diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/Jsonata.java b/src/main/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/Jsonata.java
index 575279b..03c80ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/Jsonata.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/Jsonata.java
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ public Object call() throws Exception {
             // array constructor - evaluate each item
             result = new JList<>(); // [];
             int idx = 0;
+            boolean wasParallelCall = environment.isParallelCall;
             for (var item : expr.expressions) {
                 environment.isParallelCall = idx > 0;
                 Object value = evaluate(item, input, environment);
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ public Object call() throws Exception {
                 }
                 idx++;
             }
+            environment.isParallelCall = wasParallelCall;
             if(expr.consarray) {
                 if (!(result instanceof JList))
                     result = new JList((List)result);
@@ -1117,6 +1119,7 @@ static class GroupEntry {
         // iterate over the groups to evaluate the "value" expression
         //let generators = /* await */ Promise.all(Object.keys(groups).map(/* async */ (key, idx) => {
         int idx = 0;
+        boolean wasParallelCall = environment.isParallelCall;
         for (Entry<Object,GroupEntry> e : groups.entrySet()) {
             var entry = e.getValue();
             var context = entry.data;
@@ -1135,6 +1138,7 @@ static class GroupEntry {
 
             idx++;
         }
+        environment.isParallelCall = wasParallelCall;
 
     //  for (let generator of generators) {
     //      var [key, value] = /* await */ generator;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/RuntimeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/RuntimeTest.java
index dcc1bfe..58c1c4c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/RuntimeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/dashjoin/jsonata/RuntimeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,54 @@ public void testRuntimeBounds() {
     expr.evaluate(null, frame);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * https://github.com/dashjoin/jsonata-java/issues/120
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntimeBoundsArrayConstructorInLoop() {
+    var expr = jsonata("$map([1..30], function($i) { [$i, $i] })");
+    var frame = expr.createFrame();
+    frame.setRuntimeBounds(1000, 10);
+    expr.evaluate(null, frame);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntimeBoundsNestedArrayConstructorInLoop() {
+    var expr = jsonata("$map([1..30], function($i) { [$i, [$i, $i], $i] })");
+    var frame = expr.createFrame();
+    frame.setRuntimeBounds(1000, 10);
+    expr.evaluate(null, frame);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntimeBoundsObjectConstructorInLoop() {
+    var expr = jsonata("$map([1..30], function($i) { {'a': $i, 'b': $i} })");
+    var frame = expr.createFrame();
+    frame.setRuntimeBounds(1000, 10);
+    expr.evaluate(null, frame);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * restoring isParallelCall to false instead of its previous value would let depth go negative,
+   * silently loosening the bound without ever overflowing
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntimeBoundsDepthBalancedAfterConstructors() {
+    var expr = jsonata("$map([1..30], function($i) { [$i, [$i, $i], {'a': $i, 'b': [$i, $i]}] })");
+    var frame = expr.createFrame();
+    var timebox = new Timebox(frame, 1000, 10);
+    expr.evaluate(null, frame);
+    Assertions.assertEquals(0, timebox.depth);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRuntimeBoundsRecursionWithArrayConstructor() {
+    var expr = jsonata("($f := function($n) { $n > 0 ? [$n, $f($n - 1)] : [] }; $f(30))");
+    var frame = expr.createFrame();
+    frame.setRuntimeBounds(1000, 10);
+    Assertions.assertThrows(JException.class, () -> expr.evaluate(null, frame));
+  }
+
   boolean entered = false;
   boolean exited = false;