diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
index c22f51a..4f75378 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/TypeManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-   Copyright 2018 - 2020 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
+   Copyright 2018 - 2021 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class TypeManager {
     /**
      * Name of field with array value.
      */
-    static final String             FIELD_VALUE = ".val";
+    public static final String             FIELD_VALUE = ".array";
 
     /**
      * Byte position in the type description that contains the offset to the interfaces. Length 4 bytes.
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ public class TypeManager {
      *            the type name like java/lang/Object
      * @return the struct type
      */
+    @Nonnull
     public StructType valueOf( String name ) {
         StructType type = structTypes.get( name );
         if( type == null ) {
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ public class TypeManager {
      *            the component type of the array
      * @return the array type
      */
+    @Nonnull
     public ArrayType arrayType( AnyType arrayType ) {
         ArrayType type = (ArrayType)structTypes.get( arrayType );
         if( type == null ) {
@@ -595,7 +597,7 @@ public class TypeManager {
                 case array:
                     HashSet<String> allNeededFields = new HashSet<>();
                     listStructFields( "java/lang/Object", functions, types, classFileLoader, allNeededFields );
-                    fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ((ArrayType)this).getNativeArrayType(), null, FIELD_VALUE ) );
+                    fields.add( ((ArrayType)this).getNativeFieldName() );
                     break;
                 case array_native:
                     fields.add( new NamedStorageType( ((ArrayType)this).getArrayType(), null, null ) );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
index ccbbcff..d35d893 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmArrayInstruction.java
@@ -180,14 +180,6 @@ class WasmArrayInstruction extends WasmInstruction {
         if( functionName != null ) { // nonGC
             writer.writeFunctionCall( functionName, null );
         } else {
-            switch( op ) {
-                case GET:
-                case SET:
-                case LEN:
-                    writer.writeStructOperator( StructOperator.GET, arrayType, null, 2 ); // the native array is on position 2 (vtable, hashcode are before)
-                    break;
-                default:
-            }
             writer.writeArrayOperator( op, arrayType );
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
index 4e1ca1b..4f0d385 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmCodeBuilder.java
@@ -735,9 +735,32 @@ public abstract class WasmCodeBuilder {
      *            the line number in the Java source code
      */
     protected void addArrayInstruction( ArrayOperator op, AnyType type, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber ) {
+        boolean useGC = options.useGC();
+        if( useGC ) {
+            // replace the the array wrapper on the stack with the native array 
+            int idx;
+            switch( op ) {
+                case GET:
+                    idx = StackInspector.findInstructionThatPushValue( instructions, 1, javaCodePos ).idx;
+                    break;
+                case SET:
+                    idx = StackInspector.findInstructionThatPushValue( instructions, 2, javaCodePos ).idx;
+                    break;
+                case LEN:
+                    idx = instructions.size();
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    idx = -1;
+            }
+            if( idx >= 0 ) {
+                ArrayType arrayType = types.arrayType( type );
+                instructions.add( idx, new WasmStructInstruction( StructOperator.GET, arrayType, arrayType.getNativeFieldName(), javaCodePos, lineNumber, types ) );
+            }
+        }
+
         WasmArrayInstruction arrayInst = new WasmArrayInstruction( op, type, types, javaCodePos, lineNumber );
         instructions.add( arrayInst );
-        SyntheticFunctionName name = arrayInst.createNonGcFunction( options.useGC() );
+        SyntheticFunctionName name = arrayInst.createNonGcFunction( useGC );
         if( name != null ) {
             functions.markAsNeeded( name );
             functions.markAsImport( name, name.getAnnotation() );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmStructInstruction.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmStructInstruction.java
index 466da98..c81852a 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmStructInstruction.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/module/WasmStructInstruction.java
@@ -66,9 +66,29 @@ class WasmStructInstruction extends WasmInstruction {
      *            the type manager
      */
     WasmStructInstruction( @Nonnull StructOperator op, @Nonnull String typeName, @Nullable NamedStorageType fieldName, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber, TypeManager types ) {
+        this( op, types.valueOf( typeName ), fieldName, javaCodePos, lineNumber, types );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an instance of numeric operation.
+     * 
+     * @param op
+     *            the struct operation
+     * @param type
+     *            the type of the parameters
+     * @param fieldName
+     *            the name of field if needed for the operation
+     * @param javaCodePos
+     *            the code position/offset in the Java method
+     * @param lineNumber
+     *            the line number in the Java source code
+     * @param types
+     *            the type manager
+     */
+    WasmStructInstruction( @Nonnull StructOperator op, @Nonnull StructType type, @Nullable NamedStorageType fieldName, int javaCodePos, int lineNumber, TypeManager types ) {
         super( javaCodePos, lineNumber );
         this.op = op;
-        this.type = types.valueOf( typeName );
+        this.type = type;
         this.fieldName = fieldName;
         if( type != null && fieldName != null ) {
             type.useFieldName( fieldName );
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
index dc48d11..0c47728 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/wasm/ArrayType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019 - 2020 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
+ * Copyright 2019 - 2021 Volker Berlin (i-net software)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
 
     private AnyType nativeArrayType;
 
+    private NamedStorageType nativeFieldName;
+
     private int componentClassIndex;
 
     /**
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
         } else {
             this.nativeArrayType = arrayType;
         }
+        nativeFieldName = new NamedStorageType( this.nativeArrayType, getName(), TypeManager.FIELD_VALUE );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -126,10 +129,23 @@ public class ArrayType extends StructType {
         return arrayType;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The native webassembly array type that we wrap
+     * @return the type
+     */
     public AnyType getNativeArrayType() {
         return nativeArrayType;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The native field name
+     * 
+     * @return the field name
+     */
+    public NamedStorageType getNativeFieldName() {
+        return nativeFieldName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */