diff --git a/examples/jsonlab_basictest.matlab b/examples/jsonlab_basictest.matlab
index a5c04c0a5c25a9b353516882da6b7bf67020547f..d51ba96cc413c1e6a82429efef3b7445a66dd2e6 100644
--- a/examples/jsonlab_basictest.matlab
+++ b/examples/jsonlab_basictest.matlab
@@ -572,27 +572,27 @@ ans =
 	"data2json": [
 		[
 			[
-				[1],
+				1,
 				[
-					[2],
-					[3]
+					2,
+					3
 				]
 			],
-				[7]
+				7
 		],
 		[
 			[
-				[4],
-				[5]
+				4,
+				5
 			],
 			[
-				[8],
-				[9]
+				8,
+				9
 			]
 		],
 		[
-				[6],
-				[10]
+				6,
+				10
 		]
 	]
 }
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ ans =
 >> 
 json2data = 
 
-    data2json: [10x1 double]
+    data2json: {{1x2 cell}  [2x2 double]  [6 10]}
 
 >> >> 
 %=================================================
diff --git a/savejson.m b/savejson.m
index 54bcaed70404c68a6968f7d59e86f44934258266..90c5bd1d059aa8689683aa80d238a8610810d96b 100644
--- a/savejson.m
+++ b/savejson.m
@@ -314,14 +314,18 @@ if(length(size(item))>2 || issparse(item) || ~isreal(item) || ...
               padding1,checkname(name,varargin{:}),nl,padding0,class(item),nl,padding0,regexprep(mat2str(size(item)),'\s+',','),nl);
     end
 else
+    if(numel(item)==1 && jsonopt('NoRowBracket',1,varargin{:})==1 && level>0)
+        numtxt=regexprep(regexprep(matdata2json(item,level+1,varargin{:}),'^\[',''),']','');
+    else
+        numtxt=matdata2json(item,level+1,varargin{:});
+    end
     if(isempty(name))
-    	txt=sprintf('%s%s',padding1,matdata2json(item,level+1,varargin{:}));
+    	txt=sprintf('%s%s',padding1,numtxt);
     else
         if(numel(item)==1 && jsonopt('NoRowBracket',1,varargin{:})==1)
-            numtxt=regexprep(regexprep(matdata2json(item,level+1,varargin{:}),'^\[',''),']','');
            	txt=sprintf('%s"%s": %s',padding1,checkname(name,varargin{:}),numtxt);
         else
-    	    txt=sprintf('%s"%s": %s',padding1,checkname(name,varargin{:}),matdata2json(item,level+1,varargin{:}));
+    	    txt=sprintf('%s"%s": %s',padding1,checkname(name,varargin{:}),numtxt);
         end
     end
     return;