diff --git a/lusty-json-0.4-0.rockspec b/lusty-json-0.5-0.rockspec
similarity index 83%
rename from lusty-json-0.4-0.rockspec
rename to lusty-json-0.5-0.rockspec
index 406d593..5e281dd 100644
--- a/lusty-json-0.4-0.rockspec
+++ b/lusty-json-0.5-0.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "lusty-json"
-version = "0.4-0"
+version = "0.5-0"
 source = {
-  url = "https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/lusty-json/archive/v0.4.tar.gz",
-  dir = "lusty-json-0.4"
+  url = "https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/lusty-json/archive/v0.5.tar.gz",
+  dir = "lusty-json-0.5"
 }
 description = {
   summary = "json input and output for lusty.",
diff --git a/lusty-json/output/json.lua b/lusty-json/output/json.lua
index 3a1bba1..a1371aa 100644
--- a/lusty-json/output/json.lua
+++ b/lusty-json/output/json.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ local json = config.json
 return {
   handler = function(context)
     context.response.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+    if config.empty_as_array then
+      if type(context.output) == 'table' and next(context.output) == nil then
+        return context.response.send('[]')
+      end
+    end
     context.response.send(json.encode(context.output))
   end,