diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57e99d1..1342746 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,6 +127,26 @@ $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
 ]);
 ```
 
+Implicit validation
+
+For the validator to run when the social security/organizational number is missing or an empty string (*note*, does not apply to `null`) you will need to implicitly state so with a required rule, i.e:
+
+```php
+'organization_number' => [
+    'required_with:company_name',
+    'entity:organization',
+], 
+```
+
+or 
+
+```php
+'organization_number' => [
+    'required',
+    'entity',
+], 
+```
+
 ## Attributes
 
 ### Person
diff --git a/src/Organization.php b/src/Organization.php
index af3d55d..e5be52d 100644
--- a/src/Organization.php
+++ b/src/Organization.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Organization
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
-     * @param string $orgNo
+     * @param mixed $orgNo
      */
     public function __construct(string $orgNo)
     {
diff --git a/src/Person.php b/src/Person.php
index cbe9cae..0c4dfb5 100644
--- a/src/Person.php
+++ b/src/Person.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Person
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
-     * @param string $ssn
+     * @param mixed $ssn
      * @param bool $allowCoordinationNumbers
      */
     public function __construct(string $ssn, $allowCoordinationNumbers = true)
diff --git a/src/SwedishEntityServiceProvider.php b/src/SwedishEntityServiceProvider.php
index 11cd190..37646cf 100644
--- a/src/SwedishEntityServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/SwedishEntityServiceProvider.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Olssonm\SwedishEntity;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-use Olssonm\SwedishEntity\Exceptions\DetectException;
 
 class SwedishEntityServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -17,19 +16,18 @@ public function boot()
         $this->app['validator']->extend('entity', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters): bool {
 
             $type = isset($parameters[0]) ? $parameters[0] : 'any';
-
             $object = null;
 
-            if ($type === 'any') {
-                try {
+            try {
+                if ($type === 'any') {
                     $object = Entity::detect($value);
-                } catch (DetectException $exception) {
-                    return false;
+                } elseif ($type === 'person') {
+                    $object = new Person($value);
+                } elseif ($type === 'organization') {
+                    $object = new Organization($value);
                 }
-            } elseif ($type === 'person') {
-                $object = new Person($value);
-            } elseif ($type === 'organization') {
-                $object = new Organization($value);
+            } catch (\Throwable $exception) {
+                return false;
             }
 
             return $object->valid();
diff --git a/tests/SwedishEntityTest.php b/tests/SwedishEntityTest.php
index 4447433..ce2353d 100644
--- a/tests/SwedishEntityTest.php
+++ b/tests/SwedishEntityTest.php
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 use Olssonm\SwedishEntity\Exceptions\DetectException;
 use Olssonm\SwedishEntity\Exceptions\OrganizationException;
 use Olssonm\SwedishEntity\Exceptions\PersonException;
-use Olssonm\SwedishEntity\Helpers\Cleaner;
-use Personnummer\Personnummer;
 
 class SwedishEntityTest extends \Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase
 {
@@ -233,6 +231,28 @@ public function testLaravelValidator()
         }
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function testLaravelValidatorImplicit()
+    {
+        if (class_exists(Validator::class)) {
+            $this->assertTrue($this->validateLaravel('', 'organization'));
+            $this->assertTrue($this->validateLaravel('', 'any'));
+            $this->assertTrue($this->validateLaravel('', 'person'));
+
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravel(null, 'organization'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravel(null, 'any'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravel(null, 'person'));
+
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit('', 'organization'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit('', 'any'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit('', 'person'));
+
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit(null, 'organization'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit(null, 'any'));
+            $this->assertFalse($this->validateLaravelImplicit(null, 'person'));
+        }
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function testLaravelValidatorWithMessage()
     {
@@ -286,6 +306,16 @@ private function validateLaravel($number, $type = null)
         return $validator->passes();
     }
 
+    private function validateLaravelImplicit($number, $type = null)
+    {
+        $data = ['number' => $number];
+        $validator = Validator::make($data, [
+            'number' => sprintf('required|entity:organization')
+        ]);
+
+        return $validator->passes();
+    }
+
     private function validateLaravelMessage($number, $type = null, $message = null)
     {
         $data = ['number' => $number];