Scala Class[_$1] where type _$1 - scala

Question

Right now trying to instantiate a new JSONConverter to register Jackson's Scala module.
private def getConverter(implicit m: ClassTag[T]) = {
new JSONConverter[T](classTag[T].runtimeClass, bucketName)
JSONConverter.registerJacksonModule(DefaultScalaModule)
converter
}
The above code sits in a standard Scala trait that looks like trait Writeable[T] { }.
The problem with the above code is that Scala seems to be having a difficult time with Types. Compiler error is:
[error] found : Class[_$1] where type _$1
[error] required: Class[T]
[error] val converter = new JSONConverter[T](classTag[T].runtimeClass, bucketName(clientId))
[error] ^
[error] one error found
Anyone know the source or easy fix of this issue? Thanks!
Update
Although #wingedsubmariner had an answer that allowed this to originally compile, as soon as I went to write more code the issue cascaded further. I'll show an example:
val o = bucketLookup(clientId).fetch(id, classTag[T].runtimeClass).withConverter(converter).withRetrier(DB.retrier).r(DB.N_READ).execute()
At withConverter the compiler throws the same error:
[error] found : com.basho.riak.client.convert.JSONConverter[T]
[error] required: com.basho.riak.client.convert.Converter[_$1] where type _$1
[error] val o = bucketLookup(clientId).fetch(id, classTag[T].runtimeClass).withConverter(converter).withRetrier(DB.retrier).r(DB.N_READ).execute()
I even tried doing the same type casting using converter.asInstanceOf[JSONConverter[T]] but inheritance (JSONConverter<T> extends Converter<T>) seems to cascade the issue. Any ideas here?

Answer 1

runtimeClass is retuning a Class with the wrong type parameter. Try:
new JSONConverter(classTag[T].runtimeClass.asInstanceOf[Class[T]], bucketName(clientId))