diff --git a/src/array_partition.jl b/src/array_partition.jl
index ed669f3c..85c9d792 100644
--- a/src/array_partition.jl
+++ b/src/array_partition.jl
@@ -103,22 +103,29 @@ end
 Base.mapreduce(f,op,A::ArrayPartition) = mapreduce(f,op,(mapreduce(f,op,x) for x in A.x))
 Base.any(f,A::ArrayPartition) = any(f,(any(f,x) for x in A.x))
 Base.any(f::Function,A::ArrayPartition) = any(f,(any(f,x) for x in A.x))
-function Base.copyto!(dest::Array,A::ArrayPartition)
+function Base.copyto!(dest::AbstractArray,A::ArrayPartition)
     @assert length(dest) == length(A)
     cur = 1
     @inbounds for i in 1:length(A.x)
-        dest[cur:(cur+length(A.x[i])-1)] .= A.x[i]
-        cur += length(A.x[i])
+      dest[cur:(cur+length(A.x[i])-1)] .= vec(A.x[i])
+      cur += length(A.x[i])
     end
     dest
 end
 
 function Base.copyto!(A::ArrayPartition,src::ArrayPartition)
     @assert length(src) == length(A)
-    cur = 1
-    @inbounds for i in 1:length(A.x)
-        A.x[i] .= @view(src[cur:(cur+length(A.x[i])-1)])
-        cur += length(A.x[i])
+    if size.(A.x) == size.(src.x)
+      A .= src
+    else
+      cnt = 0
+      for i in eachindex(A.x)
+        x = A.x[i]
+        for k in eachindex(x)
+          cnt += 1
+          x[k] = src[cnt]
+        end
+      end
     end
     A
 end
diff --git a/test/partitions_test.jl b/test/partitions_test.jl
index 9021fe6d..0f9f3ff3 100644
--- a/test/partitions_test.jl
+++ b/test/partitions_test.jl
@@ -85,3 +85,22 @@ _scalar_op(y) = y + 1
 _broadcast_wrapper(y) = _scalar_op.(y)
 # Issue #8
 # @inferred _broadcast_wrapper(x)
+
+#### testing copyto!
+S = [
+     ((1,),(2,)) => ((1,),(2,)),
+     ((3,2),(2,)) => ((3,2),(2,)),
+     ((3,2),(2,)) => ((3,),(3,),(2,))
+    ]
+
+for sizes in S
+  x = ArrayPartition( randn.(sizes[1]) ) 
+  y = ArrayPartition( zeros.(sizes[2]) )
+  y_array = zeros(length(x))
+  copyto!(y,x)           #testing Base.copyto!(dest::ArrayPartition,A::ArrayPartition)
+  copyto!(y_array,x)     #testing Base.copyto!(dest::Array,A::ArrayPartition)
+  @test all([x[i] == y[i] for i in eachindex(x)])
+  @test all([x[i] == y_array[i] for i in eachindex(x)])
+end
+  
+