diff --git a/lib/v8/array.rb b/lib/v8/array.rb
index ea17a12..dd445ec 100644
--- a/lib/v8/array.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/array.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 class V8::Array < V8::Object
+
+  def initialize(native_or_length = nil)
+    if native_or_length.is_a?(Numeric)
+      super V8::C::Array::New(native.to_i)
+    elsif native_or_length.is_a?(V8::C::Array)
+      super native_or_length
+    else
+      super V8::C::Array::New()
+    end
+  end
+
   def each
     @context.enter do
       0.upto(@native.Length() - 1) do |i|
diff --git a/lib/v8/conversion.rb b/lib/v8/conversion.rb
index b7e3721..377b0a9 100644
--- a/lib/v8/conversion.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/conversion.rb
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ end
 
 class Array
   def to_v8
-    context = V8::Context.current
-    array = V8::C::Array::New(length)
+    array = V8::Array.new(length)
     each_with_index do |item, i|
-      array.Set(i, context.to_v8(item))
+      array[i] = item
     end
-    return array
+    return array.to_v8
   end
 end