diff --git a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
index c29073e..0a46ec7 100644
--- a/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def self.normalize_params(params, name, v)
       else
         params[k] ||= {}
         raise ParameterTypeError, "expected Hash (got #{params[k].class.name}) for param `#{k}'" unless params_hash_type?(params[k])
-        params[k] = normalize_params(params[k], after, v, depth - 1)
+        params[k] = normalize_params(params[k], after, v)
       end
 
       params
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_spec.rb
index 609c957..d0b1df9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/consumer_contract/query_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ module Pact
         it "returns a nested map" do
           expect(subject).to eq "foo" => "bar2", "baz" => ["thing1", "thing2"]
         end
+
+        it "handles arrays and hashes" do
+          expect(Query.parse_string("a[]=1&a[]=2&b[c]=3")).to eq "a" => ["1","2"], "b" => { "c" => "3" }
+        end
       end
     end
   end