diff --git a/src/Translator.php b/src/Translator.php
index 28ed72f6..b0b6cb4f 100644
--- a/src/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Translator.php
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ public function setTranslationManager(Manager $manager)
     protected function notifyMissingKey($key)
     {
         list($namespace, $group, $item) = $this->parseKey($key);
+        
+        if($item === null){
+          $item = $group;
+          $group = '_json';
+        }
+        
         if($this->manager && $namespace === '*' && $group && $item ){
             $this->manager->missingKey($namespace, $group, $item);
         }