diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/JUnitMethodBodyBuilder.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/JUnitMethodBodyBuilder.groovy
index 8d0919bafe..eaf1f3be42 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/JUnitMethodBodyBuilder.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/JUnitMethodBodyBuilder.groovy
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ abstract class JUnitMethodBodyBuilder extends RequestProcessingMethodBodyBuilder
 	}
 
 	private String getMapKeyReferenceString(String property, Map.Entry entry) {
-		if (entry.value instanceof ExecutionProperty) {
-			return provideProperJsonPathNotation(property) + "." + entry.key
-		}
-		return property + """.get(\\\"$entry.key\\\")"""
+		return provideProperJsonPathNotation(property) + "." + entry.key
 	}
 
 	private String provideProperJsonPathNotation(String property) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19160ccbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2013-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder
+
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.springframework.boot.test.rule.OutputCapture
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.dsl.WireMockStubVerifier
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.util.SyntaxChecker
+import spock.lang.Issue
+import spock.lang.Shared
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class MethodBodyBuilderSpec extends Specification implements WireMockStubVerifier {
+
+	@Rule OutputCapture capture = new OutputCapture()
+
+	@Shared ContractVerifierConfigProperties properties = new ContractVerifierConfigProperties(
+			assertJsonSize: true
+	)
+
+	@Issue('#251')
+	def "should work with execute and arrays [#methodBuilderName]"() {
+		given:
+		Contract contractDsl = Contract.make {
+			request {
+				method 'GET'
+				urlPath '/foo'
+				headers {
+					accept(applicationJson())
+					contentType(applicationJson())
+				}
+			}
+			response {
+				status 200
+				body ([
+						myArray:[
+								[
+										notABugGeneratedHere: $(c("foo"), p(execute('assertThat((String)$it).isEqualTo("foo")'))),
+										anotherArrayNeededForBug:[
+												[
+														optionalNotEmpty: $(c("foo"), p(execute('assertThat((String)$it).isEqualTo("12")')))
+												]
+										],
+										yetAnotherArrayNeededForBug:[
+												[
+														optionalNotEmpty: $(c("foo"), p(execute('assertThat((String)$it).isEqualTo("22")')))
+												]
+										]
+								],
+								[
+										anotherArrayNeededForBug2:[
+												[
+														optionalNotEmpty: $(c("foo"), p(execute('assertThat((String)$it).isEqualTo("122")')))
+												]
+										]
+								],
+						]
+				])
+				headers {
+					contentType(applicationJson())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+			MethodBodyBuilder builder = methodBuilder(contractDsl)
+			BlockBuilder blockBuilder = new BlockBuilder(" ")
+		when:
+			builder.appendTo(blockBuilder)
+			def test = blockBuilder.toString()
+		then:
+			test.contains('$.myArray[0].anotherArrayNeededForBug[0].optionalNotEmpty')
+			!test.contains('cursor')
+			!test.contains('REGEXP>>')
+		and:
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToCompile(methodBuilderName, blockBuilder.toString())
+		and:
+			String jsonSample = '''\
+String json = "{\\"myArray\\":[{\\"notABugGeneratedHere\\":\\"foo\\",\\"anotherArrayNeededForBug\\":[{\\"optionalNotEmpty\\":\\"12\\"}],\\"yetAnotherArrayNeededForBug\\":[{\\"optionalNotEmpty\\":\\"22\\"}]},{\\"anotherArrayNeededForBug2\\":[{\\"optionalNotEmpty\\":\\"122\\"}]}]}";
+DocumentContext parsedJson = JsonPath.parse(json);
+'''
+		and:
+			LinkedList<String> lines = [] as LinkedList<String>
+			test.eachLine { if (it.contains("assertThatJson") || it.contains("assertThat((String")) lines << it else it }
+			lines.addFirst(jsonSample)
+			SyntaxChecker.tryToRun(methodBuilderName, lines.join("\n"))
+		where:
+			methodBuilderName                                    | methodBuilder
+			"MockMvcSpockMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"MockMvcJUnitMethodBuilder"                          | { Contract dsl -> new MockMvcJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder" | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientSpockMethodRequestProcessingBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+			"JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder"                  | { Contract dsl -> new JaxRsClientJUnitMethodBodyBuilder(dsl, properties) }
+	}
+
+}