diff --git a/JUST.net/JsonTransformer.cs b/JUST.net/JsonTransformer.cs
index 0530cf7..1a4a166 100644
--- a/JUST.net/JsonTransformer.cs
+++ b/JUST.net/JsonTransformer.cs
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ private void RecursiveEvaluate(ref JToken parentToken, IDictionary<string, JArra
             bool isLoop = false;
             bool isBulk = false;
 
-            foreach (JToken childToken in tokens)
+            for (int i = 0; i < tokens.Count(); i++)
             {
+                var childToken = tokens.ElementAt(i);
                 ParseToken(parentToken, parentArray, currentArrayToken, ref selectedTokens, ref tokensToReplace, ref tokensToDelete, ref loopProperties, ref condProps, ref arrayToForm, ref dictToForm, ref tokenToForm, ref tokensToAdd, ref isLoop, ref isBulk, childToken);
             }
 
@@ -247,7 +248,21 @@ private void PostOperationsBuildUp(ref JToken parentToken, List<JToken> tokenToF
                         }
                         else if (token is JArray arr && parentToken.Parent != null)
                         {
-                            (parentToken.Parent as JProperty).Value = arr;
+                            switch (parentToken.Parent.Type)    
+                            {
+                                case JTokenType.Array:
+                                    parentToken.Replace(arr);
+                                    break;
+                                case JTokenType.Property:
+                                    (parentToken.Parent as JProperty).Value = arr;
+                                    break;
+                                default:
+                                    if (Context.IsStrictMode())
+                                    {
+                                        throw new Exception($"don't know what to do with {token} and {parentToken.Type} parent!");
+                                    }
+                                    break;
+                            }
                         }
                         else
                         {
@@ -902,12 +917,12 @@ private object ParseApplyOver(IDictionary<string, JArray> array, IDictionary<str
             var contextInput = Context.Input;
             var input = JToken.Parse(Transform(parameters[0].ToString(), contextInput.ToString()));
             Context.Input = input;
-            if (parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\'').StartsWith('{'))
+            if (parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\'').StartsWith("{"))
             {
                 var jobj = JObject.Parse(parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\''));
                 output = new JsonTransformer(Context).Transform(jobj, input);
             }
-            else if (parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\'').StartsWith('['))
+            else if (parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\'').StartsWith("["))
             {
                 var jarr = JArray.Parse(parameters[1].ToString().Trim().Trim('\''));
                 output = new JsonTransformer(Context).Transform(jarr, input);
diff --git a/UnitTests/ConditionalFunctionsTests.cs b/UnitTests/ConditionalFunctionsTests.cs
index 7375980..3ca4d0a 100644
--- a/UnitTests/ConditionalFunctionsTests.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/ConditionalFunctionsTests.cs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public void ConditionalGroupNonExistingWithLoopInside()
 
             Assert.AreEqual("{\"Result\":{},\"Other\":\"property\"}", result);
         }
-
+        
         [Test, Category("IfCondition")]
         public void ConstantEmptyArray()
         {
@@ -245,5 +245,16 @@ public void ConstantEmptyArray()
 
             Assert.AreEqual("{\"result\":[]}", result);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ConditionalGroupOnArrayItemWithLoopInside()
+        {
+            const string input = "{ \"additional_content\": [{ \"Cards_feed\": { \"cards_feed\": [ \"2\"] } }] }";
+            const string transformer = "{ \"content\": [ { \"aaa\": \"bbb\" }, { \"#ifgroup(#exists($.additional_content[*].Cards_feed))\": { \"#loop($.additional_content[*].Cards_feed.cards_feed)\": { \"xxx\": \"yyy\" } } } ] }";
+
+            var result = new JsonTransformer(new JUSTContext { EvaluationMode = EvaluationMode.Strict }).Transform(transformer, input);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{\"content\":[{\"aaa\":\"bbb\"},[{\"xxx\":\"yyy\"}]]}", result);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/UnitTests/JUST.net.UnitTests.csproj b/UnitTests/JUST.net.UnitTests.csproj
index 0d6afec..00bd6f8 100644
--- a/UnitTests/JUST.net.UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/UnitTests/JUST.net.UnitTests.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="nunit" Version="3.13.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.17.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.9.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.4.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>