diff --git a/packages/ncform-common/src/ncform-utils.js b/packages/ncform-common/src/ncform-utils.js
index 3d65bda..8c390dc 100755
--- a/packages/ncform-common/src/ncform-utils.js
+++ b/packages/ncform-common/src/ncform-utils.js
@@ -191,7 +191,15 @@ const ncformUtils = {
             if (property === "$ref" && typeof obj[property] === "string") {
               Object.entries(getValue(obj[property]))
                 .forEach(([key, value]) => {
-                  obj[key] = value;
+                  if (typeof obj[key] === "object" && !Array.isArray(obj[key]) &&
+                      typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+                    obj[key] = {...obj[key], ...value};
+                  } else if (Array.isArray(obj[key]) && Array.isArray(value)) {
+                    // obj[key] = obj[key].concat(value).unique();
+                    obj[key] = [...new Set([...obj[key], ...value])];
+                  } else {
+                    obj[key] = value;
+                  }
                 });
               delete obj["$ref"];
               fixReference(root, obj);
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ const ncformUtils = {
       return obj;
     }
 
-    return fixReference(completionField("$root", returnSchema));
+    return completionField("$root", fixReference(returnSchema));
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/ncform-common/test/unit/ncform-utils.js b/packages/ncform-common/test/unit/ncform-utils.js
index 41ac052..fc730bf 100755
--- a/packages/ncform-common/test/unit/ncform-utils.js
+++ b/packages/ncform-common/test/unit/ncform-utils.js
@@ -122,6 +122,60 @@ describe('/src/ncform-utils.js', () => {
     assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.arr.ui.showLegend, false);
     assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties._link.ui.noLabelSpace, true);
   });
+  it("perfectFormSchema - References in schema", () => {
+    const formSchema = {
+      type: 'object',
+      definitions: {
+        string: {
+          ui: {
+            label: 'my_name',
+            noLabelSpace: true
+          }
+        },
+        object: {
+          type: 'object'
+        },
+        array: {
+          type: 'array',
+          value: [345, 456]
+        }
+      },
+      properties: {
+        name: {
+          $ref: "#/definitions/string",
+          type: 'string',
+          ui: {
+            showLabel: false
+          }
+        },
+        obj: {
+          $ref: "#/definitions/object"
+        },
+        arr: {
+          $ref: "#/definitions/array",
+          value: [123, 234, 345]
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    const newFormSchema = ncformUtils.perfectFormSchema(formSchema);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.ui.showLabel, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.ui.showIdxLabel, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.ui.showLegend, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.ui.noLabelSpace, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.name.ui.label, 'my_name');
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.name.ui.showLabel, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.name.ui.showIdxLabel, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.name.ui.noLabelSpace, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.obj.ui.label, 'obj');
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.obj.ui.showLabel, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.obj.ui.showIdxLabel, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.obj.ui.showLegend, false);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.arr.ui.label, 'arr');
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.arr.ui.showLabel, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.arr.ui.showIdxLabel, true);
+    assert.equal(newFormSchema.properties.arr.ui.showLegend, false);
+    assert.deepEqual(newFormSchema.properties.arr.value, [123, 234, 345, 456]);
+  });
 
   // --- getModelFromSchema