diff --git a/lib/plates.js b/lib/plates.js
index 85b9723..7d4d0bc 100644
--- a/lib/plates.js
+++ b/lib/plates.js
@@ -360,12 +360,12 @@ function matchClosing(input, tagname, html) {
                         newdata = tagbody + newdata;
 
                         if (Array.isArray(v)) {
-                          newdata = that.iterate(html, v, components, tagname, value, map);
+                          newdata = that.iterate(html, v, components, tagname, mapping.dataKey, map);
                           // If the item is an array, then we need to tell
                           // Plates that we're dealing with nests
                           that.nest.push(tagname);
                         } else if (typeof v === 'object') {
-                          newdata = tagbody + that.iterate(html, v, components, tagname, value, map);
+                          newdata = tagbody + that.iterate(html, v, components, tagname, null, map);
                         }
 
                         buffer += newdata || '';
diff --git a/test/api-test.js b/test/api-test.js
index 5d2630e..9a8cd03 100644
--- a/test/api-test.js
+++ b/test/api-test.js
@@ -504,6 +504,31 @@ vows.describe('merge data into markup').addBatch({
 
         return common.createTest('test-41', map);
       }()
+    ),
+
+    '(42) Should bind according to the mapping for an array': (
+
+      function() {
+        var map = Plates.Map();
+
+        map.class("names").use("names");
+        map.class("last").use("lastname");
+
+        return common.createTest('test-42', map);
+      }()
+    ),
+
+    '(43) Should bind to according to the mapping for an object': (
+
+      function() {
+        var map = Plates.Map();
+
+        map.class("name").use("fullname");
+        map.class("first").use("firstname");
+        map.class("last").use("lastname");
+
+        return common.createTest('test-43', map);
+      }()
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-42.html b/test/fixtures/test-42.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d1a3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-42.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>
+  <div class="names">
+    <div class="last"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-42.json b/test/fixtures/test-42.json
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ba7f209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-42.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "names" : {
+	  "lastname": [1,2,3]
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-42.out b/test/fixtures/test-42.out
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4f052e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-42.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>
+  <div class="names">
+    <div class="last">1</div><div class="last">2</div><div class="last">3</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-43.html b/test/fixtures/test-43.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..edaf5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-43.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div>
+  <div class="name">
+    <div class="first"></div>
+    <div class="last"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-43.json b/test/fixtures/test-43.json
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c482407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	  "fullname" : {
+		  "firstname": "bob",
+		  "lastname": "jones"
+	  }
+	}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-43.out b/test/fixtures/test-43.out
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..70a57f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-43.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<div>
+  <div class="name">
+    <div class="first">bob</div>
+    <div class="last">jones</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file