diff --git a/include/jsoncons_ext/csv/csv_encoder.hpp b/include/jsoncons_ext/csv/csv_encoder.hpp
index be4aa935c..47a0e1886 100644
--- a/include/jsoncons_ext/csv/csv_encoder.hpp
+++ b/include/jsoncons_ext/csv/csv_encoder.hpp
@@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ class basic_csv_encoder final : public basic_json_visitor<CharT>
                 else
                 {
                     append_array_path_component();
+                    if (stack_[0].count_ == 0)
+                    {
+                        //if (options_.column_names().empty())
+                        //{
+                        //    column_pointers_.emplace_back(stack_.back().pointer_);
+                        //}
+                        column_pointer_value_map_[stack_.back().pointer_] = std::basic_string<CharT>();
+                    }
                     value_buffer_.clear();
                     stack_.emplace_back(stack_item_kind::multivalued_field);
+                    stack_.back().pointer_ = stack_[stack_.size()-2].pointer_;
                 }
                 break;
             case stack_item_kind::flat_object:
@@ -417,7 +426,7 @@ class basic_csv_encoder final : public basic_json_visitor<CharT>
             case stack_item_kind::flat_row:
                 if (stack_[stack_.size()-2].item_kind_ == stack_item_kind::flat_row_mapping)
                 {
-                    if (stack_[0].count_ == 0 && !options_.column_names().empty())
+                    if (stack_[0].count_ == 0 && !column_pointer_name_map_.empty())
                     {
                         std::size_t col = 0;
                         for (std::size_t i = 0; i < column_pointers_.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/test/csv/src/csv_encoder_tests.cpp b/test/csv/src/csv_encoder_tests.cpp
index e6831fab2..185ccae24 100644
--- a/test/csv/src/csv_encoder_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/csv/src/csv_encoder_tests.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace csv = jsoncons::csv;
 
 TEST_CASE("test json to flat csv")
 {
-#if 0
+//#if 0
     SECTION("array of objects to csv")
     {
         std::string expected = R"(boolean,datetime,float,text
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ NY,LON,TOR;LON
 
         CHECK(expected == buf);
     }
-#endif    
+
     SECTION("object of arrays and subarrays to csv")
     {
         std::string expected = R"(a,b,c
@@ -228,9 +228,13 @@ NY,LON,TOR;LON
         //std::cout << buf << "\n"; 
         CHECK(expected == buf);
     }    
-/*   
+//#endif    
+   
     SECTION("array of subarrays to csv")
     {
+        std::string expected = R"(1;2;3,4;5;6
+7;8;9,10;11;12
+)";
         const std::string jtext = R"(
 [
    [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]],
@@ -251,12 +255,12 @@ NY,LON,TOR;LON
         std::cout << buf << "\n"; 
         //CHECK(expected == buf);
     }
-*/        
+        
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("test json to non-flat csv")
 {
-#if 0
+//#if 0
     SECTION("array of objects to csv")
     {
         std::string expected = R"(/boolean,/datetime,/float,/nested/nested/date,/nested/nested/integer,/nested/time,/text
@@ -447,6 +451,6 @@ NY,LON,TOR;LON
 
         CHECK(expected == buf);
     }    
-#endif
+//#endif
 }