diff --git a/src/providers/env.rs b/src/providers/env.rs
index 4ab8ac6..95188f0 100644
--- a/src/providers/env.rs
+++ b/src/providers/env.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
 use crate::{Profile, Provider, Metadata};
-use crate::coalesce::Coalescible;
+use crate::coalesce::{Coalescible, Order};
 use crate::value::{Map, Dict};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::util::nest;
@@ -375,24 +375,34 @@ impl Env {
     /// struct Config {
     ///     foo: Foo,
     ///     map: Dict,
+    ///     array: Vec<usize>,
     /// }
     ///
     /// Jail::expect_with(|jail| {
     ///     // Without splitting: using structured data.
     ///     jail.set_env("APP_FOO", "{key=10}");
     ///     jail.set_env("APP_MAP", "{one=1,two=2.0}");
+    ///     jail.set_env("APP_ARRAY", "[1,2,3]");
     ///
     ///     let config: Config = Figment::from(Env::prefixed("APP_")).extract()?;
     ///     assert_eq!(config, Config {
     ///         foo: Foo { key: 10 },
     ///         map: map!["one".into() => 1u8.into(), "two".into() => 2.0.into()],
+    ///         array: vec![1, 2, 3],
     ///     });
     ///
+    ///     jail.clear_env();
+    ///
     ///     // With splitting.
     ///     jail.set_env("APP_FOO_KEY", 20);
     ///     jail.set_env("APP_MAP_ONE", "1.0");
     ///     jail.set_env("APP_MAP_TWO", "dos");
     ///
+    ///     // Note that array order currently depends on definition order
+    ///     jail.set_env("APP_ARRAY_0", "4");
+    ///     jail.set_env("APP_ARRAY_2", "5");
+    ///     jail.set_env("APP_ARRAY_1", "6");
+    ///
     ///     let config: Config = Figment::new()
     ///         .merge(Env::prefixed("APP_").split("_"))
     ///         .extract()?;
@@ -400,6 +410,7 @@ impl Env {
     ///     assert_eq!(config, Config {
     ///         foo: Foo { key: 20 },
     ///         map: map!["one".into() => 1.0.into(), "two".into() => "dos".into()],
+    ///         array: vec![4, 5, 6],
     ///     });
     ///
     ///     Ok(())
@@ -617,7 +628,7 @@ impl Provider for Env {
                 .into_dict()
                 .expect("key is non-empty: must have dict");
 
-            dict = dict.merge(nested_dict);
+            dict = dict.coalesce(nested_dict, Order::Admerge);
         }
 
         Ok(self.profile.collect(dict))
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 13b0930..971091c 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ use crate::value::{Value, Dict};
 pub fn nest(key: &str, value: Value) -> Value {
     fn value_from(mut keys: std::str::Split<'_, char>, value: Value) -> Value {
         match keys.next() {
+            Some(k) if k.parse::<usize>().is_ok() => {
+                // TODO
+                // even if we do honor the index, it will get lost when coalescing.
+                // seems to me that nesting arrays will only be truly useful when
+                // coalescing two array items by their index is possible.
+                Value::from(vec![value_from(keys, value)])
+            }
             Some(k) if !k.is_empty() => {
                 let mut dict = Dict::new();
                 dict.insert(k.into(), value_from(keys, value));