diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 3294dd1..cb4661c 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ declare module 'datadog-iast-taint-tracking' {
     export interface TaintedUtils {
         createTransaction(transactionId: string): string;
         newTaintedString(transactionId: string, original: string, paramName: string, type: string): string;
+        newTaintedObject(transactionId: string, original: any, paramName: string, type: string): any;
         addSecureMarksToTaintedString(transactionId: string, taintedString: string, secureMarks: number): string;
         isTainted(transactionId: string, ...args: string[]): boolean;
         getMetrics(transactionId: string, telemetryVerbosity: number): Metrics;
diff --git a/src/api/taint_methods.cc b/src/api/taint_methods.cc
index 56385d5..709c5f2 100644
--- a/src/api/taint_methods.cc
+++ b/src/api/taint_methods.cc
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void NewTaintedObject(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if ((args[1]->IsString())) {
+    if (args[1]->IsString()) {
         args.GetReturnValue().Set(args[1]);
         return;
     }