diff --git a/manim/mobject/mobject.py b/manim/mobject/mobject.py
index 8557490ed9..5fe08eafc3 100644
--- a/manim/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manim/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -1776,10 +1776,7 @@ def put_start_and_end_on(self, start: Point3DLike, end: Point3DLike) -> Self:
         curr_start, curr_end = self.get_start_and_end()
         curr_vect = curr_end - curr_start
         if np.all(curr_vect == 0):
-            # TODO: this looks broken. It makes self.points a Point3D instead
-            # of a Point3D_Array. However, modifying this breaks some tests
-            # where this is currently expected.
-            self.points = np.array(start)
+            self.points = np.array([start])
             return self
         target_vect = np.asarray(end) - np.asarray(start)
         axis = (
diff --git a/tests/module/mobject/graphing/test_number_line.py b/tests/module/mobject/graphing/test_number_line.py
index 1f0f7c343c..786d37aaff 100644
--- a/tests/module/mobject/graphing/test_number_line.py
+++ b/tests/module/mobject/graphing/test_number_line.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from manim import DashedLine, NumberLine
+from manim import Line, NumberLine
 from manim.mobject.text.numbers import Integer
 
 
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ def test_point_to_number():
 
 
 def test_start_and_end_at_same_point():
-    line = DashedLine(np.zeros(3), np.zeros(3))
-    line.put_start_and_end_on(np.zeros(3), np.array([0, 0, 0]))
+    point = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]
+    line = Line(point, point)
+    line.put_start_and_end_on(point, point)
 
-    np.testing.assert_array_equal(np.round(np.zeros(3), 4), np.round(line.points, 4))
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(np.round([point], 4), np.round(line.points, 4))