diff --git a/scone/head/menu_reader.py b/scone/head/menu_reader.py
index 2afcb33..e71ec2f 100644
--- a/scone/head/menu_reader.py
+++ b/scone/head/menu_reader.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class MenuRecipe:
     listen_edges: List[ListenEdgeDirective] = attr.ib(factory=list)
 
 
-def convert_textx_value(txvalue) -> Any:
+def convert_textx_value(txvalue) -> Union[list, str, int, bool, dict]:
     if isinstance(txvalue, scoml_classes["NaturalList"]):
         return [convert_textx_value(element) for element in txvalue.elements]
     elif (
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ def convert_textx_value(txvalue) -> Any:
         result = dict()
         for pair in txvalue.pairs:
             result[convert_textx_value(pair.key)] = convert_textx_value(pair.value)
+        return result
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown SCOML value: {txvalue}")