diff --git a/Tests/Kernels/SimpleStructsAndArraysTest/Kernel.cs b/Tests/Kernels/SimpleStructsAndArraysTest/Kernel.cs
index 77c6a8bde1..aa4e3e8dfb 100644
--- a/Tests/Kernels/SimpleStructsAndArraysTest/Kernel.cs
+++ b/Tests/Kernels/SimpleStructsAndArraysTest/Kernel.cs
@@ -277,6 +277,17 @@ private void TestRemainder3Structs()
             Assert.AreEqual(local.C, 77, "Three byte struct third value read correctly");
         }
 
+        private void TestArrayRange()
+        {
+            byte[] array = new byte[16];
+            for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+            {
+                array[i] = (byte)i;
+            }
+            byte[] slice = array[1..5];
+            Assert.AreEqual(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }, slice, "Taking the slice of a byte array works");
+        }
+
         protected override void Run()
         {
             TestStep1();
@@ -289,6 +300,7 @@ protected override void Run()
             ConstrainedTest.MutateStructTest();
             Assert.IsTrue(true, "After MutateTestStruct");
             TestRemainder3Structs();
+            TestArrayRange();
 
             TestController.Completed();
         }
diff --git a/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/ArrayImpl.cs b/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/ArrayImpl.cs
index 61bda41ea7..c607b33802 100644
--- a/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/ArrayImpl.cs
+++ b/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/ArrayImpl.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using Cosmos.Core;
 using Cosmos.Debug.Kernel;
 using IL2CPU.API;
 using IL2CPU.API.Attribs;
@@ -147,5 +148,10 @@ public static object InternalGetValue(Array aThis, IntPtr aIntPtr)
         {
             return aThis.GetValue((int)aIntPtr);
         }
+
+        public static Array CreateInstance(Type type, int size)
+        {
+            return GCImpl.CreateNewArray((int)VTablesImpl.GetSize(((CosmosRuntimeType)type).mTypeId), size);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/GCImplCreateNewArrayAsm.cs b/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/GCImplCreateNewArrayAsm.cs
index 2261d9e1f2..94c2abd5a8 100644
--- a/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/GCImplCreateNewArrayAsm.cs
+++ b/source/Cosmos.Core_Plugs/System/GCImplCreateNewArrayAsm.cs
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ public override void AssembleNew(Assembler aAssembler, object aMethodInfo)
             XS.Set(ECX, EBP, sourceDisplacement: 8); // size
             XS.Set(EDX, EBP, sourceDisplacement: 12); // length
 
-
-
             XS.Push(ECX);  // size of element
             XS.Set(EAX, ECX);
             XS.Multiply(EDX); // total element size