diff --git a/bj-1line.sh b/bj-1line.sh
index 0a8fd88..990e7ed 100755
--- a/bj-1line.sh
+++ b/bj-1line.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # (C) Isaac Freeman (memotype@gmail.com). See https://github.com/memotype/bj.sh
-bj()([[ $1 = - ]]||exec<<<"$1";shift;c=;rd(){ l=$c;IFS= read -rN1 c;};pr(){ printf %s "${o[@]}";};st(){ p=$1;[[ $p ]]||o=();while rd;do [[ $p&&! $q ]]&&o+=("$l");case $c in \\)rd||break;[[ $p&&$q ]]||o+=("$l${c::!p}");;\")break;;*)[[ $p ]]||o+=("$c");;esac;done;};co(){ n=0 b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l");case $c in \")[[ $1||! $q ]]&&st 1||{ st;k=$(pr);};;[|{)((b++));;]|\})((--b))||{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ ! $1&&$q&&$k = "$q" ]]&&return;;,)((0$1&&b == 1))&&{ ((n++));[[ $n = "$q" ]]&&break;};;esac;done;};for q in "$@" "";do shift&&[[ ! $q ]]&&return 2;x=0;o=();while rd;do case $c in [[:space:]])! :;;\")st;;[tfn0-9-])while o+=("$c")&&rd&&[[ $c =~ [-+.0-9Ea-z] ]];do :;done;;{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&{ x=1;break;};done;done;pr;((x));)
+bj()([[ $1 = - ]]||exec<<<"$1";shift;c=;rd(){ l=$c;IFS= read -rN1 c;};pr(){ printf %s "${o[@]}";};st(){ p=$1;[[ $p ]]||o=();while rd;do [[ $p&&! $q ]]&&o+=("$l");case $c in \\)rd||break;[[ $p&&$q ]]||o+=("$l${c::!p}");;\")break;;*)[[ $p ]]||o+=("$c");;esac;done;};co(){ n= b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l");case $c in \")[[ $1||! $q ]]&&st 1||{ st;k=$(pr);};;[|{)((b++));;]|\})((--b))||{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ $1$b = 1&&$q&&$k = "$q" ]]&&break;;,)((0$1&&b == 1))&&{ ((n++));[[ $n = "$q" ]]&&break;};;esac;done;};for q in "$@" "";do shift&&[[ ! $q ]]&&return 2;x=0;o=();while rd;do case $c in [[:space:]])! :;;\")st;;[tfn0-9-])while o+=("$c")&&rd&&[[ $c =~ [-+.0-9Ea-z] ]];do :;done;;{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&x=1&&break;done;done;pr;((x));)
diff --git a/bj-80-col.sh b/bj-80-col.sh
index 47b5de6..89ccc24 100755
--- a/bj-80-col.sh
+++ b/bj-80-col.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 bj()([[ $1 = - ]]||exec<<<"$1";shift;c=;rd(){ l=$c;IFS= read -rN1 c;};pr(){ \
 printf %s "${o[@]}";};st(){ p=$1;[[ $p ]]||o=();while rd;do [[ $p&&! $q ]]&&o+=\
 ("$l");case $c in \\)rd||break;[[ $p&&$q ]]||o+=("$l${c::!p}");;\")break;;*)[[ \
-$p ]]||o+=("$c");;esac;done;};co(){ n=0 b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l")
+$p ]]||o+=("$c");;esac;done;};co(){ n= b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l")
 case $c in \")[[ $1||! $q ]]&&st 1||{ st;k=$(pr);};;[|{)((b++));;]|\})((--b))||
-{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ ! $1&&$q&&$k = "$q" ]]&&return;;,)
+{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ $1$b = 1&&$q&&$k = "$q" ]]&&break;;,)
 ((0$1&&b == 1))&&{ ((n++));[[ $n = "$q" ]]&&break;};;esac;done;};for q in "$@" \
 "";do shift&&[[ ! $q ]]&&return 2;x=0;o=();while rd;do case $c in [[:space:]])
 ! :;;\")st;;[tfn0-9-])while o+=("$c")&&rd&&[[ $c =~ [-+.0-9Ea-z] ]];do :;done;;
-{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&{ x=1;break;};done;done;pr;((x));)
+{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&x=1&&break;done;done;pr;((x));)
diff --git a/bj-90-col.sh b/bj-90-col.sh
index 3c3453f..b19f9db 100755
