diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 535826fbf..8aac4afb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "build": "yarn -s clean && tsc",
     "dev": "tsc --watch",
+    "dev:test": "jest --watch",
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn -s build",
     "style": "prettier --write 'src/**/*.ts' 'test/**/*.ts' 'example/**/*.ts'",
     "test": "jest"
diff --git a/src/builder.ts b/src/builder.ts
index 54785089f..f24cec334 100644
--- a/src/builder.ts
+++ b/src/builder.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,26 @@ interface FieldPublisherConfig {
 type FieldPublisher = (opts?: FieldPublisherConfig) => PublisherMethods // Fluent API
 type PublisherMethods = Record<string, FieldPublisher>
 
+/**
+ * When dealing with list types we rely on the list type zero value (empty-list)
+ * to represet the idea of null.
+ *
+ * For Photon's part, it will never return null for list type fields nor will it
+ * ever return null value list members.
+ */
+const dmmfListFieldTypeToNexus = (
+  fieldType: DMMF.Data.SchemaField['outputType'],
+) => {
+  return fieldType.isList
+    ? {
+        list: [true],
+        nullable: false,
+      }
+    : {
+        nullable: !fieldType.isRequired,
+      }
+}
+
 export interface Options {
   types: any
   photon?: (ctx: Nexus.core.GetGen<'context'>) => any
@@ -204,8 +224,7 @@ export class SchemaBuilder {
                 resolvedConfig.type!,
                 mappedField.field,
               ),
-              list: mappedField.field.outputType.isList || undefined,
-              nullable: !mappedField.field.outputType.isRequired,
+              ...dmmfListFieldTypeToNexus(mappedField.field.outputType),
               args: this.buildArgsFromField(
                 typeName,
                 mappedField.operation,
@@ -309,8 +328,7 @@ export class SchemaBuilder {
           const type = resolvedConfig.type || field.outputType.type
           const fieldOpts: Nexus.core.NexusOutputFieldConfig<any, string> = {
             type: this.publisher.outputType(type, field),
-            list: field.outputType.isList || undefined,
-            nullable: !field.outputType.isRequired,
+            ...dmmfListFieldTypeToNexus(field.outputType),
             args: this.buildArgsFromField(
               typeName,
               null,
diff --git a/tests/__app/generated/nexus-typegen.d.ts b/tests/__app/generated/nexus-typegen.d.ts
index 8d62404ba..de581d7ba 100644
--- a/tests/__app/generated/nexus-typegen.d.ts
+++ b/tests/__app/generated/nexus-typegen.d.ts
@@ -223,24 +223,24 @@ export interface NexusGenFieldTypes {
   Bubble: { // field return type
     createdAt: any; // DateTime!
     id: any; // UUID!
-    members: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    members: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
   }
   Mutation: { // field return type
     createOnePost: NexusGenRootTypes['Post']; // Post!
     updateManyPost: NexusGenRootTypes['BatchPayload']; // BatchPayload!
   }
   Post: { // field return type
-    authors: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    authors: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
     status: NexusGenEnums['PostStatus']; // PostStatus!
   }
   Query: { // field return type
     user: NexusGenRootTypes['User'] | null; // User
-    users: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    users: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
   }
   User: { // field return type
     firstName: string; // String!
     id: string; // ID!
-    posts: NexusGenRootTypes['Post'][] | null; // [Post!]
+    posts: NexusGenRootTypes['Post'][]; // [Post!]!
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/__app/generated/schema.graphql b/tests/__app/generated/schema.graphql
index 27a92e832..b992a5957 100644
--- a/tests/__app/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/tests/__app/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type BatchPayload {
 type Bubble {
   createdAt: DateTime!
   id: UUID!
-  members(first: Int, orderBy: BubbleMembersOrderByInput, where: BubbleMembersWhereInput): [User!]
+  members(first: Int, orderBy: BubbleMembersOrderByInput, where: BubbleMembersWhereInput): [User!]!
 }
 
 input BubbleCreateOneWithoutBubbleInput {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ enum OrderByArg {
 }
 
 type Post {
-  authors: [User!]
+  authors: [User!]!
   status: PostStatus!
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ input PostWhereInput {
 
 type Query {
   user(where: UserWhereUniqueInput!): User
-  users(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, skip: Int): [User!]
+  users(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, skip: Int): [User!]!
 }
 
 input StringFilter {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ input StringFilter {
 type User {
   firstName: String!
   id: ID!
-  posts(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, orderBy: PostOrderByInput, skip: Int, where: PostWhereInput): [Post!]
+  posts(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, orderBy: PostOrderByInput, skip: Int, where: PostWhereInput): [Post!]!
 }
 
 input UserCreateManyWithoutAuthorsInput {
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
index f730ac2b0..d32cf7c20 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type BatchPayload {
 type Bubble {
   createdAt: DateTime!
   id: UUID!
-  members(first: Int, orderBy: BubbleMembersOrderByInput, where: BubbleMembersWhereInput): [User!]
+  members(first: Int, orderBy: BubbleMembersOrderByInput, where: BubbleMembersWhereInput): [User!]!
 }
 
 input BubbleCreateOneWithoutBubbleInput {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ enum OrderByArg {
 }
 
 type Post {
-  authors: [User!]
+  authors: [User!]!
   status: PostStatus!
 }
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ input PostWhereInput {
 
 type Query {
   user(where: UserWhereUniqueInput!): User
-  users(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, skip: Int): [User!]
+  users(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, skip: Int): [User!]!
 }
 
 input StringFilter {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ input StringFilter {
 type User {
   firstName: String!
   id: ID!
-  posts(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, orderBy: PostOrderByInput, skip: Int, where: PostWhereInput): [Post!]
+  posts(after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int, orderBy: PostOrderByInput, skip: Int, where: PostWhereInput): [Post!]!
 }
 
 input UserCreateManyWithoutAuthorsInput {
@@ -437,24 +437,24 @@ export interface NexusGenFieldTypes {
   Bubble: { // field return type
     createdAt: any; // DateTime!
     id: any; // UUID!
-    members: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    members: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
   }
   Mutation: { // field return type
     createOnePost: NexusGenRootTypes['Post']; // Post!
     updateManyPost: NexusGenRootTypes['BatchPayload']; // BatchPayload!
   }
   Post: { // field return type
-    authors: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    authors: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
     status: NexusGenEnums['PostStatus']; // PostStatus!
   }
   Query: { // field return type
     user: NexusGenRootTypes['User'] | null; // User
-    users: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][] | null; // [User!]
+    users: NexusGenRootTypes['User'][]; // [User!]!
   }
   User: { // field return type
     firstName: string; // String!
     id: string; // ID!
-    posts: NexusGenRootTypes['Post'][] | null; // [Post!]
+    posts: NexusGenRootTypes['Post'][]; // [Post!]!
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/__snapshots__/enums.test.ts.snap b/tests/__snapshots__/enums.test.ts.snap
index 94bc2fa8d..449c090db 100644
--- a/tests/__snapshots__/enums.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/__snapshots__/enums.test.ts.snap
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exports[`does not automatically publish input/enum type if already created by us
 }
 
 type Query {
-  users(where: UserWhereInput, skip: Int, after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int): [User!]
+  users(where: UserWhereInput, skip: Int, after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int): [User!]!
 }
 
 type User {
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ input IntFilter {
 }
 
 type Query {
-  users(where: UserWhereInput, skip: Int, after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int): [User!]
+  users(where: UserWhereInput, skip: Int, after: String, before: String, first: Int, last: Int): [User!]!
 }
 
 type User {