diff --git a/H/iatoms.h b/H/iatoms.h
index a6b3886cd..0de2d8172 100644
--- a/H/iatoms.h
+++ b/H/iatoms.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   AtomAltNot = Yap_LookupAtom("not");
   AtomAppend = Yap_LookupAtom("append");
   AtomArg = Yap_LookupAtom("arg");
-  AtomArray = Yap_LookupAtom("array");
+  AtomArray = Yap_FullLookupAtom("$array");
   AtomArrayAccess = Yap_FullLookupAtom("$array_arg");
   AtomArrayOverflow = Yap_LookupAtom("array_overflow");
   AtomArrayType = Yap_LookupAtom("array_type");
diff --git a/misc/ATOMS b/misc/ATOMS
index 73187cd44..39c2e2eca 100644
--- a/misc/ATOMS
+++ b/misc/ATOMS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A	Alias			N	"alias"
 A	AltNot			N	"not"
 A	Append			N	"append"
 A	Arg			N	"arg"
-A	Array			N	"array"
+A	Array			F	"$array"
 A	ArrayAccess		F	"$array_arg"
 A	ArrayOverflow		N	"array_overflow"
 A	ArrayType		N	"array_type"