diff --git a/jupyter-org-client.el b/jupyter-org-client.el
index 3df2912..5397a79 100644
--- a/jupyter-org-client.el
+++ b/jupyter-org-client.el
@@ -850,8 +850,12 @@ new \"scalar\" result with the result of calling
             ;; gives bad results on the following
             ;;
             ;;     [1] Foo bar
-            (memq (aref result 0) '(?\[ ?\{ ?\())
-            (eq (aref result 0) (aref result (1- (length result)))))
+            (when-let* ((beg (car (memq (aref result 0) '(?\[ ?\{ ?\())))
+                        (end (and beg (pcase beg
+                                        (?\[ ?\])
+                                        (?\{ ?\})
+                                        (?\( ?\))))))
+              (eq end (aref result (1- (length result))))))
        (org-babel-script-escape result))
       (t result)))))
 
diff --git a/test/jupyter-test.el b/test/jupyter-test.el
index cad5456..59e3cda 100644
--- a/test/jupyter-test.el
+++ b/test/jupyter-test.el
@@ -1242,7 +1242,9 @@ Image(filename='%s', width=300)" file)
                    '(export-block (:type "html" :value "foo\n"))))
     ;; Calls `org-babel-script-escape' for scalar data
     (should (equal (jupyter-org-result req (list :text/plain "[1, 2, 3]"))
-                   "| 1 | 2 | 3 |\n"))))
+                   "| 1 | 2 | 3 |\n"))
+    (should (equal (jupyter-org-result req (list :text/plain "[1, 2, 3] Foo"))
+                   '(fixed-width (:value "[1, 2, 3] Foo"))))))
 
 (ert-deftest jupyter-org-result-python ()
   :tags '(org)