diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3078006d..f60e2e3f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ v2.0.0 (TBA)
 -Fixed (issue #609) - Fixed handling renamed manifests with ("android", "com.htc" and "miui").
 -Fixed (issue #626) - Fixed handling strange characters with unknown files.
 -Fixed (issue #630) - Fixed handling renamed manifests with ("com.lge")
+-Fixed (issue #409) - Fixed array items incorrectly typed.
 -Fixed issue with non-URI standard characters in apk name (Thanks rover12421)
 -Added output to list Apktool version to help debugging.
 -Updated known bytes for configurations to 38 (from addition of layout direction)
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
index 749cc054..e5033be1 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/data/value/ResArrayValue.java
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ public class ResArrayValue extends ResBagValue implements
             return null;
         }
         String type = mItems[0].getType();
-        for (int i = 1; i < mItems.length; i++) {
-
+        for (int i = 0; i < mItems.length; i++) {
             if (mItems[i].encodeAsResXmlItemValue().startsWith("@string")) {
                 return "string";
             } else if (mItems[i].encodeAsResXmlItemValue().startsWith("@drawable")) {
diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
index 52c087c8..da3f4009 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/test/resources/brut/apktool/testapp/res/values-mcc001/arrays.xml
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@
         <item>10.0sp</item>
         <item>#ff123456</item>
     </array>
+    <string-array name="issue_409">
+        <item>@string/test1</item>
+        <item>foo</item>
+        <item>foo2</item>
+    </string-array>
 </resources>