diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 19e9e13..1aeca77 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = 1.0-alpha2
+version = 1.0-beta1
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/core/Struct.java b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/core/Struct.java
index a44cffe..8523a15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/core/Struct.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/core/Struct.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.util.ContextlessEvent;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
 import com.sovdee.oopsk.events.DynamicFieldEvalEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.Event;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public class Struct {
      * @param event    The event to evaluate the default values in.
      * @see StructManager#createStruct(StructTemplate, Event)
      */
-    Struct(@NotNull StructTemplate template, @Nullable Event event) {
+    public Struct(@NotNull StructTemplate template, @Nullable Event event) {
         this.template = template;
         fieldValues = new HashMap<>();
         for (Field<?> field : template.getFields()) {
@@ -36,6 +37,25 @@ public class Struct {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copy constructor for creating a struct that's a 'deep' copy of another struct.
+     * Uses {@link Classes#clone(Object)} to clone the field values.
+     *
+     * @param source The struct to copy from.
+     * @see StructManager#createStruct(StructTemplate, Event)
+     */
+    public Struct(Struct source) {
+        this.template = source.template;
+        fieldValues = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<Field<?>, Object[]> entry : source.fieldValues.entrySet()) {
+            Field<?> field = entry.getKey();
+            Object[] value = entry.getValue();
+            // clone the value array
+            Object[] clonedValue = (Object[]) Classes.clone(value);
+            fieldValues.put(field, clonedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new struct with the given template and event. Allows a map of initial values to be set in the struct.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprFieldAccess.java b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprFieldAccess.java
index 770485b..1308c1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprFieldAccess.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprFieldAccess.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ private boolean updateFieldGuesses() {
     @Override
     protected Object[] get(Event event, Struct[] source) {
         if (source.length == 0)
-            return null;
+            return new Object[0];
         // get actual struct and template
         Struct struct = source[0];
         StructTemplate template = struct.getTemplate();
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ protected Object[] get(Event event, Struct[] source) {
         Field<?> field = template.getField(fieldName);
         if (field == null) {
             error("Field " + fieldName + " not found in struct " + template.getName());
-            return null;
+            return new Object[0];
         }
         var value = struct.getFieldValue(field);
         // check type is accurate to what we claimed
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ protected Object[] get(Event event, Struct[] source) {
             // if the field is not valid, and the value is not convertible, error
             error("The " + field + " of " + struct + " is not the same type it claimed to be at parse time. " +
                     "This likely was caused by template changes. Consider reloading this script.");
-            return null;
+            return new Object[0];
         }
         // get the value
         return value;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprStructCopy.java b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprStructCopy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe3a833
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sovdee/oopsk/elements/expressions/ExprStructCopy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.sovdee.oopsk.elements.expressions;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.expressions.base.SimplePropertyExpression;
+import com.sovdee.oopsk.core.Struct;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+public class ExprStructCopy extends SimplePropertyExpression<Struct, Struct> {
+
+    static {
+        register(ExprStructCopy.class, Struct.class, "[a] struct copy", "structs");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @Nullable Struct convert(Struct struct) {
+        return new Struct(struct);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class<? extends Struct> getReturnType() {
+        return Struct.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getPropertyName() {
+        return "copy";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scripts/copies.sk b/src/test/scripts/copies.sk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44dcddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scripts/copies.sk
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+struct copyable:
+    copy_num: int
+    copy_vectors: vectors
+
+test "copy structs":
+    set {_A} to a copyable struct:
+        copy_num: 1
+        copy_vectors: vector(1, 2, 3) and vector(4, 5, 6)
+
+    assert {_A}->copy_num is 1 with "copy_num was not set correctly"
+    assert {_A}->copy_vectors is vector(1, 2, 3) and vector(4, 5, 6) with "copy_vectors was not set correctly"
+
+    set {_B} to a struct copy of {_A}
+    assert {_B}->copy_num is 1 with "copy_num was not copied correctly"
+    assert {_B}->copy_vectors is vector(1, 2, 3) and vector(4, 5, 6) with "copy_vectors was not copied correctly"
+
+    set {_B}->copy_num to 2
+    assert {_A}->copy_num is 1 with "copy_num was changed in original after copying"
+    assert {_B}->copy_num is 2 with "copy_num was not changed in copy"
+
+    set x of {_A}->copy_vectors to 10
+    assert {_A}->copy_vectors is vector(10, 2, 3) and vector(10, 5, 6) with "copy_vectors was not changed in original"
+    assert {_B}->copy_vectors is vector(1, 2, 3) and vector(4, 5, 6) with "copy_vectors was changed in copy"
+
+    set {_B}->copy_vectors to vector(7, 8, 9) and vector(10, 11, 12)
+    assert {_A}->copy_vectors is vector(10, 2, 3) and vector(10, 5, 6) with "copy_vectors was changed in original after copying"
+    assert {_B}->copy_vectors is vector(7, 8, 9) and vector(10, 11, 12) with "copy_vectors was not changed in copy"