diff --git a/bids-validator/src/schema/associations.ts b/bids-validator/src/schema/associations.ts
index db42a6732..e6ccaabaf 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/schema/associations.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/schema/associations.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ const associationLookup = {
     inherit: true,
     load: async (file: BIDSFile): Promise<ContextAssociations['bval']> => {
       const contents = await file.text()
-      const columns = parseBvalBvec(contents)
+      const rows = parseBvalBvec(contents)
       return {
         path: file.path,
-        n_cols: columns ? columns[0].length : 0,
-        n_rows: columns ? columns.length : 0,
+        n_cols: rows ? rows[0].length : 0,
+        n_rows: rows ? rows.length : 0,
+        values: rows[0],
       }
     },
   },
@@ -96,11 +97,11 @@ const associationLookup = {
     inherit: true,
     load: async (file: BIDSFile): Promise<ContextAssociations['bvec']> => {
       const contents = await file.text()
-      const columns = parseBvalBvec(contents)
+      const rows = parseBvalBvec(contents)
       return {
         path: file.path,
-        n_cols: columns ? columns[0].length : 0,
-        n_rows: columns ? columns.length : 0,
+        n_cols: rows ? rows[0].length : 0,
+        n_rows: rows ? rows.length : 0,
       }
     },
   },
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/types/context.ts b/bids-validator/src/types/context.ts
index 4b03fcbee..de2c1ac69 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/types/context.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/types/context.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export interface ContextAssociationsBval {
   path: string
   n_cols: number
   n_rows: number
+  values: number[]
 }
 export interface ContextAssociationsBvec {
   path: string