--- a/bj-90-col.sh
+++ b/bj-90-col.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 bj()([[ $1 = - ]]||exec<<<"$1";shift;c=;rd(){ l=$c;IFS= read -rN1 c;};pr(){ printf %s \
 "${o[@]}";};st(){ p=$1;[[ $p ]]||o=();while rd;do [[ $p&&! $q ]]&&o+=("$l");case $c in \\)
 rd||break;[[ $p&&$q ]]||o+=("$l${c::!p}");;\")break;;*)[[ $p ]]||o+=("$c");;esac;done;}
-co(){ n=0 b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l");case $c in \")[[ $1||! $q ]]&&st 1||{ st;k\
-=$(pr);};;[|{)((b++));;]|\})((--b))||{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ ! $1&&$q&&
-$k = "$q" ]]&&return;;,)((0$1&&b == 1))&&{ ((n++));[[ $n = "$q" ]]&&break;};;esac;done;}
-for q in "$@" "";do shift&&[[ ! $q ]]&&return 2;x=0;o=();while rd;do case $c in \
+co(){ n= b=1;while rd;do [[ $q ]]||o+=("$l");case $c in \")[[ $1||! $q ]]&&st 1||{ st;k\
+=$(pr);};;[|{)((b++));;]|\})((--b))||{ [[ $q ]]&&exit 1;o+=("$c");break;};;:)[[ $1$b = 1&&
+$q&&$k = "$q" ]]&&break;;,)((0$1&&b == 1))&&{ ((n++));[[ $n = "$q" ]]&&break;};;esac;done
+};for q in "$@" "";do shift&&[[ ! $q ]]&&return 2;x=0;o=();while rd;do case $c in \
 [[:space:]])! :;;\")st;;[tfn0-9-])while o+=("$c")&&rd&&[[ $c =~ [-+.0-9Ea-z] ]];do :;done
-;;{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&{ x=1;break;};done;done;pr;((x));)
+;;{)co;;[)[[ $q = 0 ]]||co 1;;*)return 2;;esac&&x=1&&break;done;done;pr;((x));)
diff --git a/bj.sh b/bj.sh
index eb9feef..66527f8 100755
--- a/bj.sh
+++ b/bj.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bj() (
   # Scan an object or list. $1 is set when scanning a list.
   co() {
     : : "=== co()"
-    n=0 b=1
+    n= b=1
     while rd; do
       : : "--- l=$l= c=$c= q=$q= b=$b= ---"
       [[ $q ]] || o+=("$l")
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ bj() (
             break
           }
         ;;
-        # Found the key, just return and let the main loop parse from here
-        :) [[ ! $1 && $q && $k = "$q" ]] && return ;;
+        # $1 is set for lists, so $1$b is 1 only at direct object depth.
+        # Found the key, just stop and let the main loop parse from here.
+        :) [[ $1$b = 1 && $q && $k = "$q" ]] && break ;;
         ,)
           ((0$1 && b == 1)) && {
             ((n++))
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ bj() (
         {) co ;;
         [) [[ $q = 0 ]] || co 1 ;; #])
         *) return 2 ;;
-      esac && { x=1; break; }
+      esac && x=1 && break
     done
   done
 
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 6d3cf3c..f6e8d95 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ runtest '["x]y"]' '{"a":["x]y"]}' a
 runtest 'c' '["a,b","c"]' 1
 runtest 'c' '["a]b","c"]' 1
 
+# Object keys must only match at the current container depth
+runtest top '{"outer":{"target":"nested"},"target":"top"}' target
+runteststatus 1 '' '{"outer":{"target":"nested"},"other":0}' target
+runtest top '{"items":[{"target":"nested"}],"target":"top"}' target
+runteststatus 1 '' '{"items":[{"target":"nested"}],"other":0}' target
+runtest top '{"target":"top","outer":{"target":"nested"}}' target
+runtest direct \
+  '{"level":{"child":{"target":"nested"},"target":"direct"}}' level target
+
 # Numbers tests
 runtest "4.2e10" '[0, -1, 4.2e10]' 2
 runtest "-1" '[0, -1, 4.2e10]' 1