diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48e3855..7cb0187 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
       <version>1.4.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/Toml.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/Toml.java
index 9d0d7da..5a96182 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/Toml.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/Toml.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.parboiled.Parboiled;
 import org.parboiled.parserunners.RecoveringParseRunner;
@@ -44,21 +46,23 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
  */
 public class Toml {
 
+  private static Pattern ARRAY_INDEX_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(.*)\\[(\\d+)\\]");
   private Map<String, Object> values = new HashMap<String, Object>();
   private final Toml defaults;
+  private final Gson gson = new Gson();
 
   /**
    * Creates Toml instance with no defaults.
    */
   public Toml() {
-    this((Toml) null);
+    this(null);
   }
 
   /**
    * @param defaults fallback values used when the requested key or table is not present.
    */
   public Toml(Toml defaults) {
-    this.defaults = defaults;
+    this(defaults, new HashMap<String, Object>());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ public class Toml {
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public Toml getTable(String key) {
-    return new Toml((Map<String, Object>) get(key));
+    return new Toml(null, (Map<String, Object>) get(key));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -193,8 +197,9 @@ public class Toml {
     }
 
     ArrayList<Toml> tables = new ArrayList<Toml>();
+
     for (Map<String, Object> table : tableArray) {
-      tables.add(new Toml(table));
+      tables.add(new Toml(null, table));
     }
 
     return tables;
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ public class Toml {
    */
   public <T> T to(Class<T> targetClass) {
     HashMap<String, Object> valuesCopy = new HashMap<String, Object>(values);
+
     if (defaults != null) {
       for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : defaults.values.entrySet()) {
         if (!valuesCopy.containsKey(entry.getKey())) {
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ public class Toml {
         }
       }
     }
-    Gson gson = new Gson();
+
     String json = gson.toJson(valuesCopy);
     return gson.fromJson(json, targetClass);
   }
@@ -235,32 +241,32 @@ public class Toml {
   private Object get(String key) {
     String[] split = key.split("\\.");
     Object current = new HashMap<String, Object>(values);
-    Object currentDefaults = defaults != null ? defaults.values : null;
+
     for (String splitKey : split) {
+      Matcher matcher = ARRAY_INDEX_PATTERN.matcher(splitKey);
+      int index = -1;
+
+      if (matcher.find()) {
+        splitKey = matcher.group(1);
+        index = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(2), 10);
+      }
+
       current = ((Map<String, Object>) current).get(splitKey);
-      if (currentDefaults != null) {
-        currentDefaults = ((Map<String, Object>) currentDefaults).get(splitKey);
-        if (current instanceof Map && currentDefaults instanceof Map) {
-          for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : ((Map<String, Object>) currentDefaults).entrySet()) {
-            if (!((Map<String, Object>) current).containsKey(entry.getKey())) {
-              ((Map<String, Object>) current).put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      if (current == null && currentDefaults != null) {
-        current = currentDefaults;
+
+      if (index > -1 && current != null) {
+        current = ((List<?>) current).get(index);
       }
+
       if (current == null) {
-        return null;
+        return defaults != null ? defaults.get(key) : null;
       }
     }
 
     return current;
   }
 
-  private Toml(Map<String, Object> values) {
+  private Toml(Toml defaults, Map<String, Object> values) {
     this.values = values != null ? values : Collections.<String, Object>emptyMap();
-    this.defaults = null;
+    this.defaults = defaults;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableArrayTest.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableArrayTest.java
index ca8b982..095e17c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableArrayTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TableArrayTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class TableArrayTest {
 
   @Test
   public void should_parse_table_array() throws Exception {
-    Toml toml = new Toml().parse(new File(getClass().getResource("products_table_array.toml").getFile()));
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse(file("products_table_array"));
 
     List<Toml> products = toml.getTables("products");
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class TableArrayTest {
 
   @Test
   public void should_parse_nested_table_arrays() throws Exception {
-    Toml toml = new Toml().parse(new File(getClass().getResource("fruit_table_array.toml").getFile()));
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse(file("fruit_table_array"));
 
     List<Toml> fruits = toml.getTables("fruit");
 
@@ -56,4 +56,23 @@ public class TableArrayTest {
 
     assertEquals(3, toml.getTable("a").getTable("b").getTables("c").get(0).getLong("id").intValue());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_navigate_array_with_compound_key() throws Exception {
+    Toml toml = new Toml().parse(file("fruit_table_array"));
+
+    List<Toml> appleVarieties = toml.getTables("fruit[0].variety");
+    Toml appleVariety = toml.getTable("fruit[0].variety[1]");
+    String bananaVariety = toml.getString("fruit[1].variety[0].name");
+
+    assertEquals(2, appleVarieties.size());
+    assertEquals("red delicious", appleVarieties.get(0).getString("name"));
+    assertEquals("granny smith", appleVariety.getString("name"));
+    assertEquals("plantain", bananaVariety);
+  }
+
+  private File file(String fileName) {
+    return new File(getClass().getResource(fileName + ".toml").getFile());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlDefaultsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlDefaultsTest.java
index 9acf2a6..cc20819 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlDefaultsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/TomlDefaultsTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.moandjiezana.toml;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ public class TomlDefaultsTest {
 
   @Before
   public void before() {
-    defaultToml = new Toml().parse("a = \"a\"\n[group]\na=\"a\"");
+    defaultToml = new Toml().parse("a = \"a\"\n [group]\n a=\"a\"\n [[array]]\n b=1 [[array]]\n b=2");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -52,10 +55,22 @@ public class TomlDefaultsTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void should_fall_back_to_key_within_table() throws Exception {
-    Toml toml = new Toml(defaultToml).parse("[group]\nb=1");
+  public void should_fall_back_to_table_array() throws Exception {
+    Toml toml = new Toml(defaultToml).parse("");
+
+    assertThat(toml.getTables("array"), hasSize(2));
+    assertThat(toml.getLong("array[1].b"), Matchers.equalTo(2L));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void should_perform_shallow_merge() throws Exception {
+    Toml toml = new Toml(defaultToml).parse("[group]\nb=1\n [[array]]\n b=0");
+    Toml toml2 = new Toml(defaultToml).parse("[[array]]\n b=1 [[array]]\n b=2 [[array]]\n b=3");
 
     assertEquals(1, toml.getTable("group").getLong("b").intValue());
-    assertEquals("a", toml.getTable("group").getString("a"));
+    assertNull(toml.getTable("group").getString("a"));
+    assertThat(toml.getTables("array"), hasSize(1));
+    assertEquals(0, toml.getLong("array[0].b").intValue());
+    assertThat(toml2.getTables("array"), hasSize(3));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/testutils/ExtraPrimitives.java b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/testutils/ExtraPrimitives.java
index f0ddd7f..b5d0ab9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/testutils/ExtraPrimitives.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/moandjiezana/toml/testutils/ExtraPrimitives.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.moandjiezana.toml.testutils;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -17,5 +18,6 @@ public class ExtraPrimitives {
   public Character character;
   public ElementType elementType;
   public URL url;
+  public URI uri;
   public Set<String> set;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/moandjiezana/toml/should_convert_extra_primitives.toml b/src/test/resources/com/moandjiezana/toml/should_convert_extra_primitives.toml
index 33c2a30..359e027 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/moandjiezana/toml/should_convert_extra_primitives.toml
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/moandjiezana/toml/should_convert_extra_primitives.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ anInteger=7
 character="u"
 elementType="CONSTRUCTOR"
 url="http://www.example.com"
+uri="http://www.test.com"
 set=["a", "b"]
 [group]
   key="value"