
+        "code": "200",
+        "description": "Success",
+        "line": 17,
+        "typedef": null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_params.json b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_params.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_params.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_typedefs.json b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_typedefs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0228d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/intermediate_typedefs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  "foo": {
+    "description": "",
+    "identifier": "foo",
+    "json_schema": {
+      "identifier": "foo",
+      "text": "{\n  \"title\": \"foo\",\n  \"$schema\": \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#\",\n  \"type\": \"object\",\n  \"properties\": {\n    \"id\": {\n      \"description\": \"Identifier\"\n    },\n    \"name\": {\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"example\": \"TestJob\",\n      \"description\": \"Name of the test.\"\n    },\n    \"description\": {\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"example\": \"TestJob\",\n      \"description\": \"Test description.\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
+    },
+    "line": 28,
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "description": "Identifier",
+        "line": 0,
+        "name": "id",
+        "required": false,
+        "typedef": {
+          "description": "",
+          "identifier": "",
+          "json_schema": {
+            "identifier": "",
+            "text": ""
+          },
+          "line": 31
+        }
+      },
+      "name": {
+        "description": "Name of the test.",
+        "line": 0,
+        "name": "name",
+        "required": false,
+        "typedef": {
+          "description": "",
+          "format": null,
+          "identifier": "",
+          "json_schema": {
+            "identifier": "",
+            "text": ""
+          },
+          "line": 33,
+          "pattern": "",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "description": {
+        "description": "Test description.",
+        "line": 0,
+        "name": "description",
+        "required": false,
+        "typedef": {
+          "description": "",
+          "format": null,
+          "identifier": "",
+          "json_schema": {
+            "identifier": "",
+            "text": ""
+          },
+          "line": 37,
+          "pattern": "",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "required": []
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/swagger.yaml b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/swagger.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d77584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/intermediate/definitions_item_description_as_object/swagger.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# This is a valid schema, but the definition...->description object broke swagger-to.
+# Test relates to: https://github.com/Parquery/swagger-to/issues/132
+swagger: '2.0'
+info:
+  description: description
+  version: '1.0'
+  title: An API
+basePath: /api/v1
+tags:
+- name: foo
+  description: description
+paths:
+  /foo:
+    get:
+      operationId: get_foo
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Success
+      tags:
+      - foo
+    parameters:
+    - in: path
+      description: The foo id
+      name: foo_id
+      required: true
+      type: string
+definitions:
+  foo:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      id:
+        description: Identifier
+      name:
+        type: string
+        example: TestJob
+        description: Name of the test.
+      description:
+        type: string
+        example: TestJob
+        description: Test description.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/errors.txt b/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5878bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"info"/"description":RawDict([('name', 'This is expected to fail!')]) is not of type 'string'
+
+Failed validating 'type' in schema['properties']['info']['properties']['description']:
+    {'description': 'A longer description of the API. Should be different '
+                    'from the title.  GitHub Flavored Markdown is allowed.',
+     'type': 'string'}
+
+On instance['info']['description']:
+    RawDict([('name', 'This is expected to fail!')])
+
+We used the JSON schema of OpenAPI 2 from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/88cd94419e117b154b67b834fa8e471bb98bd346/schemas/v2.0/schema.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/swagger.yaml b/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/swagger.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20ba39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/parsing/info_description_not_string/swagger.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This is invalid schema...
+# It confirms the validator fails at a "description" element that MUST be a string.
+# Test relates to: https://github.com/Parquery/swagger-to/issues/132
+swagger: '2.0'
+info:
+  description:
+    name: This is expected to fail!
+  version: '1.0'
+  title: An API
+basePath: /api/v1
+tags:
+- name: foo
+  description: description
+paths:
+  /foo:
+    get:
+      operationId: get_foo
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Success
+      tags:
+      - foo
+    parameters:
+    - in: path
+      description: The foo id
+      name: foo_id
+      required: true
+      type: string
\ No newline at end of file

ValueError: Expected the value in a schema to be a string, but got: <class 'swagger_to.swagger.RawDict'>
if definitions properties has name with description, will cause this issue
```
  DeviceDefineInfoRes:
    type: object
    discriminator: ''
    properties:
      createPerson:
        type: string
      createTime:
        type: string
      description:
        type: string
      id:
        type: string
      manufacturer:
        type: string
      name:
        type: string
      number:
        type: string
      productTypeCode:
        type: integer
        format: int32
      updatePerson:
        type: string
      updateTime:
        type: string
    description: ''
```
<img width="729" alt="20211027104911" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17000812/138991549-b512b07d-f789-4df9-8436-92e87c698d4c.png">

*(@mristin, 2021-10-27: added markers for multi-line code)*
tests/test_intermediate.py::TestIntermediate::test_that_it_does_not_break
tests/test_elm_client.py::TestElmClient::test_that_it_works tests/test_elm_client.py::TestEscapeElmString::test_that_it_works tests/test_go_server.py::TestEscapeStr::test_empty tests/test_go_server.py::TestEscapeStr::test_that_it_works tests/test_go_server.py::TestGoServer::test_that_it_works tests/test_parsing.py::TestParsing::test_that_it_does_not_break tests/test_py_client.py::TestPyClient::test_that_it_works tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_backslash_and_triple_quote tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_backslash_handled tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_multiline tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_single_line tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_special_chars tests/test_py_client.py::TestDocstring::test_triple_quote_handled tests/test_style.py::TestStyleCheck::test_that_it_works tests/test_style.py::TestDescription::test_that_it_works tests/test_swagger_to.py::TestSwaggerTo::test_camel_case tests/test_swagger_to.py::TestSwaggerTo::test_camel_case_split tests/test_swagger_to.py::TestSwaggerTo::test_capial_camel_case tests/test_swagger_to.py::TestSwaggerTo::test_path_tokenization tests/test_swagger_to.py::TestSwaggerTo::test_snake_case tests/test_ts_angular5_client.py::TestTypescriptClient::test_that_it_works