diff --git a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
index a0e18cc8..29f8b3e0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/millfork/parser/MfParser.scala
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ abstract class MfParser[T](fileId: String, input: String, currentDirectory: Stri
     bank <- bankDeclaration
     flags <- variableFlags ~ HWS
     typ <- identifier ~/ SWS
+    if typ != "array"
     vars <- singleVariableDefinition.rep(min = 1, sep = "," ~/ HWS)
     _ <- Before_EOL ~/ ""
   } yield {
@@ -229,8 +230,11 @@ abstract class MfParser[T](fileId: String, input: String, currentDirectory: Stri
   val arrayFileContents: P[ArrayContents] = for {
     p <- "file" ~ HWS ~/ "(" ~/ HWS ~/ position("file name")
     filePath <- doubleQuotedString ~/ HWS
+    _ <- position("file start")
     optStart <- ("," ~/ HWS ~/ literalAtom ~/ HWS ~/ Pass).?
+    _ <- position("slice length")
     optLength <- ("," ~/ HWS ~/ literalAtom ~/ HWS ~/ Pass).?
+    _ <- position("closing parentheses")
     _ <- ")" ~/ Pass
   } yield {
     val data = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(currentDirectory, filePath))
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ abstract class MfParser[T](fileId: String, input: String, currentDirectory: Stri
     const <- ("const".! ~ HWS).?
     _ <- "array" ~ !letterOrDigit
     elementType <- ("(" ~/ AWS ~/ identifier ~ AWS ~ ")").? ~/ HWS
-    name <- identifier ~ HWS
+    name <- identifier ~/ HWS
     length <- ("[" ~/ AWS ~/ mfExpression(nonStatementLevel, false) ~ AWS ~ "]").? ~ HWS
     alignment <- alignmentDeclaration(fastAlignmentForFunctions).? ~/ HWS
     addr <- ("@" ~/ HWS ~/ mfExpression(1, false)).? ~/ HWS
diff --git a/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala b/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
index ef1e2abe..e26c406e 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/millfork/test/ArraySuite.scala
@@ -614,4 +614,25 @@ class ArraySuite extends FunSuite with Matchers with AppendedClues {
       """.stripMargin){ m =>
     }
   }
+
+  test("Error message test") {
+    ShouldNotParse(
+      """
+        | const array stuff = file("", 0, 0, 0)
+        | void main () {
+        | }
+      """.stripMargin)
+    ShouldNotParse(
+      """
+        | const array stuff = file()
+        | void main () {
+        | }
+      """.stripMargin)
+    ShouldNotParse(
+      """
+        | const array stuff = file(1)
+        | void main () {
+        | }
+      """.stripMargin)
+  }
 }