diff --git a/gjson.go b/gjson.go
index 95d210b..0d42394 100644
--- a/gjson.go
+++ b/gjson.go
@@ -189,14 +189,15 @@ func (t Result) Time() time.Time {
 }
 
 // Array returns back an array of values.
-// If the result represents a non-existent value, then an empty array will be
-// returned. If the result is not a JSON array, the return value will be an
+// If the result represents a null value or is non-existent, then an empty
+// array will be returned.
+// If the result is not a JSON array, the return value will be an
 // array containing one result.
 func (t Result) Array() []Result {
 	if t.Type == Null {
 		return []Result{}
 	}
-	if t.Type != JSON {
+	if !t.IsArray() {
 		return []Result{t}
 	}
 	r := t.arrayOrMap('[', false)
diff --git a/gjson_test.go b/gjson_test.go
index fb74d50..3c70a41 100644
--- a/gjson_test.go
+++ b/gjson_test.go
@@ -2189,3 +2189,21 @@ func TestIndexesMatchesRaw(t *testing.T) {
 	assert(t, Parse(exampleJSON[r.Indexes[0]:]).Get("first").String() == "Dale")
 	assert(t, Parse(exampleJSON[r.Indexes[1]:]).Get("first").String() == "Roger")
 }
+
+func TestIssue240(t *testing.T) {
+	nonArrayData := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"subscription","params":
+		{"channel":"funny_channel","data":
+			{"name":"Jason","company":"good_company","number":12345}
+		}
+	}`
+	parsed := Parse(nonArrayData)
+	assert(t, len(parsed.Get("params.data").Array()) == 1)
+
+	arrayData := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"subscription","params":
+		{"channel":"funny_channel","data":[
+			{"name":"Jason","company":"good_company","number":12345}
+		]}
+	}`
+	parsed = Parse(arrayData)
+	assert(t, len(parsed.Get("params.data").Array()) == 1)
+}