diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a39a47a..8ecd8d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	"files": [
 		"persists.js"
 		],
-	"version": "0.4.10",
+	"version": "0.4.11",
 	"dependencies" : {
 		"daveutils": "*"
 		} 
diff --git a/persists.js b/persists.js
index f0ad811..cb3fe53 100644
--- a/persists.js
+++ b/persists.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var myProductName = "persists", myVersion = "0.4.10";  
+var myProductName = "persists", myVersion = "0.4.11";  
 
 /*  The MIT License (MIT)
 	Copyright (c) 2014-2019 Dave Winer
@@ -42,22 +42,27 @@ const currentSavedObjectVersion = 1;
 function nowString () {
 	return (new Date ().toLocaleString ());
 	}
+function copyObject (source, dest) { //9/15/19 by DW
+	for (var x in source) {
+		dest [x] = source [x];
+		}
+	}
 function createSharedObject (nameobject, initialObjectValues, myConfig, callback) {
 	var flchanged = false;
 	var theSharedObject = new Object (), objMetadata = new Object ();
 	var ctSecsSinceLastCheck = 0;
 	//set up theSharedObject
 		if (initialObjectValues !== undefined) {
-			utils.copyScalars (initialObjectValues, theSharedObject);
+			copyObject (initialObjectValues, theSharedObject);
 			}
 	//set up objMetadata
-		utils.copyScalars (defaultObjectMetadata, objMetadata);
+		copyObject (defaultObjectMetadata, objMetadata);
 		objMetadata.whenCreated = nowString ();
 	//set up config
 		var config = new Object ();
-		utils.copyScalars (defaultConfig, config);
+		copyObject (defaultConfig, config);
 		if (myConfig !== undefined) { 
-			utils.copyScalars (myConfig, config);
+			copyObject (myConfig, config);
 			}
 		console.log ("persists: config == " + utils.jsonStringify (config));
 	var f = config.persistsPath + nameobject + ".json";
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 403218f..4017a57 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ Why is this possible now?
 
 ### A simple app
 
-<pre>const persists = require ("../persists.js");
-const initialStats = {
+<pre>const persists = require ("persists");
+const inititalStats = {
 	counter: 0
 	};
-persists ("stats", initialStats, undefined, function (stats) {
+persists ("stats", inititalStats, undefined, function (stats) {
 	setInterval (function () {
-		console.log (stats.counter++);
+		stats.counter++;
 		}, 1000);
 	});
 </pre>
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ These are the possible values that configure persists via the third parameter.
 
 ### Changes
 
+#### 9/14/19 by DW
+
+When we copy from the xxx struct into the sharedObject, we only were copying scalars. Changed it so it copies objects and arrays too.
+
 #### 9/8/19 by DW
 
 Change in the format that shared objects are saved on disk.