diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ecc8cac..3107144 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@nlighten/json-schema-utils",
   "description": "Various utilities for handling JSON Schemas (parse, join, generate, samples)",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
   "main": "dist/json-schema-utils.js",
   "umd:main": "dist/json-schema-utils.umd.js",
   "module": "dist/json-schema-utils.module.js",
diff --git a/src/_tests/parse/parse.test.ts b/src/_tests/parse/parse.test.ts
index f6d00bf..bd2047b 100644
--- a/src/_tests/parse/parse.test.ts
+++ b/src/_tests/parse/parse.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, test, expect } from "vitest";
 import { parseSchema } from "../../parse/parse";
 import recursiveSchema from "./schemas/recursive.schema.json";
 import refSchema from "./schemas/ref.schema.json";
+import {ParsedSchemaProperty} from "../../parse/ParsedSchema";
 
 describe("parseSchema", () => {
   test("no schema", () => {
@@ -98,4 +99,30 @@ describe("parseSchema", () => {
 
     expect(paths.sample).toBe("hello");
   });
+
+  test("sample - ignore existing $path", () => {
+    const paths = parseSchema(
+      {
+        $path: "baaahh",
+        $pointer: "/asdasd/asdasd",
+        $required: false,
+        type: "string",
+        enum: ["hello", "world"],
+      } as ParsedSchemaProperty,
+      { outputSample: true },
+    );
+
+    expect(paths.paths).toEqual([
+      {
+        $path: "",
+        $pointer: "/",
+        $required: true,
+        enum: [
+          "hello",
+            "world",
+          ],
+        type: "string",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/parse/parse.ts b/src/parse/parse.ts
index 83a315d..ce8f01d 100644
--- a/src/parse/parse.ts
+++ b/src/parse/parse.ts
@@ -98,14 +98,16 @@ const _internalParseSchema = (
   const simplifiedType = extractSimplifiedType(context, schema);
 
   const prop: ParsedSchemaProperty = {
-    $path: context.path,
-    $pointer: context.pointer || "/",
-
     ...schema,
     type: simplifiedType as any, // might stay empty, don't assume type
+
+    $path: context.path,
+    $pointer: context.pointer || "/",
   };
   if (is_required) {
     prop.$required = is_required;
+  } else {
+    delete prop.$required;
   }
 
   if (schema.type === "array") {