diff --git a/core/condition_test.go b/core/condition_test.go
index e43697d9..bbc23d22 100644
--- a/core/condition_test.go
+++ b/core/condition_test.go
@@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ func TestCondition_evaluate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Name:            "body-len-array",
+			Condition:       Condition("len([BODY]) == 3"),
+			Result:          &Result{body: []byte("[{\"id\": 1}, {\"id\": 2}, {\"id\": 3}]")},
+			ExpectedSuccess: true,
+			ExpectedOutput:  "len([BODY]) == 3",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:            "body-len-keyed-array",
 			Condition:       Condition("len([BODY].data) == 3"),
 			Result:          &Result{body: []byte("{\"data\": [{\"id\": 1}, {\"id\": 2}, {\"id\": 3}]}")},
 			ExpectedSuccess: true,
@@ -248,6 +255,13 @@ func TestCondition_evaluate(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Name:            "body-len-string",
+			Condition:       Condition("len([BODY]) == 8"),
+			Result:          &Result{body: []byte("john.doe")},
+			ExpectedSuccess: true,
+			ExpectedOutput:  "len([BODY]) == 8",
+		},
+		{
+			Name:            "body-len-keyed-string",
 			Condition:       Condition("len([BODY].name) == 8"),
 			Result:          &Result{body: []byte("{\"name\": \"john.doe\"}")},
 			ExpectedSuccess: true,
diff --git a/jsonpath/jsonpath.go b/jsonpath/jsonpath.go
index 1ba82c87..58b7f4c2 100644
--- a/jsonpath/jsonpath.go
+++ b/jsonpath/jsonpath.go
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 // Eval is a half-baked json path implementation that needs some love
 func Eval(path string, b []byte) (string, int, error) {
+	if len(path) == 0 && !(len(b) != 0 && b[0] == '[' && b[len(b)-1] == ']') {
+		// if there's no path AND the value is not a JSON array, then there's nothing to walk
+		return string(b), len(b), nil
+	}
 	var object interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(b, &object)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Try to unmarshal it into an array instead
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &object); err != nil {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
 	return walk(path, object)
@@ -103,5 +105,10 @@ func extractValue(currentKey string, value interface{}) interface{} {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	if valueAsSlice, ok := value.([]interface{}); ok {
+		// If the type is a slice, return it
+		return valueAsSlice
+	}
+	// otherwise, it's a map
 	return value.(map[string]interface{})[currentKey]
 }
diff --git a/jsonpath/jsonpath_test.go b/jsonpath/jsonpath_test.go
index 3ceba124..c65aaf88 100644
--- a/jsonpath/jsonpath_test.go
+++ b/jsonpath/jsonpath_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ func TestEval(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedOutputLength: 1,
 			ExpectedError:        false,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:                 "array-of-values-with-no-path",
+			Path:                 "",
+			Data:                 `[1, 2]`,
+			ExpectedOutput:       "[1 2]", // the output is an array
+			ExpectedOutputLength: 2,
+			ExpectedError:        false,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:                 "array-of-values-and-invalid-index",
 			Path:                 "ids[wat]",