diff --git a/src/wasm_test/compare.rs b/src/wasm_test/compare.rs
index 680303f..873033d 100644
--- a/src/wasm_test/compare.rs
+++ b/src/wasm_test/compare.rs
@@ -574,11 +574,11 @@ fn compare_object_tree<'e, 's, 'w>(
                 .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.");
             result.extend(compare_json_value(source, emacs_val, wasm_val)?)?;
         } else {
-            // If optval is not null, then the emacs array should contain 3 values, the optval, a dot, and the val.
-            if emacs_attribute.len() != 3 {
+            // If optval is not null, then the emacs array should contain a list, the first child of which is a list for optval, and all other entries to the outer list are the val.
+            if emacs_attribute.len() < 2 {
                 result.status.push(WasmDiffStatus::Bad(
                     format!(
-                        "Emacs middle layer in object tree should have a length of 3. Emacs=({emacs:?}) Wasm=({wasm:?}).",
+                        "Emacs middle layer in object tree should have a length of at least 2. Emacs=({emacs:?}) Wasm=({wasm:?}).",
                         emacs = emacs_attribute,
                     wasm = wasm_attribute
                 )
@@ -586,20 +586,27 @@ fn compare_object_tree<'e, 's, 'w>(
                 ));
                 return Ok(result);
             }
-            let emacs_optval = emacs_attribute
-                .first()
-                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.");
+            let emacs_optval = emacs_attribute.iter().skip(1);
             let wasm_optval = wasm_attribute
                 .first()
-                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.");
+                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.")
+                .as_array()
+                .ok_or("first value in wasm object tree should be a list.")?;
             let emacs_val = emacs_attribute
-                .get(2)
-                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.");
+                .first()
+                .ok_or("If-statement proves this will be Some.")?
+                .as_list()?;
             let wasm_val = wasm_attribute
                 .get(1)
-                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.");
-            result.extend(compare_json_value(source, emacs_optval, wasm_optval)?)?;
-            result.extend(compare_json_value(source, emacs_val, wasm_val)?)?;
+                .expect("If-statement proves this will be Some.")
+                .as_array()
+                .ok_or("2nd value in wasm object tree should be a list.")?;
+            result.extend(wasm_compare_list(source, emacs_optval, wasm_optval.iter())?)?;
+            result.extend(wasm_compare_list(
+                source,
+                emacs_val.iter(),
+                wasm_val.iter(),
+            )?)?;
         }
     }