diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/FieldFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/FieldFilter.java
index 7dbda68c..1cd04748 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/FieldFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/filter/FieldFilter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class FieldFilter extends PathTokenFilter {
     public Object filter(Object obj, JsonProvider jsonProvider, LinkedList<Filter> filters, boolean inArrayContext) {
         if (jsonProvider.isList(obj)) {
             if (!inArrayContext) {
-                return null;
+                throw new InvalidPathException("Trying to access field on array");
             } else {
                 List<Object> result = jsonProvider.createList();
                 for (Object current : jsonProvider.toList(obj)) {
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
index 9890acde..8465c348 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/IssuesTest.java
@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
  * Time: 8:42 AM
  */
 public class IssuesTest {
-    @Test
-    public void issue_7() throws Exception {
-
-        String json = "{ \"foo\" : [\n" +
-                "  { \"id\": 1 },  \n" +
-                "  { \"id\": 2 },  \n" +
-                "  { \"id\": 3 }\n" +
-                "  ] }";
-
-
-        assertNull(JsonPath.read(json, "$.foo.id"));
-    }
     
     @Test
     public void issue_11() throws Exception {
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModelTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModelTest.java
index f811880a..b9d83dee 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModelTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonModelTest.java
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
@@ -106,6 +104,24 @@ public class JsonModelTest {
         JsonModel.model(DOCUMENT).get("store.invalid");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void query_for_null_property_returns_null() {
+        String documentWithNull =
+                "{ \"store\": {\n" +
+                "    \"book\": { \n" +
+                "      \"color\": null\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "  }\n" +
+                "}";
+
+        Object color = JsonModel.model(documentWithNull).get("store.book.color");
+
+        assertNull(color);
+    }
 
+    @Test(expected = InvalidPathException.class)
+    public void query_for_property_on_array_throws() throws Exception {
+        JsonModel.model(DOCUMENT).get("store.book.color");
+    }
 
 }