diff --git a/lib.nix b/lib.nix
index 63170b3..e9fc33f 100644
--- a/lib.nix
+++ b/lib.nix
@@ -8,32 +8,37 @@ let
   mkLuaNil = { _type = "nil"; };
   isLuaNil = val: getType val == "nil";
 
-  mkDictItem = name: value: {
-    _type = "dict_item";
+  mkNamedField = name: value: {
+    _type = "table_field";
     name = validString name;
     value = toLua value;
   };
-  isDictItem = val: getType val == "dict_item";
-  toLuaDictItem = name: value:
+  isNamedField = val: getType val == "table_field";
+  toLuaNamedField = name: value:
     if isNull value then null
     else "[${toLuaStr name}] = ${value}";
 
-  toLua = val:
+  toLua = val: toLuaInternal 0 val;
+
+  toLuaInternal = depth: val:
+    let nextDepth = depth + 1; in
     if isLuaNil val then "nil"
     else if isLuaRaw val then val.raw
-    else if isDictItem val then toLuaDictItem val.name val.value
-    else if isAttrs val then toLuaDict val
-    else if isList val then toLuaList val
+    else if isNamedField val then
+      if depth > 0 then toLuaNamedField val.name val.value
+      else error "You cannot render table field at the top level"
+    else if isAttrs val then toLuaTable nextDepth val
+    else if isList val then toLuaList nextDepth val
     else if isString val then toLuaStr val
     else if isFloat val || isInt val then toString val
     else if isBool val then toLuaBool val
     else if isNull val then null
-    else throw "[nix2lua] Value '${toString val}' is not supported";
+    else error "Value '${toString val}' is not supported";
 
-  toLuaList = val:
-    wrapObj (excludeNull (map toLua val));
+  toLuaList = depth: val:
+    wrapObj (excludeNull (map (toLuaInternal depth) val));
 
-  toLuaDict = val: toLua (attrValues (mapAttrs mkDictItem val));
+  toLuaTable = depth: val: toLuaInternal depth (attrValues (mapAttrs mkNamedField val));
 
   excludeNull = val: filter (v: !(isNull v)) val;
 
@@ -47,9 +52,11 @@ let
 
   validString = value:
     if isString value then value
-    else throw "[nix2lua] Value '${toString value}' is not a valid string";
+    else error "Value '${toString value}' is not a valid string";
+
+  error = message: throw "[nix2lua] ${message}";
 in
 {
   inherit toLua;
-  inherit mkLuaNil mkDictItem mkLuaRaw;
+  inherit mkLuaNil mkLuaRaw mkNamedField;
 }
diff --git a/lib.test.nix b/lib.test.nix
index 3dbcb48..8010c01 100644
--- a/lib.test.nix
+++ b/lib.test.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 let
   nix2lua = import ./lib.nix;
-  inherit (nix2lua) toLua mkLuaNil mkDictItem mkLuaRaw;
+  inherit (nix2lua) toLua mkLuaNil mkLuaRaw mkNamedField;
+  inherit (builtins) tryEval;
+
+  failed = { success = false; value = false; };
 in
 pkgs.lib.runTests {
   "test returns null" = {
@@ -37,15 +40,15 @@ pkgs.lib.runTests {
     expr = toLua false;
     expected = "false";
   };
-  "test returns array with all primitive types" = {
+  "test returns table with all primitive types" = {
     expr = toLua [ "hello" 10 10.1 true ];
     expected = "{ \"hello\", 10, 10.100000, true }";
   };
-  "test returns array without null values" = {
+  "test returns table without null values" = {
     expr = toLua [ null "hello" null 10 null 10.1 null true null ];
     expected = "{ \"hello\", 10, 10.100000, true }";
   };
-  "test returns dict" = {
+  "test returns named table" = {
     expr = toLua {
       foo = "hello";
       int = 10;
@@ -55,11 +58,11 @@ pkgs.lib.runTests {
     };
     expected = "{ [\"fail\"] = false, [\"float\"] = 10.100000, [\"foo\"] = \"hello\", [\"int\"] = 10, [\"success\"] = true }";
   };
-  "test returns dict without nullable items" = {
+  "test returns named table without nullable items" = {
     expr = toLua { foo = "hello"; bar = null; };
     expected = "{ [\"foo\"] = \"hello\" }";
   };
-  "test returns recursive dict" = {
+  "test returns recursive named table" = {
     expr = toLua {
       first = {
         second = {
@@ -69,10 +72,14 @@ pkgs.lib.runTests {
     };
     expected = "{ [\"first\"] = { [\"second\"] = { [\"last\"] = \"hello\" } } }";
   };
-  "test returns array with dict items" = {
+  "test return recursive table" = {
+    expr = toLua [ [ [ "foo" ] "bar" ] ];
+    expected = "{ { { \"foo\" }, \"bar\" } }";
+  };
+  "test returns table with one named field" = {
     expr = toLua [
       "foo"
-      (mkDictItem "foo" "hello")
+      (mkNamedField "foo" "hello")
       10
     ];
     expected = "{ \"foo\", [\"foo\"] = \"hello\", 10 }";
@@ -81,4 +88,8 @@ pkgs.lib.runTests {
     expr = toLua (mkLuaRaw "hello");
     expected = "hello";
   };
+  "test throws an error when you try to use named field withoun table" = {
+    expr = tryEval (toLua (mkNamedField "foo" "bar"));
+    expected = failed;
+  };
 }