diff --git a/nbt/snbt_decode.go b/nbt/snbt_decode.go
index 44d4e09..c0d9610 100644
--- a/nbt/snbt_decode.go
+++ b/nbt/snbt_decode.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func writeListOrArray(e *Encoder, d *decodeState) (tagType byte, err error) {
 			}
 			break
 		}
-		if d.opcode != scanListValue { // TAG_List<TAG_String>
+		if d.opcode != scanListValue && d.opcode != scanEndValue { // TAG_List<TAG_String>
 			panic(phasePanicMsg)
 		}
 		var tagType byte
diff --git a/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go b/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
index 62e3519..b1f7eed 100644
--- a/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
+++ b/nbt/snbt_decode_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ var testCases = []testCase{
 	{`{d:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'd', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
 	{`{e:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'e', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
 	{`{f:[], g:[]}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'f', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'g', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
+
+	// issue#121
+	{`{a:[b],c:0B}`, TagCompound, []byte{10, 0, 0, 9, 0, 1, 'a', 8, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 'b', 1, 0, 1, 'c', 0, 0}},
 }
 
 func TestStringifiedMessage_TagType(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/nbt/snbt_scanner_test.go b/nbt/snbt_scanner_test.go
index 9bf7b37..c241943 100644
--- a/nbt/snbt_scanner_test.go
+++ b/nbt/snbt_scanner_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ func TestSNBT_checkScanCode(t *testing.T) {
 	//t.SkipNow()
 	var s scanner
 	s.reset()
-	for _, c := range []byte(`[I;123,345], `) {
+	for _, c := range []byte(`{b:[vanilla],c:0D}`) {
 		t.Logf("[%c] - %d", c, s.step(&s, c))
 	}
 	t.Logf("[%c] - %d", ' ', s.eof())