diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
index 5e70ece..f0a37d6 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ BaseHandle::write_json(int json_version, JSON::Writer& p) const
             } else {
                 for (auto const& item: a.elements) {
                     p.writeNext();
-                    auto item_og = item.getObj()->getObjGen();
+                    auto item_og = item.id_gen();
                     if (item_og.isIndirect()) {
                         p << "\"" << item_og.unparse(' ') << " R\"";
                     } else {
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index a88e0a9..7ab8b02 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ Array::insert(int at_i, QPDFObjectHandle const& item)
                 break;
             }
         }
-        a->sp->elements[at] = item.getObj();
+        a->sp->elements[at] = item;
         ++a->sp->size;
     } else {
-        a->elements.insert(a->elements.cbegin() + at_i, item.getObj());
+        a->elements.insert(a->elements.cbegin() + at_i, item);
     }
     return true;
 }