diff --git a/db/jsobj.h b/db/jsobj.h
index d59fb4e5d72..a634e680b2e 100644
--- a/db/jsobj.h
+++ b/db/jsobj.h
@@ -576,6 +576,13 @@ namespace mongo {
             return getField(field);
         }
 
+        BSONElement operator[] (int field) const { 
+            stringstream ss;
+            ss << field;
+            string s = ss.str();
+            return getField(s.c_str());
+        }
+
 		/** @return true if field exists */
         bool hasField( const char * name )const {
             return ! getField( name ).eoo();
diff --git a/scripting/engine_spidermonkey.cpp b/scripting/engine_spidermonkey.cpp
index 08d98e15bd8..2ebbe88e4cb 100644
--- a/scripting/engine_spidermonkey.cpp
+++ b/scripting/engine_spidermonkey.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ namespace mongo {
                 assert( array );
 
                 for ( int i=0; i<n; i++ ){
-                    jsval v = toval( embed[BSONObjBuilder::numStr( i ).c_str()] );
+                    jsval v = toval( embed[i] );
                     assert( JS_SetElement( _context , array , i , &v ) );
                 }