diff --git a/test/associative.test.bash b/test/associative.test.bash
index cdd500e..be7123f 100755
--- a/test/associative.test.bash
+++ b/test/associative.test.bash
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@
 # declare -p ref1
 # for i in "${ref1[@]}"; do echo "-> $i"; done
 
-function build {
+function array_new {
   ref_name="$1"
+  shift
   [[ -v nested_count ]] && ((++nested_count)) || nested_count=1
   nested_name="_nested_$nested_count"
-  declare -ga "$nested_name"=\(\)
+  declare -ga "$nested_name"
   declare -gn "$ref_name"="$nested_name"
+  declare -n internal="$nested_name"
+  internal+=("$@")
 }
 
 function array_inspect {
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ function array_inspect {
   echo -----
 }
 
-build mine1
+array_new mine1 'toto est fluo' 0
 array_inspect mine1
-mine1+=("A" "B C D" "E")
+mine1+=("B C D" "E")
 array_inspect mine1