diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 120cf64..ba0d06a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ VERSION   = $(shell grep VERSION handler.go | head -1 | cut -d '"' -f2)
 all: buildlocal
 
 buildlocal:
-	go build
+	go build  -o example/example example/example.go
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(tool) coverage.out testdata t/out example/example
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index b5cf812..910f642 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (h *Handler) appendAttr(wa map[string]interface{}, a slog.Attr) {
 		}
 		wa[name] = innerwa
 
-		if a.Key != "" {
+		if a.Key != "" && len(h.groups) > 0 {
 			h.groups = h.groups[:len(h.groups)-1]
 		}