diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 71f7eb8..08a1fac 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 
 
+## V2.03.12 (2020-07-23)
+
+### Additions
+
+### Removals
+
+### Changes
+
+### Fixes
+- string.split bugfix (issue #49)
+
+
 ## V2.03.11 (2020-07-21)
 
 ### Additions
diff --git a/safer_lua/environ.lua b/safer_lua/environ.lua
index 4a0fb51..a753ff5 100644
--- a/safer_lua/environ.lua
+++ b/safer_lua/environ.lua
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ local BASE_ENV = {
 		rep = string.rep,
 		sub = string.sub,
 		upper = string.upper,
-		split = string.split,
+		split = function(str, separator, include_empty, max_splits, sep_is_pattern) 
+			return safer_lua.Array(unpack(string.split(str, separator, include_empty, max_splits, sep_is_pattern))) 
+		end,
 		trim = string.trim,
 	},
 	tonumber = tonumber,