diff --git a/jsonpatch.go b/jsonpatch.go
index 3e69894..7f84a07 100644
--- a/jsonpatch.go
+++ b/jsonpatch.go
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func NewPatch(operation, path string, value interface{}) Operation {
 //
 // An error will be returned if any of the two documents are invalid.
 func CreatePatch(a, b []byte) ([]Operation, error) {
-	aI := map[string]interface{}{}
-	bI := map[string]interface{}{}
+	var aI interface{}
+	var bI interface{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(a, &aI)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errBadJSONDoc
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func CreatePatch(a, b []byte) ([]Operation, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errBadJSONDoc
 	}
-	return diff(aI, bI, "", []Operation{})
+	return handleValues(aI, bI, "", []Operation{})
 }
 
 // Returns true if the values matches (must be json types)
diff --git a/jsonpatch_test.go b/jsonpatch_test.go
index 18c58be..5cc9bd3 100644
--- a/jsonpatch_test.go
+++ b/jsonpatch_test.go
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ var (
 }`
 )
 
-
 var (
 	oldNestedObj = `{
   "apiVersion": "kubedb.com/v1alpha1",
@@ -738,7 +737,6 @@ var (
 }`
 )
 
-
 func TestCreatePatch(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name string
@@ -779,7 +777,10 @@ func TestCreatePatch(t *testing.T) {
 		{"Kubernetes:Annotations", oldDeployment, newDeployment},
 		// crd with nested object
 		{"Nested Member Object", oldNestedObj, newNestedObj},
+		{"Array at root", `[{"asdf":"qwerty"}]`, `[{"asdf":"bla"},{"asdf":"zzz"}]`},
+		{"Empty array at root", `[]`, `[{"asdf":"bla"},{"asdf":"zzz"}]`},
 	}
+
 	for _, c := range cases {
 		t.Run(c.name+"[src->dst]", func(t *testing.T) {
 			check(t, c.src, c.dst)