diff --git a/progtest/src/TestRunner.js b/progtest/src/TestRunner.js
index 1fc7b1c1..f5261621 100644
--- a/progtest/src/TestRunner.js
+++ b/progtest/src/TestRunner.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ module.exports = Class( 'TestRunner',
         {
             return Array.isArray( y )
                 && ( x.length === y.length )
-                && x.every( ( xval, i ) => xval === y[ i ] );
+                && x.every( ( xval, i ) => this._deepCompare( xval, y[ i ] ) );
         }
 
         // scalar
diff --git a/progtest/test/TestRunnerTest.js b/progtest/test/TestRunnerTest.js
index 5ca1e741..b959165c 100644
--- a/progtest/test/TestRunnerTest.js
+++ b/progtest/test/TestRunnerTest.js
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ describe( "TestRunner", () =>
                     baz: [ 4, 2 ],
                 },
             },
+            {
+                description: "recursive",
+                data:        { a: [[[[1]]]] },
+                expect:      { foo: [[[[1]]]] },
+            },
         ];
 
         const rate_results = [
@@ -68,6 +73,10 @@ describe( "TestRunner", () =>
                 bar: [ 3, 4 ],
                 baz: [ 4, 5 ],
             } },
+            // no failures
+            { vars: {
+                foo: [[[[1]]]],
+            } },
         ];
 
         const expect_failures = [
@@ -83,10 +92,11 @@ describe( "TestRunner", () =>
                     expect: test_cases[ 1 ].expect.baz,
                     result: rate_results[ 1 ].vars.baz,
                 },
-            ]
+            ],
+            [],
         ];
 
-        Sut( NullTestReporter(), program )
+        return Sut( NullTestReporter(), program )
             .runTests( test_cases )
             .then( results =>
             {
@@ -95,7 +105,6 @@ describe( "TestRunner", () =>
                     const result = results[ i ];
 
                     expect( result.desc ).to.equal( test_case.description );
-                    expect( result.i ).to.equal( i );
                     expect( result.total ).to.equal(
                         Object.keys( test_case.expect ).length
                     );