diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e80e57d..54fdd53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.dasein</groupId>
   <artifactId>dasein-persist</artifactId>
-  <version>x2013.02.2</version>
+  <version>x2013.02.3</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>dasein-persist</name>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>mysql</groupId>
         <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-        <version>5.1.10</version>
+        <version>5.1.29</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>           
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/Execution.java b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/Execution.java
index f745c14..cbe1af6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/Execution.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/Execution.java
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ else if( res instanceof HashMap ) {
             }
             catch( SQLException e ) {
                 logger.debug("Error executing event: " + e.getMessage(), e);
-                throw new PersistenceException(e.getMessage());
+                throw new PersistenceException(e);
             }
         }
         finally {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/PersistenceException.java b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/PersistenceException.java
index 6d8b2ff..d612db2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/PersistenceException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/PersistenceException.java
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ public PersistenceException(String msg) {
         super(msg);
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new persistence exception that results from the
      * specified data store exception.
      * @param cse the cause for this persistence exception
      */
     public PersistenceException(Exception cse) {
-        super(cse.getMessage());
+        super(cse.getMessage(), cse);
         cause = cse;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/AutomatedSql.java b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/AutomatedSql.java
index 9922c89..ca8bbba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/AutomatedSql.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/AutomatedSql.java
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2006 Valtira Corporation, All Rights Reserved */
 package org.dasein.persist.jdbc;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.io.StringBufferInputStream;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@
 import org.dasein.util.CachedItem;
 import org.dasein.util.Translator;
 import org.dasein.util.uom.Measured;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
 
 public class AutomatedSql extends Execution {
     static public enum Operator {
@@ -420,6 +423,28 @@ else if( t.equals(UUID.class) ) {
                     statement.setString(i, ob.toString());
                 }
             }
+            else if( t.isArray() ){
+                try {
+                    JSONArray serialized = new JSONArray();
+                    Class<?> componentType = t.getComponentType();
+                    Method toJson = componentType.getDeclaredMethod("toJSON");
+                    int length = Array.getLength(ob);
+                    for(int counter = 0 ; counter < length ; counter++){
+                        serialized.put(toJson.invoke(Array.get(ob, counter)));
+                    }
+                    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+                    serialized.write(writer);
+                    statement.setString(i, writer.toString());
+                } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                    throw new SQLException("No toJSON method: " + t.getName(), e);
+                } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                    throw new SQLException("Error invoking toJSON method: " + t.getName(), e);
+                } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                    throw new SQLException("Error invoking toJSON method: " + t.getName(), e);
+                } catch (JSONException e) {
+                    throw new SQLException("Error serializing to JSON: " + t.getName(), e);
+                }
+            }
             else {
                 if( ob == null ) {
                     statement.setNull(i, Types.VARCHAR);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/Loader.java b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/Loader.java
index 2a0d4de..b0dcd33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/Loader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dasein/persist/jdbc/Loader.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2006 Valtira Corporation, All Rights Reserved */
 package org.dasein.persist.jdbc;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -40,6 +38,9 @@
 import org.dasein.util.CachedItem;
 import org.dasein.util.uom.Measured;
 import org.dasein.util.uom.UnitOfMeasure;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 public class Loader extends AutomatedSql {
     static public final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Loader.class);
@@ -349,6 +350,34 @@ else if( type.getName().startsWith("java.") ){
             if( rs.wasNull() ) {
                 ob = null;
             }
+        }else if(type.isArray()){
+            try {
+                JSONArray object = new JSONArray(rs.getString(i));
+                Class<?> componentType = type.getComponentType();
+                Method m = componentType.getDeclaredMethod("valueOf", JSONObject.class);
+                Object newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType, object.length());
+                for(int counter = 0 ; counter < object.length() ; counter++){
+                    Array.set(newArray, counter, m.invoke(null, object.get(counter)));
+                }
+                ob = newArray;
+            } catch (JSONException e) {
+                throw new SQLException("Error parsing json: " + type.getName(), e);
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+                throw new SQLException(
+                        "No valueOf function for loading JSON: " + type.getName(),
+                        e
+                );
+            } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                throw new SQLException(
+                        "Failed to invoke valueOf function for loading JSON: " + type.getName(),
+                        e
+                );
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                throw new SQLException(
+                        "Failed to invoke valueOf function for loading JSON: " + type.getName(),
+                        e
+                );
+            }
         }
         else {
             String str = rs.getString(i);
@@ -359,11 +388,11 @@ else if( type.getName().startsWith("java.") ){
             else {
                 try {
                     Method m = type.getDeclaredMethod("valueOf", String.class);
-                    
+
                     ob = m.invoke(null, str);
                 }
                 catch( Exception e ) {
-                    throw new SQLException("I have no idea how to map to " + type.getName());
+                    throw new SQLException("I have no idea how to map to " + type.getName(), e);
                 }
             }
         }