diff --git a/roadmap.md b/roadmap.md
index fa31aed..f8dea91 100644
--- a/roadmap.md
+++ b/roadmap.md
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 ### Minor
 
+- Support "direct" anchors, as in, recognize num arrays and parse them as x/y/r
 - Add full anchor support to individual points (via `adjust`, probably)
+- Handle unnecessary (but seemingly consistent, so easy to confuse) `key` subfield of row-level overrides
 - Allow footprints to access raw array/object fields from points with templating
 - Include raw kicad footprint integrations
     - pull torik's script to be able to convert raw kicad footprints into positionable ergogen ones
diff --git a/src/prepare.js b/src/prepare.js
index 2314542..48edd7f 100644
--- a/src/prepare.js
+++ b/src/prepare.js
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ const traverse = exports.traverse = (config, root, breadcrumbs, op) => {
         }
         return result
     } else if (a.type(config)() == 'array') {
+        // needed so that arrays can set output the same way as objects within ops
+        const dummy = {}
         const result = []
         let index = 0
         for (const val of config) {
             breadcrumbs.push(`[${index}]`)
-            result[index] = traverse(val, root, breadcrumbs, op)
+            op(dummy, 'dummykey', traverse(val, root, breadcrumbs, op), root, breadcrumbs)
+            result[index] = dummy.dummykey
             breadcrumbs.pop()
             index++
         }
diff --git a/test/unit/prepare.js b/test/unit/prepare.js
index 225e0da..0b416f5 100644
--- a/test/unit/prepare.js
+++ b/test/unit/prepare.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('Prepare', function() {
     })
 
     it('inherit', function() {
+        // normal case
         p.inherit({
             a: {
                 x: 1,
@@ -43,6 +44,23 @@ describe('Prepare', function() {
             z: 3,
             w: 4
         })
+        // should apply to objects within arrays as well!
+        p.inherit({
+            a: {
+                x: 1,
+                y: 2
+            },
+            b: [
+                {
+                    $extends: 'a',
+                    z: 3
+                }
+            ]
+        }).b[0].should.deep.equal({
+            x: 1,
+            y: 2,
+            z: 3
+        })
     })
 
     it('parameterize', function() {