diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index f1eb54e..d4a6b74 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export interface XMLBuilderOptions {
    * - offset - the offset of the invalid character
    * - str - the input string
    */
-  invalidCharReplacement: string | ((char: string, offset:number, str: string) => string) | undefined
+  invalidCharReplacement: string | ((char: string, offset: number, str: string) => string) | undefined
 }
 
 /**
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ export type MapWriterOptions = BaseWriterOptions & {
    * `false`.
    */
   group?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Outputs child nodes as an array, even if the parent node has zero or one
+   * child nodes.
+   */
+  verbose?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -322,6 +327,11 @@ export type ObjectWriterOptions = BaseWriterOptions & {
    * `false`.
    */
   group?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Outputs child nodes as an array, even if the parent node has zero or one
+   * child nodes.
+   */
+  verbose?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -426,6 +436,11 @@ export type JSONWriterOptions = BaseWriterOptions & {
    * `false`.
    */
   group?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Outputs child nodes as an array, even if the parent node has zero or one
+   * child nodes.
+   */
+  verbose?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -859,11 +874,11 @@ export interface XMLBuilder {
    */
   toObject(writerOptions?: ObjectWriterOptions): XMLSerializedAsObject | XMLSerializedAsObjectArray
 
-    /**
-   * Converts the node into its object representation using ES6 maps.
-   * 
-   * @param options - serialization options
-   */
+  /**
+ * Converts the node into its object representation using ES6 maps.
+ * 
+ * @param options - serialization options
+ */
   toObject(writerOptions: MapWriterOptions): XMLSerializedAsMap | XMLSerializedAsMapArray
 
   /**
@@ -1143,13 +1158,13 @@ export type XMLBuilderCBOptions = CBWriterOptions & {
    * Defines namespace aliases.
    */
   namespaceAlias: { [key: string]: string | null }
-    /**
-   * Replacement for invalid characters in input strings.
-   * If `invalidCharReplacement` is a string, each invalid character in an input
-   * string will be replaced with it; otherwise if `invalidCharReplacement`
-   * is a function it will be passed each invalid character and should return
-   * a replacement character.
-   */
+  /**
+ * Replacement for invalid characters in input strings.
+ * If `invalidCharReplacement` is a string, each invalid character in an input
+ * string will be replaced with it; otherwise if `invalidCharReplacement`
+ * is a function it will be passed each invalid character and should return
+ * a replacement character.
+ */
   invalidCharReplacement: string | ((substring: string, ...args: any[]) => string) | undefined
 }
 
@@ -1162,7 +1177,7 @@ export type BaseCBWriterOptions = {
    * - `"xml"` - Serializes the document as a string in XML format.
    * - `"json"` - Serializes the document as a JSON string.
    */
-  format?: "xml" | "json"  
+  format?: "xml" | "json"
   /**
    * Ensures that the document adheres to the syntax rules specified by the
    * XML specification. If this flag is set and the document is not well-formed
@@ -1178,7 +1193,7 @@ export type BaseCBWriterOptions = {
 /**
  * Defines the options passed to the callback builder's XML writer.
  */
-export type XMLCBWriterOptions  = BaseCBWriterOptions & {
+export type XMLCBWriterOptions = BaseCBWriterOptions & {
   /** @inheritdoc */
   format?: "xml"
   /**
@@ -1231,7 +1246,7 @@ export type XMLCBWriterOptions  = BaseCBWriterOptions & {
 /**
  * Defines the options passed to the callback builder's JSON writer.
  */
-export type JSONCBWriterOptions  = BaseCBWriterOptions & {
+export type JSONCBWriterOptions = BaseCBWriterOptions & {
   /** @inheritdoc */
   format?: "json"
   /**
diff --git a/src/writers/MapWriter.ts b/src/writers/MapWriter.ts
index 094e75b..221f3bf 100644
--- a/src/writers/MapWriter.ts
+++ b/src/writers/MapWriter.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,16 @@ export class MapWriter extends BaseWriter<MapWriterOptions, XMLSerializedAsMap |
       format: "map",
       wellFormed: false,
       noDoubleEncoding: false,
-      group: false
+      group: false,
+      verbose: false
     })
 
     // convert to object
     const objectWriterOptions: ObjectWriterOptions = applyDefaults(options, {
       format: "object",
       wellFormed: false,
-      noDoubleEncoding: false
+      noDoubleEncoding: false,
+      verbose: false
     })
     const objectWriter = new ObjectWriter(this._builderOptions)
     const val = objectWriter.serialize(node, objectWriterOptions)
diff --git a/src/writers/ObjectWriter.ts b/src/writers/ObjectWriter.ts
index 7fc422e..f66c73f 100644
--- a/src/writers/ObjectWriter.ts
+++ b/src/writers/ObjectWriter.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export class ObjectWriter extends BaseWriter<ObjectWriterOptions, XMLSerializedA
       format: "object",
       wellFormed: false,
       noDoubleEncoding: false,
-      group: false
+      group: false,
+      verbose: false
     }) as Required<ObjectWriterOptions>
 
