diff --git a/resources/helpers.php b/resources/helpers.php
index 55ee80f..c25b5ed 100644
--- a/resources/helpers.php
+++ b/resources/helpers.php
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ function array_undot(array $dotNotationArray)
     {
         $array = [];
         foreach ($dotNotationArray as $key => $value) {
-            array_set($array, $key, $value);
+            // if there is a space after the dot, this could legitimately be
+            // a single key and not nested.
+            if (count(explode('. ', $key)) > 1) {
+                $array[$key] = $value;
+            } else {
+                array_set($array, $key, $value);
+            }
         }
 
         return $array;
diff --git a/src/Drivers/File.php b/src/Drivers/File.php
index a650dbd..98ce87d 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/File.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/File.php
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ private function saveGroupTranslations($language, $group, $translations)
      */
     private function saveNamespacedGroupTranslations($language, $group, $translations)
     {
-        list($namespace, $group) = explode('::', $group);
+        [$namespace, $group] = explode('::', $group);
         $directory = "{$this->languageFilesPath}".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'vendor'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."{$namespace}".DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR."{$language}";
 
         if (! $this->disk->exists($directory)) {
diff --git a/src/Scanner.php b/src/Scanner.php
index ab2b4e6..846056c 100644
--- a/src/Scanner.php
+++ b/src/Scanner.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function findTranslations()
             if (preg_match_all("/$matchingPattern/siU", $file->getContents(), $matches)) {
                 foreach ($matches[2] as $key) {
                     if (preg_match("/(^[a-zA-Z0-9:_-]+([.][^\1)\ ]+)+$)/siU", $key, $arrayMatches)) {
-                        list($file, $k) = explode('.', $arrayMatches[0], 2);
+                        [$file, $k] = explode('.', $arrayMatches[0], 2);
                         $results['group'][$file][$k] = '';
                         continue;
                     } else {