diff --git a/src/Document.js b/src/Document.js
index e8befaa..603a0e1 100644
--- a/src/Document.js
+++ b/src/Document.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
     return this._original.childNodes();
   }
 
+  count(xpath) {
+    return this.get(`count(${xpath})`);
+  }
+
   encoding(enc = null) {
     return this._original.encoding(enc);
   }
@@ -110,9 +114,10 @@
   get(xpath) {
     const found = this.find(xpath);
 
-    if (found.length === 0) return null;
+    if (!found.length) return found; // found is not an array so we just return it.
+    if (found.length === 0) return null; // found is an empty array so we return null.
 
-    return found[0];
+    return found[0]; // found is a non-empty array so we return the first element.
   }
 
   getDtd() {