diff --git a/src/CHttpExecutor/CHttpExecutor.csproj b/src/CHttpExecutor/CHttpExecutor.csproj
index f6b6cb6..77c667a 100644
--- a/src/CHttpExecutor/CHttpExecutor.csproj
+++ b/src/CHttpExecutor/CHttpExecutor.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="CHttpExecutor.Tests"/>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="CHttpExecutor.Tests" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="JsonPath.Net" Version="1.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy.cs b/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy.cs
index 53672f6..8c095a5 100644
--- a/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy.cs
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ public VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy(bool enabled)
 
     public async Task CompleteAsync(CancellationToken token)
     {
-        await _pipe.Reader.CopyToAsync(Content, token);
+        if (Enabled)
+            await _pipe.Reader.CopyToAsync(Content, token);
         IsCompleted = true;
         Content.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
     }
 
     public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
     {
-        Enabled = true;
         return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePreprocessor.cs b/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePreprocessor.cs
index 6e86334..0e90990 100644
--- a/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePreprocessor.cs
+++ b/src/CHttpExecutor/VariablePreprocessor.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System.Buffers;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using CHttp.Writers;
+using Json.More;
+using Json.Path;
 
 namespace CHttpExecutor;
 
@@ -118,20 +120,24 @@ private static bool TryGetPathValue(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostPro
             return ParseHeaderValue(jsonPath.Slice(headersPart.Length), responseCtx, ref result);
 
         if (jsonPath.StartsWith(bodyPart, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            return ParseBody(jsonPath.Slice(bodyPart.Length), responseCtx, ref result);
+            return ParseBody(jsonPath.Slice(bodyPart.Length - 1), responseCtx, ref result);
 
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static bool ParseBody(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy responseCtx, ref string result)
+    private static bool ParseBody_Custom(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy responseCtx, ref string result)
     {
+        // VSCE does not require $.
+        if (jsonPath.StartsWith(".$"))
+            jsonPath = jsonPath.Slice(2);
+
         responseCtx.Content.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
         var jsonDoc = JsonDocument.Parse(responseCtx.Content);
         var currentElement = jsonDoc.RootElement;
         while (jsonPath.Length > 0)
         {
             var segment = jsonPath;
-            var separatorIndex = jsonPath.IndexOf('.');
+            var separatorIndex = jsonPath.Slice(1).IndexOfAny(".[");
             if (separatorIndex == -1)
             {
                 segment = jsonPath;
@@ -139,16 +145,17 @@ private static bool ParseBody(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessin
             }
             else
             {
-                segment = jsonPath[..separatorIndex];
+                segment = jsonPath[..(separatorIndex + 1)];
                 jsonPath = jsonPath.Slice(separatorIndex + 1);
             }
 
-            if (currentElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Object && currentElement.TryGetProperty(segment, out var element))
+            if (currentElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Object && currentElement.TryGetProperty(segment[1..], out var element))
             {
                 currentElement = element;
             }
             else if (currentElement.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Array
-                && int.TryParse(segment, out var arrayIndex)
+                && segment.Length > 2 && segment.StartsWith("[") && segment.EndsWith("]")
+                && int.TryParse(segment[1..^1].Trim(), out var arrayIndex)
                 && currentElement.GetArrayLength() > arrayIndex)
             {
                 currentElement = currentElement.EnumerateArray().ElementAt(arrayIndex);
@@ -162,6 +169,36 @@ private static bool ParseBody(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessin
         return true;
     }
 
+    private static bool ParseBody(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy responseCtx, ref string result)
+    {
+        // VSCE does not require $.
+        if (jsonPath.StartsWith(".$"))
+            jsonPath = jsonPath.Slice(1);
+        if (jsonPath.StartsWith("."))
+            jsonPath = $"${jsonPath}";
+
+        var path = JsonPath.Parse(jsonPath.ToString(), new PathParsingOptions() { AllowMathOperations = false, AllowRelativePathStart = true, AllowJsonConstructs = false, AllowInOperator = false, TolerateExtraWhitespace = true });
+        responseCtx.Content.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+        var instance = JsonNode.Parse(responseCtx.Content);
+        var matches = path.Evaluate(instance);
+        if (matches?.Matches == null || matches.Matches.Count == 0)
+            return false;
+
+        if (matches.Matches.Count != 1)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        var matchedValue = matches.Matches.First().Value;
+        if (matchedValue == null)
+            return false;
+
+        if (matchedValue.GetValueKind() == JsonValueKind.String)
+            result = matchedValue.ToString();
+        else
+            result = matches.Matches.First().Value?.ToJsonString(new JsonSerializerOptions() { WriteIndented = false }) ?? string.Empty;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static bool ParseHeaderValue(ReadOnlySpan<char> jsonPath, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy responseCtx, ref string result)
     {
         var headerName = jsonPath.ToString();
diff --git a/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs b/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
index 02a7fdf..bf06a35 100644
--- a/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/IntegrationTests.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-using System.Net.Http.Json;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using CHttp.Tests;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core;
 
 namespace CHttpExecutor.Tests;
@@ -46,34 +44,6 @@ public class IntegrationTests
 GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
 my: {{myheader}}"u8.ToArray();
 
