diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
index 0bbdada..b69cb91 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParser.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventGson;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@
       case Constants.GROUPS_MEMBERS:
         key = AccountGroup.uuid(jsonElement(json).getAsJsonObject().get("uuid").getAsString());
         break;
+      case Constants.PROJECTS:
+        key = Project.nameKey(jsonElement(json).getAsString());
+        break;
       case Constants.PROJECT_LIST:
         key = gson.fromJson(nullToEmpty(json).toString(), Object.class);
         break;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
index 12bdb74..cb4a223 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/forwarder/GsonParserTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventGsonProvider;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.multisite.cache.Constants;
@@ -51,9 +52,16 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void projectNameKeyParse() {
+    Project.NameKey name = Project.nameKey("foo");
+    String json = gson.toJson(name);
+    assertThat(name).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.PROJECTS, json));
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void stringParse() {
     String key = "key";
-    assertThat(key).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson(Constants.PROJECTS, key));
+    assertThat(key).isEqualTo(gsonParser.fromJson("any-cache-with-string-key", key));
   }
 
   @Test