diff --git a/src/JsonParseNode.php b/src/JsonParseNode.php
index cfc9a7c..52e5176 100644
--- a/src/JsonParseNode.php
+++ b/src/JsonParseNode.php
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ public function getDateIntervalValue(): ?DateInterval{
     }
 
     public function getBinaryContent(): ?StreamInterface {
-        return ($this->jsonNode !== null) ? Utils::streamFor(strval($this->jsonNode)) : null;
+        if (is_null($this->jsonNode)) {
+            return null;
+        } elseif (is_array($this->jsonNode)) {
+            return Utils::streamFor(json_encode($this->jsonNode));
+        }
+        return Utils::streamFor(strval($this->jsonNode));
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/JsonParseNodeTest.php b/tests/JsonParseNodeTest.php
index 8694007..61fcd43 100644
--- a/tests/JsonParseNodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/JsonParseNodeTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class JsonParseNodeTest extends TestCase
     private StreamInterface $stream;
 
     protected function setUp(): void {
-        $this->stream = Utils::streamFor('{"@odata.type":"Missing", "name": "Silas Kenneth", "age": 98, "height": 123.122, "maritalStatus": "complicated,single", "address": {"city": "Nairobi", "street": "Luthuli"}}');
+        $this->stream = Utils::streamFor('{"@odata.type":"Missing","name":"Silas Kenneth","age":98,"height":123.122,"maritalStatus":"complicated,single","address":{"city":"Nairobi","street":"Luthuli"}}');
     }
 
     public function testGetIntegerValue(): void {
@@ -175,4 +175,15 @@ public function testCallbacksAreCalled(): void {
         $person = $this->parseNode->getObjectValue([Person::class, 'createFromDiscriminatorValue']);
         $this->assertTrue($assigned);
     }
+
+    public function testGetBinaryContent(): void {
+        $this->parseNode = new JsonParseNode(100);
+        $this->assertEquals("100", $this->parseNode->getBinaryContent()->getContents());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetBinaryContentFromArray(): void {
+        $this->parseNode = new JsonParseNode(json_decode($this->stream->getContents(), true));
+        $this->stream->rewind();
+        $this->assertEquals($this->stream->getContents(), $this->parseNode->getBinaryContent()->getContents());
+    }
 }