diff --git a/luad/conversions/arrays.d b/luad/conversions/arrays.d
index 5f72d50..def9fe3 100644
--- a/luad/conversions/arrays.d
+++ b/luad/conversions/arrays.d
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ void pushArray(T)(lua_State* L, ref T arr) if (isArray!T)
 	}
 }
 
+// TODO: do the immutable/const initialization *properly*
 T getArray(T)(lua_State* L, int idx) if (isArray!T)
 {
-	alias ElementType!T ElemType;
+	alias ElemType = ElementType!T;
 	auto len = lua_objlen(L, idx);
 
 	static if(isStaticArray!T)
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@ T getArray(T)(lua_State* L, int idx) if (isArray!T)
 		if(len != T.length)
 			luaL_error(L, "Incorrect number of array elements: %d, expected: %d", len, T.length);
 
-		T arr;
+		Unqual!ElemType[T.length] arr;
 	}
 	else
-		auto arr = new ElemType[len];
+		auto arr = new Unqual!ElemType[len];
 
 	foreach(i; 0 .. len)
 	{
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ T getArray(T)(lua_State* L, int idx) if (isArray!T)
 		arr[i] = popValue!ElemType(L);
 	}
 
-	return arr;
+	return cast(T)arr;
 }
 
 void fillStaticArray(T)(lua_State* L, ref T arr) if(isStaticArray!T)
diff --git a/luad/stack.d b/luad/stack.d
index 50566bd..086a9a6 100644
--- a/luad/stack.d
+++ b/luad/stack.d
@@ -598,13 +598,18 @@ unittest
 
 	assert(lua_gettop(L) == 0, "bad popValue semantics for primitives");
 
+	// arrays
+	immutable int[] arr = [1, 2, 3];
+	pushValue(L, arr);
+	assert(lua_istable(L, -1) && popValue!(typeof(arr))(L) == arr);
+
 	//void arrays
-	immutable void[] iarr = "foobar";
-	pushValue(L, iarr);
-	assert(lua_isstring(L, -1) && popValue!(typeof(iarr))(L) == "foobar");
+	immutable void[] voidiarr = "foobar";
+	pushValue(L, voidiarr);
+	assert(lua_isstring(L, -1) && popValue!(typeof(voidiarr))(L) == "foobar");
 
-	void[] arr ="baz".dup;
-	pushValue(L, arr);
+	void[] voidarr ="baz".dup;
+	pushValue(L, voidarr);
 	assert(lua_isstring(L, -1) && popValue!(void[])(L) == "baz");
 
 	//popStack
@@ -626,4 +631,4 @@ unittest
 	assert(stack[1].type == LuaType.String);
 	assert(stack[2].type == LuaType.Number);
 	assert(stack[3].type == LuaType.Boolean);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}