diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/utils/IndexingUtils.java b/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/utils/IndexingUtils.java
index b108aca..9ff0764 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/utils/IndexingUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/utils/IndexingUtils.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static ChunkProjection computeProjection(
 
             if (selOffset[dimIdx] + selShape[dimIdx] > dimLimit) {
                 // selection ends after current chunk
-                shape[dimIdx] = (int) (chunkShape[dimIdx] - (selOffset[dimIdx] % chunkShape[dimIdx]));
+                shape[dimIdx] = chunkShape[dimIdx] - chunkOffset[dimIdx];
             } else {
                 // selection ends within current chunk
                 shape[dimIdx] = (int) (selOffset[dimIdx] + selShape[dimIdx] - dimOffset
@@ -187,5 +187,15 @@ public ChunkProjection(
             this.outOffset = outOffset;
             this.shape = shape;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "ChunkProjection{" +
+                    "chunkCoords=" + Arrays.toString(chunkCoords) +
+                    ", chunkOffset=" + Arrays.toString(chunkOffset) +
+                    ", outOffset=" + Arrays.toString(outOffset) +
+                    ", shape=" + Arrays.toString(shape) +
+                    '}';
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/TestUtils.java
index 2a49f6b..582dfab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/TestUtils.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package dev.zarr.zarrjava;
 
 
+import dev.zarr.zarrjava.utils.IndexingUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import static dev.zarr.zarrjava.utils.IndexingUtils.computeChunkCoords;
 import static dev.zarr.zarrjava.utils.Utils.inversePermutation;
 import static dev.zarr.zarrjava.utils.Utils.isPermutation;
 
@@ -27,5 +29,52 @@ public void testInversePermutation() {
         Assertions.assertFalse(Arrays.equals(new int[]{2, 0, 1}, inversePermutation(new int[]{2, 0, 1})));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeChunkCoords(){
+        long[] arrayShape = new long[]{100, 100};
+        int[] chunkShape = new int[]{30, 30};
+        long[] selOffset = new long[]{50, 20};
+        int[] selShape = new int[]{20, 1};
+        long[][] chunkCoords = computeChunkCoords(arrayShape, chunkShape, selOffset, selShape);
+        long[][] expectedChunkCoords = new long[][]{
+                {1, 0},
+                {2, 0},
+        };
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(expectedChunkCoords, chunkCoords);
+
+        arrayShape = new long[]{1, 52};
+        chunkShape = new int[]{1, 17};
+        selOffset = new long[]{0, 32};
+        selShape = new int[]{1, 20};
+        chunkCoords = computeChunkCoords(arrayShape, chunkShape, selOffset, selShape);
+        expectedChunkCoords = new long[][]{
+                {0, 1},
+                {0, 2},
+                {0, 3},
+        };
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(expectedChunkCoords, chunkCoords);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeProjection(){
+        // chunk (0,2) contains indexes 34-50 along axis 1
+        // thus the overlap with selection 32-52 is 34-50
+        // which is offset 2 in the selection and offset 0 in the chunk
+        // and has full chunk length 17
+        final long[] chunkCoords = new long[]{0, 2};
+        final long[] arrayShape = new long[]{1, 52};
+        final int[] chunkShape = new int[]{1, 17};
+        final long[] selOffset = new long[]{0, 32};
+        final int[] selShape = new int[]{1, 20};
+
+        IndexingUtils.ChunkProjection projection = IndexingUtils.computeProjection(
+                chunkCoords, arrayShape, chunkShape, selOffset, selShape
+        );
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(chunkCoords, projection.chunkCoords);
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(new int[]{0,0}, projection.chunkOffset);
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(new int[]{0,2}, projection.outOffset);
+        Assertions.assertArrayEquals(new int[]{1, 17}, projection.shape);
+    }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
index 9a669be..8390c3c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/zarr/zarrjava/ZarrV3Test.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.core.Attributes;
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.store.FilesystemStore;
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.store.HttpStore;
+import dev.zarr.zarrjava.store.MemoryStore;
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.store.StoreHandle;
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.utils.MultiArrayUtils;
 import dev.zarr.zarrjava.v3.*;
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@ static Stream<Function<ArrayMetadataBuilder, ArrayMetadataBuilder>> chunkKeyEnco
         return Stream.concat(builders, codecBuilders().map(codecFunc -> b -> b.withCodecs(codecFunc)));
     }
 
+    static Stream<Arguments> unalignedArrayAccessProvider() {
+        Stream.Builder<Arguments> builder = Stream.builder();
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(52, 17, 32));
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(71, 11, 12));
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(52, 17, 17));
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(50, 3, 7));
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(50, 3, 22));
+        builder.add(Arguments.of(13, 31, 21));
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("invalidCodecBuilder")
     public void testCheckInvalidCodecConfiguration(Function<CodecBuilder, CodecBuilder> codecBuilder) {
@@ -735,4 +747,30 @@ public void testGroupAttributes() throws IOException, ZarrException {
         group = Group.open(storeHandle);
         Assertions.assertEquals("group_value", group.metadata().attributes().getString("group_attr"));
     }
-}
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("unalignedArrayAccessProvider")
+    public void testUnalignedArrayAccess(int arrayShape, int chunkShape, int accessShape) throws ZarrException, IOException {
+        Array array = Array.create(
+                new MemoryStore().resolve(),
+                Array.metadataBuilder()
+                        .withShape(arrayShape)
+                        .withDataType(DataType.UINT32)
+                        .withChunkShape(chunkShape)
+                        .withFillValue(0)
+                        .build()
+        );
+
+        int[] testData = new int[arrayShape];
+        Arrays.setAll(testData, p -> (byte) p);
+        ucar.ma2.Array data = ucar.ma2.Array.factory(ucar.ma2.DataType.UINT, new int[]{arrayShape}, testData);
+        array.write(data);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < arrayShape; i += accessShape) {
+            accessShape = Math.min(accessShape, arrayShape - i);
+            ucar.ma2.Array result = array.read(new long[]{i}, new int[]{accessShape});
+            int[] expectedData = Arrays.copyOfRange(testData, i, i + accessShape);
+            Assertions.assertArrayEquals(expectedData, (int[]) result.get1DJavaArray(ucar.ma2.DataType.UINT));
+        }
+    }
+}
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