diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/ItemList.java b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/ItemList.java
index 07231e67..56cc6a24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/simple/ItemList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/simple/ItemList.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public List getItems(){
 	}
 	
 	public String[] getArray(){
-		return (String[])this.items.toArray();
+		return (String[])this.items.toArray(new String[this.items.size()]);
 	}
 	
 	public void split(String s,String sp,List append,boolean isMultiToken){