diff --git a/numpy/NumpyDotNet/Scalar.cs b/numpy/NumpyDotNet/Scalar.cs
index b41d4b7ea..df4b5bbcc 100644
--- a/numpy/NumpyDotNet/Scalar.cs
+++ b/numpy/NumpyDotNet/Scalar.cs
@@ -2080,7 +2080,21 @@ public ScalarFloat64(Double value) {
         }
 
         public ScalarFloat64(IConvertible value) {
-            this.value = Convert.ToSingle(value);
+            this.value = Convert.ToDouble(value);
+        }
+
+        public ScalarFloat64(ndarray value) {
+            if (value.ndim == 0) {
+                object v = ((dtype)dtype).ToScalar(value);
+                if (v is IConvertible) {
+                    this.value = Convert.ToDouble((IConvertible)v);
+                } else {
+                    throw new ArgumentTypeException(
+                        String.Format("Unable to convert array of {0} to double", value.Dtype.ToString()));
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new ArgumentTypeException("Only 0-d arrays can be converted to scalars");
+            }
         }
 
         public override object dtype {
diff --git a/numpy/NumpyDotNet/ndarray.cs b/numpy/NumpyDotNet/ndarray.cs
index 406e507bc..2ffcb1629 100644
--- a/numpy/NumpyDotNet/ndarray.cs
+++ b/numpy/NumpyDotNet/ndarray.cs
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ internal long Length {
             }
         }
 
-        internal static object ArrayReturn(ndarray a) {
+        public static object ArrayReturn(ndarray a) {
             if (a.ndim == 0) {
                 return a.Dtype.ToScalar(a);
             } else {