diff --git a/jsonformer/main.py b/jsonformer/main.py
index 9c13471..cebafe0 100644
--- a/jsonformer/main.py
+++ b/jsonformer/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     OutputNumbersTokens,
     StringStoppingCriteria,
 )
+from jsonformer.type_prefixes import get_prefix_tokens_for_types
+
 from termcolor import cprint
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, PreTrainedTokenizer
 import json
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.json_schema = json_schema
         self.prompt = prompt
 
+        self.type_prefix_tokens = get_prefix_tokens_for_types(tokenizer)
+
         self.number_logit_processor = OutputNumbersTokens(self.tokenizer, self.prompt)
 
         self.generation_marker = "|GENERATION|"
@@ -147,6 +151,36 @@ def generate_object(
             obj[key] = self.generate_value(schema, obj, key)
         return obj
 
+    def choose_type_to_generate(self, possible_types: List[str]) -> str:
+        possible_types = list(set(possible_types))  # remove duplicates
+        self.debug("[choose_type_to_generate]", possible_types)
+        if len(possible_types) < 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Union type must not be empty")
+        elif len(possible_types) == 1:
+            return possible_types[0]
+
+        prompt = self.get_prompt()
+        input_tensor = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt, return_tensors="pt")
+        output = self.model.forward(input_tensor.to(self.model.device))
+        logits = output.logits[0, -1]
+
+        max_type = None
+        max_logit = -float("inf")
+        for possible_type in possible_types:
+            try: 
+                prefix_tokens = self.type_prefix_tokens[possible_type]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported schema type: {possible_type}")
+            max_type_logit = logits[prefix_tokens].max()
+            if max_type_logit > max_logit:
+                max_type = possible_type
+                max_logit = max_type_logit
+
+        if max_type is None:
+            raise Exception("Unable to find best type to generate for union type")
+        self.debug("[choose_type_to_generate]", max_type)
+        return max_type
+    
     def generate_value(
         self,
         schema: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -154,6 +188,12 @@ def generate_value(
         key: Union[str, None] = None,
     ) -> Any:
         schema_type = schema["type"]
+        if isinstance(schema_type, list):
+            if key:
+                obj[key] = self.generation_marker
+            else:
+                obj.append(self.generation_marker)
+            schema_type = self.choose_type_to_generate(schema_type)
         if schema_type == "number":
             if key:
                 obj[key] = self.generation_marker
@@ -183,6 +223,8 @@ def generate_value(
             else:
                 obj.append(new_obj)
             return self.generate_object(schema["properties"], new_obj)
+        elif schema_type == "null":
+            return None
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unsupported schema type: {schema_type}")
 
diff --git a/jsonformer/type_prefixes.py b/jsonformer/type_prefixes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c60eefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsonformer/type_prefixes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
+from typing import Dict, List
+import re
+
+def is_number_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return re.match(r"^[\-\d]+\.?[\d]*$", s)
+
+def is_boolean_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return 'true'.startswith(s) or 'false'.startswith(s)
+
+def is_null_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return 'null'.startswith(s)
+
+def is_string_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return re.match(r'^"[^"]*"?$', s)
+
+def is_array_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return re.match(r'^\[["\-\d\[{]*$', s)
+
+def is_object_prefix(s: str) -> bool:
+    return re.match(r'^\{"?$', s)
+
+def get_prefix_tokens_for_types(tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizer) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
+    vocab = tokenizer.vocab.items()
+    return {
+        "number": [v for k, v in vocab if is_number_prefix(k)],
+        "boolean": [v for k, v in vocab if is_boolean_prefix(k)],
+        "null": [v for k, v in vocab if is_null_prefix(k)],
+        "string": [v for k, v in vocab if is_string_prefix(k)],
+        "array": [v for k, v in vocab if is_array_prefix(k)],
+        "object": [v for k, v in vocab if is_object_prefix(k)],
+    }