diff --git a/ts2panda/src/expression/memberAccessExpression.ts b/ts2panda/src/expression/memberAccessExpression.ts
index b4bd330bca79283b1d37732cd96d81d6d8739034..b50bbfbc8cce6cc0af6ec4dae464cb6550ced3a0 100644
--- a/ts2panda/src/expression/memberAccessExpression.ts
+++ b/ts2panda/src/expression/memberAccessExpression.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function getObjAndProp(node: ts.ElementAccessExpression | ts.PropertyAcce
             let expr = node.argumentExpression;
             let temp = parseFloat(jshelpers.getTextOfIdentifierOrLiteral(expr.operand));
             if (expr.operator == ts.SyntaxKind.MinusToken) {
-                prop = "-" + temp.toString();
+                prop = temp === 0 ? temp : "-" + temp.toString();
             } else {
                 if (!isValidIndex(temp)) {
                     prop = "+" + temp.toString();