diff --git a/lib/swagger.js b/lib/swagger.js
index 7108465d9..d2e63b99c 100644
--- a/lib/swagger.js
+++ b/lib/swagger.js
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     };
 
     SwaggerResource.prototype.addOperations = function(resource_path, ops, consumes, produces) {
-      var method, o, op, responseMessages, type, _i, _len, _results;
+      var method, o, op, ref, responseMessages, type, _i, _len, _results;
       if (ops) {
         _results = [];
         for (_i = 0, _len = ops.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
@@ -325,6 +325,13 @@
             produces = this.produces;
           }
           type = o.type || o.responseClass;
+          if (type === "array") {
+            ref = null;
+            if (o.items) {
+              ref = o.items["type"] || o.items["$ref"];
+            }
+            type = "array[" + ref + "]";
+          }
           responseMessages = o.responseMessages;
           method = o.method;
           if (o.httpMethod) {
@@ -545,6 +552,7 @@
       this.method = this.method.toLowerCase();
       this.isGetMethod = this.method === "get";
       this.resourceName = this.resource.name;
+      console.log("model type: " + type);
       if (((_ref = this.type) != null ? _ref.toLowerCase() : void 0) === 'void') {
         this.type = void 0;
       }
diff --git a/src/swagger.coffee b/src/swagger.coffee
index 50f0b2eab..58601fb86 100644
--- a/src/swagger.coffee
+++ b/src/swagger.coffee
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ class SwaggerResource
           produces = @produces
 
         type = o.type || o.responseClass
+        if(type is "array")
+          ref = null
+          if o.items
+            ref = o.items["type"] || o.items["$ref"]
+          type = "array[" + ref + "]"
 
         responseMessages = o.responseMessages
         method = o.method
@@ -408,6 +413,7 @@ class SwaggerOperation
     @resourceName = @resource.name
 
     # if void clear it
+    console.log "model type: " + type
     if(@type?.toLowerCase() is 'void') then @type = undefined
     if @type?
       # set the signature of response class