diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/instances/base/ElementManagement.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/instances/base/ElementManagement.java
index fbe4623..924057a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/instances/base/ElementManagement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/informationsystem/resourceregistry/instances/base/ElementManagement.java
@@ -894,7 +894,12 @@ public abstract class ElementManagement<El extends OElement, T extends Type> {
 				return PropertyElementManagement.getPropertyDocument(value);
 			
 			case ARRAY:
-				return value;
+				List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
+				ArrayNode arrayNode = (ArrayNode) value;
+				for(JsonNode node : arrayNode) {
+					list.add(getObjectFromJsonNode(node));
+				}
+				return list;
 				
 			case BINARY:
 				break;
@@ -1076,9 +1081,13 @@ public abstract class ElementManagement<El extends OElement, T extends Type> {
 					if(object != null) {
 						if(object instanceof ODocument) {
 							element.setProperty(key, object, OType.EMBEDDED);
-						}else if(object instanceof ArrayNode){
+						/*
+						 * Update is not allowed,
+						 * hence bug https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/issues/7354 cannot occur
+						 */
+						} else if(object instanceof List){
 							element.setProperty(key, object, OType.EMBEDDEDLIST);
-						}else {
+						} else {
 							element.setProperty(key, object);
 						}
 					}