diff --git a/src/sparqlClient/Statement.php b/src/sparqlClient/Statement.php
index e443d14..4d9f340 100644
--- a/src/sparqlClient/Statement.php
+++ b/src/sparqlClient/Statement.php
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ public function fetch(int $fetchStyle = PDO::FETCH_OBJ): object | array | false
             switch ($fetchStyle) {
                 case PDO::FETCH_OBJ:
                     return $row;
+                case PDO::FETCH_ASSOC:
+                    return (array) $row;
                 case PDO::FETCH_COLUMN:
                     $row = get_object_vars($row);
                     return $row[array_keys($row)[0]];