     this._currentList = []
@@ -174,7 +175,11 @@ export class ObjectWriter extends BaseWriter<ObjectWriterOptions, XMLSerializedA
               result.push({ [key]: eleGroup })
             } else {
               // single element node
-              result.push({ [key]: this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options) })
+              if (options.verbose) {
+                result.push({ [key]: [this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options) as any] })
+              } else {
+                result.push({ [key]: this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options) })
+              }
             }
             break
         }
@@ -237,7 +242,11 @@ export class ObjectWriter extends BaseWriter<ObjectWriterOptions, XMLSerializedA
               obj[key] = eleGroup
             } else {
               // single element node
-              obj[key] = this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options)
+              if (options.verbose) {
+                obj[key] = [this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options) as any]
+              } else {
+                obj[key] = this._process(ele[key] as NodeList, options)
+              }
             }
             break
         }
diff --git a/test/issues/issue-030.test.ts b/test/issues/issue-030.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc8b4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues/issue-030.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import $$ from "../TestHelpers";
+
+describe("Replicate issue", () => {
+  // https://github.com/oozcitak/xmlbuilder2/issues/30
+  test("#30 - Conversion from XML to JSON array inconsistency", () => {
+    const input2 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+      <row id="1">
+        <TYPE>Y</TYPE>
+        <ID>321</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+
+    const obj2 = $$.convert(input2, { format: 'object', verbose: true })
+    expect(obj2).toEqual(
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [ "X" ],
+                "ID": [ "123" ]
+              },
+              {
+                "@id": "1",
+                "TYPE": [ "Y" ],
+                "ID": [ "321" ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    expect($$.create(obj2).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input2)
+
+    const input1 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+    const obj1 = $$.convert(input1, { format: 'object', verbose: true })
+    expect(obj1).toEqual(
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [ "X" ],
+                "ID": [ "123" ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    expect($$.create(obj1).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input1)
+  })
+
+})
diff --git a/test/writers/JSONWriter.test.ts b/test/writers/JSONWriter.test.ts
index 65f0a8b..0ee4b32 100644
--- a/test/writers/JSONWriter.test.ts
+++ b/test/writers/JSONWriter.test.ts
@@ -196,4 +196,76 @@ describe('JSONWriter', () => {
     expect(() => ele.end({ format: "json" })).toThrow()
   })
   
+  test("verbose", () => {
+    const input2 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+      <row id="1">
+        <TYPE>Y</TYPE>
+        <ID>321</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+
+    const json2 = $$.convert(input2, { format: 'json', verbose: true, prettyPrint: true })
+    expect(json2).toBe($$.t`
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [
+                  "X"
+                ],
+                "ID": [
+                  "123"
+                ]
+              },
+              {
+                "@id": "1",
+                "TYPE": [
+                  "Y"
+                ],
+                "ID": [
+                  "321"
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }`)
+    expect($$.create(json2).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input2)
+
+    const input1 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+    const json1 = $$.convert(input1, { format: 'json', verbose: true, prettyPrint: true })
+    expect(json1).toEqual($$.t`
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [
+                  "X"
+                ],
+                "ID": [
+                  "123"
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }`)
+    expect($$.create(json1).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input1)
+  })
+
 })
diff --git a/test/writers/MapWriter.test.ts b/test/writers/MapWriter.test.ts
index 5db1e1e..3c78dd6 100644
--- a/test/writers/MapWriter.test.ts
+++ b/test/writers/MapWriter.test.ts
@@ -169,4 +169,64 @@ describe('MapWriter', () => {
     expect(() => ele.end({ format: "map" })).toThrow()
   })
 
+  test("verbose", () => {
+    const input2 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+      <row id="1">
+        <TYPE>Y</TYPE>
+        <ID>321</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+
+    const result2 = $$.convert(input2, { format: 'map', verbose: true })
+    expect($$.printMap(result2)).toBe($$.t`
+      M{
+        data: [
+          M{
+            row: [
+              M{
+                @id: 0,
+                TYPE: [ X ],
+                ID: [ 123 ]
+              },
+              M{
+                @id: 1,
+                TYPE: [ Y ],
+                ID: [ 321 ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }`)
+    expect($$.create(result2).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input2)
+
+    const input1 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+    const result1 = $$.convert(input1, { format: 'map', verbose: true })
+    expect($$.printMap(result1)).toEqual($$.t`
+      M{
+        data: [
+          M{
+            row: [
+              M{
+                @id: 0,
+                TYPE: [ X ],
+                ID: [ 123 ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }`)
+    expect($$.create(result1).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input1)
+  })
+
 })
diff --git a/test/writers/ObjectWriter.test.ts b/test/writers/ObjectWriter.test.ts
index cc1e041..5898465 100644
--- a/test/writers/ObjectWriter.test.ts
+++ b/test/writers/ObjectWriter.test.ts
@@ -660,4 +660,64 @@ describe('ObjectWriter', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ foo: { }, bar: { } })
   })
 
+  test("verbose", () => {
+    const input2 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+      <row id="1">
+        <TYPE>Y</TYPE>
+        <ID>321</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+
+    const obj2 = $$.convert(input2, { format: 'object', verbose: true })
+    expect(obj2).toEqual(
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [ "X" ],
+                "ID": [ "123" ]
+              },
+              {
+                "@id": "1",
+                "TYPE": [ "Y" ],
+                "ID": [ "321" ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    expect($$.create(obj2).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input2)
+
+    const input1 = $$.t`
+    <data>
+      <row id="0">
+        <TYPE>X</TYPE>
+        <ID>123</ID>
+      </row>
+    </data>`
+    const obj1 = $$.convert(input1, { format: 'object', verbose: true })
+    expect(obj1).toEqual(
+      {
+        "data": [
+          {
+            "row": [
+              {
+                "@id": "0",
+                "TYPE": [ "X" ],
+                "ID": [ "123" ]
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    expect($$.create(obj1).end({ headless: true, prettyPrint: true })).toBe(input1)
+  })
+
 })