diff --git a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/utils.py b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/utils.py
index e7d6521..c24a93d 100644
--- a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/utils.py
+++ b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/utils.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def parse_array(array_string):
         else:
             # Start of non-quoted value, find its end
             match = re.search(r",|\]", array_string)
-            values.append(array_string[1 : match.start() + 1])
-            array_string = array_string[match.end():]
+            values.append(array_string[0 : match.start()])
+            array_string = array_string[match.end() - 1:]
 
 
 def import_submodules(package_name):
diff --git a/tests/test_array_fields.py b/tests/test_array_fields.py
index ef3c3c1..ba4e94b 100644
--- a/tests/test_array_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_array_fields.py
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ class ArrayFieldsTest(unittest.TestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
                 instance.arr_int = value
 
+    def test_parse_array(self):
+        from infi.clickhouse_orm.utils import parse_array, unescape
+        self.assertEquals(parse_array("[]"), [])
+        self.assertEquals(parse_array("[1, 2, 395, -44]"), ["1", "2", "395", "-44"])
+        self.assertEquals(parse_array("['big','mouse','','!']"), ["big", "mouse", "", "!"])
+        self.assertEquals(parse_array(unescape("['\\r\\n\\0\\t\\b']")), ["\r\n\0\t\b"])
+        for s in ("", 
+                  "[", 
+                  "]", 
+                  "[1, 2", 
+                  "3, 4]", 
+                  "['aaa', 'aaa]"):
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                parse_array(s)
+
 
 class ModelWithArrays(Model):