diff --git a/.DS_Store b/.DS_Store
index f1a3ebe..131ad82 100644
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bbafdd..dc76ea6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /solr-server/solr/data/index/
 /solr-server/solr/data/spellcheck/
+
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/cfsolrlib.cfc b/components/cfsolrlib.cfc
index 1fcc2b9..b6ac15b 100644
--- a/components/cfsolrlib.cfc
+++ b/components/cfsolrlib.cfc
@@ -53,23 +53,46 @@
 	<cfargument name="q" type="string" required="true" hint="Your query string" />
 	<cfargument name="start" type="numeric" required="false" default="0" hint="Offset for results, starting with 0" />
 	<cfargument name="rows" type="numeric" required="false" default="20" hint="Number of rows you want returned" />
-	<cfargument name="params" type="array" required="false" default="#arrayNew(1)#" hint="An array of name value pairs of additional params. Values do not need to be only strings." />
+	<cfargument name="params" type="struct" required="false" default="#structNew#" hint="A struct of data to add as params. The struct key will be used as the param name, and the value as the param's value. If you need to pass in multiple values, make the value an array of values." />
 	<cfset var thisQuery = THIS.javaLoaderInstance.create("org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery").init(ARGUMENTS.q).setStart(ARGUMENTS.start).setRows(ARGUMENTS.rows) />
 	<cfset var thisParam = "" />
 	<cfset var response = "" />
 	<cfset var ret = structNew() />
-	<cfloop array="#ARGUMENTS.params#" index="thisParam">
-		<cfset thisQuery.setParam(thisParam.name,thisParam.value)>
+	
+	<cfloop list="#structKeyList(ARGUMENTS.params)#" index="thisKey">
+		<cfif isArray(ARGUMENTS.params[thisKey])>
+			<cfset thisQuery.setParam(thisKey,javaCast("string[]",ARGUMENTS.params[thisKey])) />
+		<cfelseif isBoolean(ARGUMENTS.params[thisKey])>
+			<cfset thisQuery.setParam(thisKey,ARGUMENTS.params[thisKey]) />
+		<cfelse>
+			<cfset tempArray = arrayNew(1) />
+			<cfset arrayAppend(tempArray,ARGUMENTS.params[thisKey]) />
+			<cfset thisQuery.setParam(thisKey,javaCast("string[]",tempArray)) />
+		</cfif>
 	</cfloop>
 	
 	<!--- we do this instead of making the user call java functions, to work around a CF bug --->
 	<cfset response = THIS.solrQueryServer.query(thisQuery) />
 	<cfset ret.results = response.getResults() / >
-	<cfset ret.spellCheck = response.getSpellCheckResponse() / >
+	<cfset ret.spellCheck = response.getSpellCheckResponse() />
 	
 	<cfreturn duplicate(ret) /> <!--- duplicate clears out the case-sensitive structure --->
 </cffunction>
 
+<cffunction name="queryParam" access="public" output="false" returnType="array" hint="Creates a name/value pair and appends it to the array. This is a helper method for adding to your index.">
+	<cfargument name="paramArray" required="true" type="array" hint="An array to add your document field to." />
+	<cfargument name="name" required="true" type="string" hint="Name of your field." />
+	<cfargument name="value" required="true" type="any" hint="Value of your field." />
+	
+	<cfset var thisField = structNew() />
+	<cfset thisField.name = ARGUMENTS.name />
+	<cfset thisField.value = ARGUMENTS.value />
+	
+	<cfset arrayAppend(ARGUMENTS.paramArray,thisField) />
+	
+	<cfreturn ARGUMENTS.paramArray />
+</cffunction>
+
 <cffunction name="add" access="public" output="false" hint="Add a document to the Solr index">
 	<cfargument name="doc" type="array" required="true" hint="An array of field objects, with name, value, and an optional boost attribute. {name:""Some Name"",value:""Some Value""[,boost:5]}" />
 	<cfargument name="docBoost" type="numeric" required="false" hint="Value of boost for this document." />
diff --git a/indexExample.cfm b/indexExample.cfm
index 2af535a..6098849 100644
--- a/indexExample.cfm
+++ b/indexExample.cfm
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ FROM art
 	// example for indexing content from a rich file
 	myFile = expandPath("NRRcreditsbyartist.pdf");
 	fmap = structNew();
-	fmap.title = "title";
-	fmap.content = "text";
+	fmap["title"] = "title";
+	fmap["content"] = "text";
 	sampleSolrInstance.addFile("file-1",myFile,fmap,true,"attr_");
 	
 	sampleSolrInstance.commit(); // do a final commit of our changes
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diff --git a/solr-server/solr/.DS_Store b/solr-server/solr/.DS_Store
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