diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
index 46dbc01..f5e402e 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ public extension Dictionary {
         return arrayForChainOfKeysOrIndexes([key])
     }
     
-    func optionalArrayForKey(_ key : String) -> [Any]? {        
-        return optionalArrayForChainOfKeysOrIndexes([key])
+    func optionalArrayForKey(_ key : String) -> [Any]? {
+        guard let key = key as? Key else {
+            return nil
+        }
+        return self[key] as? [Any]
     }
     
     /// Return a Bool after looking up the specified key. This will return false if the key does not exist