diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.hpp
index a6a11038..b6e22239 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 	friend Result<Buffer> writeOC(const auto &val) noexcept;
 
 	protected:
-		Json::Value m_json;
+		Json::Value m_json{Json::Value(Json::objectValue)};
 		Json::ArrayIndex m_fieldIt = 0;
 		int m_unionIdx = -1;
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, const T *val) noexcept {
 		OrganicClawWriter w;
 		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{&w};
 		oxReturnError(model(&handler, val));
-		if (!w.m_json.isNull()) {
+		if (!w.m_json.empty() || m_json.isArray()) {
 			value(key) = w.m_json;
 		}
 	}