-    private byte[] _postProcessingContentHeaderRequest = @"###
-# @no-cert-validation
-# @name firstRequest
-GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
-###
-@myheader = {{firstRequest.response.headers.content-type}}
-###
-
-# @no-cert-validation
-GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
-my: {{myheader}}"u8.ToArray();
-
-    private byte[] _postProcessingBodyRequest = @"###
-# @no-cert-validation
-# @name firstRequest
-GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
-###
-@myvalue = {{firstRequest.response.body.data.1.stringValue}}
-@mydate = {{firstRequest.response.body.data.1.dateValue}}
-@mynumber = {{firstRequest.response.body.data.1.numberValue}}
-###
-
-# @no-cert-validation
-GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
-myvalue: {{myvalue}}
-mydate: {{mydate}}
-mynumber: {{mynumber}}"u8.ToArray();
-
     [Fact]
     public async Task SingleRequestInvokesEndpoint()
     {
@@ -167,6 +137,18 @@ public async Task PostProcessingTrailersVariables()
         await requestReceived.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
     }
 
+    private byte[] _postProcessingContentHeaderRequest = @"###
+# @no-cert-validation
+# @name firstRequest
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+###
+@myheader = {{firstRequest.response.headers.content-type}}
+###
+
+# @no-cert-validation
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+my: {{myheader}}"u8.ToArray();
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task PostProcessingContentHeadersVariables()
     {
@@ -191,6 +173,22 @@ public async Task PostProcessingContentHeadersVariables()
         await requestReceived.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
     }
 
+    private byte[] _postProcessingBodyRequest = @"###
+# @no-cert-validation
+# @name firstRequest
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+###
+@myvalue = {{firstRequest.response.body.data[1].stringValue}}
+@mydate = {{firstRequest.response.body.$.data[1].dateValue}}
+@mynumber = {{firstRequest.response.body.data[1].numberValue}}
+###
+
+# @no-cert-validation
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+myvalue: {{myvalue}}
+mydate: {{mydate}}
+mynumber: {{mynumber}}"u8.ToArray();
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task PostProcessingBodyVariables()
     {
@@ -215,7 +213,79 @@ public async Task PostProcessingBodyVariables()
         await requestReceived.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
     }
 
+    private byte[] _postProcessingBodyArrayRequest = @"###
+# @no-cert-validation
+# @name firstRequest
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+###
+@myvalue = {{firstRequest.response.body.data[1]}}
+###
+
+# @no-cert-validation
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+myvalue: {{myvalue}}"u8.ToArray();
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PostProcessingBodyArrayVariables()
+    {
+        string testValue = "roundtripped header value";
+        var testDate = new DateTime(2024, 06, 02);
+        TaskCompletionSource requestReceived = new();
+        using var host = HttpServer.CreateHostBuilder(async context =>
+        {
+            if (context.Request.Headers["myvalue"] == """{"stringValue":"roundtripped header value","dateValue":"2024-06-02T00:00:00","numberValue":2}""")
+                requestReceived.TrySetResult();
+            await context.Response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new Root([new(testValue, testDate, 1), new(testValue, testDate, 2)]), new JsonSerializerOptions() { PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase });
+        }, HttpProtocols.Http2, port: Port);
+        await host.StartAsync();
+
+        var stream = new MemoryStream(_postProcessingBodyArrayRequest);
+
+        var reader = new InputReader(new ExecutionPlanBuilder());
+        var plan = await reader.ReadStreamAsync(stream);
+        var executor = new Executor(plan);
+        await executor.ExecuteAsync();
+
+        await requestReceived.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+    }
+
+    private byte[] _postProcessingBodyArrayIntegersRequest = @"###
+# @no-cert-validation
+# @name firstRequest
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+###
+@myvalue = {{firstRequest.response.body.data}}
+###
+
+# @no-cert-validation
+GET https://localhost:5020/ HTTP/2
+myvalue: {{myvalue}}"u8.ToArray();
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PostProcessingBodyArrayIntegersVariables()
+    {
+        TaskCompletionSource requestReceived = new();
+        using var host = HttpServer.CreateHostBuilder(async context =>
+        {
+            if (context.Request.Headers["myvalue"] == """[1,2,3]""")
+                requestReceived.TrySetResult();
+            await context.Response.WriteAsJsonAsync(new RootInts([1, 2, 3]));
+        }, HttpProtocols.Http2, port: Port);
+        await host.StartAsync();
+
+        var stream = new MemoryStream(_postProcessingBodyArrayIntegersRequest);
+
+        var reader = new InputReader(new ExecutionPlanBuilder());
+        var plan = await reader.ReadStreamAsync(stream);
+        var executor = new Executor(plan);
+        await executor.ExecuteAsync();
+
+        await requestReceived.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+    }
+
     private record class Root(IEnumerable<Data> Data);
 
     private record class Data(string StringValue, DateTime DateValue, int NumberValue);
+
+    private record class RootInts(IEnumerable<int> Data);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/VariablePreprocessorTests.cs b/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/VariablePreprocessorTests.cs
index ccf554e..dcf5d32 100644
--- a/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/VariablePreprocessorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CHttpExecutor.Tests/VariablePreprocessorTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace CHttpExecutor.Tests;
+using System.Buffers;
+
+namespace CHttpExecutor.Tests;
 
 public class VariablePreprocessorTests
 {
@@ -90,4 +92,19 @@ public void InlinedReplacementFromValues()
         var result = VariablePreprocessor.Evaluate("https://{{host}}/", variables, new Dictionary<string, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy>());
         Assert.Equal("https://localhost/", result);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task BodyParse()
+    {
+        var responseWriter = new VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy(true);
+        responseWriter.Buffer.Write("""{"Data":"hello"}"""u8);
+        await responseWriter.Buffer.CompleteAsync();
+        await responseWriter.CompleteAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+        var responses = new Dictionary<string, VariablePostProcessingWriterStrategy>()
+        {
+            { "first",  responseWriter }
+        };
+        var result = VariablePreprocessor.Evaluate("https://{{first.response.body.$.Data}}/", new Dictionary<string, string>(), responses);
+        Assert.Equal("https://hello/", result);
+    }
 }