diff --git a/packages/jovo-model-alexa/src/JovoModelAlexa.ts b/packages/jovo-model-alexa/src/JovoModelAlexa.ts
index 43e5da0..785d4e8 100644
--- a/packages/jovo-model-alexa/src/JovoModelAlexa.ts
+++ b/packages/jovo-model-alexa/src/JovoModelAlexa.ts
@@ -330,6 +330,15 @@ export class JovoModelAlexa extends JovoModel {
       _set(alexaModel, 'interactionModel.dialog', _get(model, 'alexa.interactionModel.dialog'));
     }
 
+    // name-free interaction
+    if (_get(model, 'alexa.interactionModel._nameFreeInteraction')) {
+      _set(
+        alexaModel,
+        'interactionModel._nameFreeInteraction',
+        _get(model, 'alexa.interactionModel._nameFreeInteraction')
+      );
+    }
+
     // types
     if (JovoModelHelper.hasEntityTypes(model)) {
       const entityTypes = JovoModelHelper.getEntityTypes(model);
diff --git a/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/Interfaces.ts
index abff889..ff218b1 100644
--- a/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ export interface NlpjsModelFile {
   name: string;
   locale: string;
   data: NlpjsData[];
-  entities?: Record<string, NlpjsEntity>;
+  entities?: Record<string, NlpjsEntity | string>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/JovoModelNlpjs.ts b/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/JovoModelNlpjs.ts
index d6afc62..18c04e8 100644
--- a/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/JovoModelNlpjs.ts
+++ b/packages/jovo-model-nlpjs/src/JovoModelNlpjs.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {
 } from '@jovotech/model';
 import { NlpjsData, NlpjsModelFile } from '.';
 
+const REGEX_PREFIX = 'regex:';
+
 export class JovoModelNlpjs extends JovoModel {
   static MODEL_KEY = 'nlpjs';
 
@@ -87,6 +89,12 @@ export class JovoModelNlpjs extends JovoModel {
     if (JovoModelHelper.hasEntityTypes(model)) {
       returnData.entities = {};
       for (const [entityKey, entityTypeName] of Object.entries(entitiesMap)) {
+
+        if (entityTypeName.startsWith(REGEX_PREFIX)) {
+          returnData.entities![entityKey] = entityTypeName.slice(REGEX_PREFIX.length);
+          continue;
+        }
+
         const relatedEntityType = JovoModelHelper.getEntityTypeByName(model, entityTypeName);
         if (!relatedEntityType?.values?.length) {
           continue;