diff --git a/src/Story.php b/src/Story.php
index e617edd7b..7e3c5880a 100644
--- a/src/Story.php
+++ b/src/Story.php
@@ -133,11 +133,15 @@ final protected function getState(string $name): mixed
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('"%s" was not registered. Did you forget to call "%s::addState()"?', $name, static::class));
         }
 
+        if (!\is_object($this->state[$name])) {
+            return $this->state[$name];
+        }
+
         try {
             $isProxy = $this->state[$name] instanceof Proxy;
 
             $unwrappedObject = ProxyGenerator::unwrap($this->state[$name]);
-            Configuration::instance()->persistence()->refresh($unwrappedObject, force: true); // @phpstan-ignore argument.templateType
+            Configuration::instance()->persistence()->refresh($unwrappedObject, force: true);
 
             return $isProxy ? ProxyGenerator::wrap($unwrappedObject) : $unwrappedObject; // @phpstan-ignore argument.templateType
         } catch (PersistenceNotAvailable|NoPersistenceStrategy|RefreshObjectFailed) {
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/Stories/DocumentStory.php b/tests/Fixture/Stories/DocumentStory.php
index 1fac2ef41..55c2bb929 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/Stories/DocumentStory.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/Stories/DocumentStory.php
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
  *
  * @method static GenericDocument foo()
  * @method static GenericDocument bar()
+ * @method static int             int()
+ * @method static float           float()
+ * @method static string          string()
+ * @method static bool            bool()
+ * @method static array           array()
+ * @method static null            null()
  */
 final class DocumentStory extends Story
 {
@@ -27,5 +33,11 @@ public function build(): void
     {
         $this->addState('foo', GenericDocumentFactory::createOne(['prop1' => 'foo']));
         $this->addState('bar', GenericDocumentFactory::createOne(['prop1' => 'bar']));
+        $this->addState('int', 12);
+        $this->addState('float', 12.12);
+        $this->addState('string', 'dummyString');
+        $this->addState('bool', true);
+        $this->addState('array', [12, 'dummyString', [true, 12.12]]);
+        $this->addState('null', null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Fixture/Stories/EntityStory.php b/tests/Fixture/Stories/EntityStory.php
index a83bfda97..2eebe5379 100644
--- a/tests/Fixture/Stories/EntityStory.php
+++ b/tests/Fixture/Stories/EntityStory.php
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
  *
  * @method static GenericEntity foo()
  * @method static GenericEntity bar()
+ * @method static int           int()
+ * @method static float         float()
+ * @method static string        string()
+ * @method static bool          bool()
+ * @method static array         array()
+ * @method static null          null()
  */
 final class EntityStory extends Story
 {
@@ -27,5 +33,11 @@ public function build(): void
     {
         $this->addState('foo', GenericEntityFactory::createOne(['prop1' => 'foo']), 'pool');
         $this->addState('bar', GenericEntityFactory::createOne(['prop1' => 'bar']), 'pool');
+        $this->addState('int', 12);
+        $this->addState('float', 12.12);
+        $this->addState('string', 'dummyString');
+        $this->addState('bool', true);
+        $this->addState('array', [12, 'dummyString', [true, 12.12]]);
+        $this->addState('null', null);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Persistence/StoryTest.php b/tests/Integration/Persistence/StoryTest.php
index 35fdb6919..573288aa9 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Persistence/StoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Persistence/StoryTest.php
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ public function can_access_story_state(string $story): void
     {
         $this->assertSame('foo', $story::get('foo')->getProp1());
         $this->assertSame('bar', $story::get('bar')->getProp1());
+        $this->assertSame(12, $story::get('int'));
+        $this->assertSame(12.12, $story::get('float'));
+        $this->assertSame('dummyString', $story::get('string'));
+        $this->assertTrue($story::get('bool'));
+        $this->assertSame([12, 'dummyString', [true, 12.12]], $story::get('array'));
+        $this->assertNull($story::get('null'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,6 +138,12 @@ public function can_access_story_state_with_magic_call(string $story): void
     {
         $this->assertSame('foo', $story::foo()->getProp1());
         $this->assertSame('bar', $story::bar()->getProp1());
+        $this->assertSame(12, $story::int());
+        $this->assertSame(12.12, $story::float());
+        $this->assertSame('dummyString', $story::string());
+        $this->assertTrue($story::bool());
+        $this->assertSame([12, 'dummyString', [true, 12.12]], $story::array());
+        $this->assertNull($story::null());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -144,6 +156,12 @@ public function can_access_story_state_with_magic_call_on_instance(string $story
     {
         $this->assertSame('foo', $story::load()->foo()->getProp1());
         $this->assertSame('bar', $story::load()->bar()->getProp1());
+        $this->assertSame(12, $story::load()->int());
+        $this->assertSame(12.12, $story::load()->float());
+        $this->assertSame('dummyString', $story::load()->string());
+        $this->assertTrue($story::load()->bool());
+        $this->assertSame([12, 'dummyString', [true, 12.12]], $story::load()->array());
+        $this->assertNull($story::load()->null());
     }
 
     /**