diff --git a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/PDStructElem.java b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/PDStructElem.java
index cf329307..fe49921c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/PDStructElem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/PDStructElem.java
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ public static StructureType getStructureTypeStandardStructureType(StructureType
 		}
 		if (!PDFFlavour.isFlavourPDFSpecification(flavour, PDFFlavour.PDFSpecification.ISO_32000_2_0) || PDFFlavour.isFlavourFamily(flavour, PDFFlavour.SpecificationFamily.WCAG)) {
 			if (type != null) {
-				return StructureType.createStructureType(ASAtom.getASAtom(
-						StaticResources.getRoleMapHelper().getStandardType(type.getType())));
+				return new StructureType(ASAtom.getASAtom(
+						StaticResources.getRoleMapHelper().getStandardType(type.getType())), type.getNameSpace());
 			}
 		}
 		return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/StructureType.java b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/StructureType.java
index 8d54f776..709f7e8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/StructureType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/structure/StructureType.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class StructureType {
 	private final ASAtom type;
 	private final PDStructureNameSpace nameSpace;
 
-	private StructureType(ASAtom type, PDStructureNameSpace nameSpace) {
+	public StructureType(ASAtom type, PDStructureNameSpace nameSpace) {
 		this.type = type;
 		this.nameSpace = nameSpace;
 	}