diff --git a/src/obj/array.rs b/src/obj/array.rs
index e02583d..bbf643d 100644
--- a/src/obj/array.rs
+++ b/src/obj/array.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ thread_local! {
                 0 => {
                     let array = machine.stack_pop()?;
                     let index = IntObj::new(0);
-                    let working = StrObj::new(String::new());
+                    let working = StrObj::new(String::from("{"));
                     machine.stack_push(working)?;
                     machine.stack_push(index)?;
                     machine.stack_push(array)?;
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ thread_local! {
                         .ok_or_else(|| RuntimeError::WrongValue("int".to_string()))?;
                     let index = index_int.value() as usize;
                     if array.value().len() <= index {
-                        // done iterating, exit
+                        // done iterating, add closing brace and then exit
+                        let working_obj = machine.stack_pop()?;
+                        let working = working_obj.as_any().downcast_ref::<StrObj>()
+                            .ok_or_else(|| RuntimeError::WrongValue("string".to_string()))?;
+                        let str_final = StrObj::new(format!("{} }}", working.value()));
+                        machine.stack_push(str_final)?;
                         return Ok(BuiltinExit::Return);
                     }
                     // get the current item from the array, push the index and
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ thread_local! {
                     let working = working_obj.as_any().downcast_ref::<StrObj>()
                         .ok_or_else(|| RuntimeError::WrongValue("str".to_string()))?;
 
-                    let new_str = StrObj::new(format!("{}{}", working.value(), returned.value()));
+                    let new_str = StrObj::new(format!("{} {}", working.value(), returned.value()));
                     // index gets incremented here
                     let new_index = IntObj::new(index.value() + 1);