diff --git a/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.cpp b/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.cpp
index 98e18b9..b30eb8a 100644
--- a/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.cpp
+++ b/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <pdal/util/Algorithm.hpp>
 #include <pdal/util/Extractor.hpp>
 
-#include "../plang/Environment.hpp"
+
 
 #if NPY_ABI_VERSION < 0x02000000
   #define PyDataType_FIELDS(descr) ((descr)->fields)
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void NumpyReader::setArray(PyObject* array)
     Py_XINCREF(m_array);
 }
 
+
 PyArrayObject* load_npy_file(std::string const& filename)
 {
 
@@ -167,10 +168,11 @@ PyArrayObject* load_npy_file(std::string const& filename)
     if (!array)
         throw pdal::pdal_error(plang::getTraceback());
 
-    PyArrayObject* output = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(array);
-    if (!output)
-        throw pdal_error(plang::getTraceback());
-    return output;
+
+    PyArrayObject* nparray = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(array);
+    if (!PyArray_Check(array))
+        throw pdal_error("Numpy file did not return an array!");
+    return nparray;
 }
 
 PyArrayObject* load_npy_script(std::string const& source,
@@ -201,10 +203,10 @@ PyArrayObject* load_npy_script(std::string const& source,
 
     Py_XDECREF(scriptArgs);
 
-    PyArrayObject* output = reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(array);
-    if (!output)
-        throw pdal_error(plang::getTraceback());
-    return output;
+    if (!PyArray_Check(array))
+        throw pdal_error("Numpy script did not return an array!");
+
+    return reinterpret_cast<PyArrayObject*>(array);
 }
 
 void NumpyReader::initialize()
diff --git a/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.hpp b/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.hpp
index ebffbb6..e9f19a6 100644
--- a/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.hpp
+++ b/src/pdal/io/NumpyReader.hpp
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@
 #include <pdal/Reader.hpp>
 #include <pdal/Streamable.hpp>
 
+#include "../plang/Environment.hpp"
 #include "../plang/Invocation.hpp"
 
-#include <Python.h>
-#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
-#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL PDAL_ARRAY_API
-#define NO_IMPORT_ARRAY
-#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
+#define NO_IMPORT_ARRAY // Already have it from Environment.hpp
+#include <numpy/ndarrayobject.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 
diff --git a/src/pdal/plang/Environment.cpp b/src/pdal/plang/Environment.cpp
index 210aa64..85bb78c 100644
--- a/src/pdal/plang/Environment.cpp
+++ b/src/pdal/plang/Environment.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@
 #include "Environment.hpp"
 #include "Redirector.hpp"
 
-#define NPY_TARGET_VERSION NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
-#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
 
-#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL PDAL_ARRAY_API
-
-#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
+#include <numpy/ndarrayobject.h>
 #include <pdal/util/FileUtils.hpp>
 #include <pdal/util/Utils.hpp>
 
@@ -147,7 +143,12 @@ Environment::Environment()
     {
 // #undef NUMPY_IMPORT_ARRAY_RETVAL
 // #define NUMPY_IMPORT_ARRAY_RETVAL VOID
-        _import_array();
+
+#if NPY_ABI_VERSION < 0x02000000
+        import_array();
+#else
+        PyArray_ImportNumPyAPI();
+#endif
         return ;
     };
 
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ Environment::Environment()
             throw pdal_error("unable to add redirector module!");
     }
 
-
     initNumpy();
     PyImport_ImportModule("redirector");
 
diff --git a/src/pdal/plang/Environment.hpp b/src/pdal/plang/Environment.hpp
index fed4fd6..c5ab5a1 100644
--- a/src/pdal/plang/Environment.hpp
+++ b/src/pdal/plang/Environment.hpp
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 #include "Script.hpp"
 #include "gil.hpp"
 
+#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL PDAL_ARRAY_API
+#define NPY_TARGET_VERSION NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
+#define NPY_API_SYMBOL_ATTRIBUTE
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
+
 namespace pdal
 {
 namespace plang
diff --git a/src/pdal/plang/Invocation.cpp b/src/pdal/plang/Invocation.cpp
index ee9342f..808fe5f 100644
--- a/src/pdal/plang/Invocation.cpp
+++ b/src/pdal/plang/Invocation.cpp
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@
 
 #include <pdal/util/Algorithm.hpp>
 
-#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_22_API_VERSION
 #define NO_IMPORT_ARRAY
-#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL PDAL_ARRAY_API
-#include <numpy/arrayobject.h>
+#include <numpy/ndarrayobject.h>
 
 namespace
 {
diff --git a/src/pdal/test/data/1.2-with-color.npy b/src/pdal/test/data/1.2-with-color.npy
index ee9b0fd..5930c18 100644
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