diff --git a/src/morphix/src/index.ts b/src/morphix/src/index.ts
index 174d8ad..c04dd13 100644
--- a/src/morphix/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/morphix/src/index.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,17 @@ export async function morphix(
 
   const replace = async(placeholder: string, key: string, func: string | undefined) => {
     let value: string | undefined = undefined;
-    for (const property of key?.split(".")) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
-      value = value ? value[property] : data ? data[property] : undefined;
+    const keys = key?.split(".") ?? [];
+    for (const property of keys) {
+      if (data[property] !== void 0) {
+        value = data[property];
+      }
+      else if (value && value[property]) {
+        value = value[property];
+      }
+      else {
+        break;
+      }
     }
 
     const transformedValue = transform({ value, key });
diff --git a/src/morphix/test/index.spec.mts b/src/morphix/test/index.spec.mts
index 8765281..ae4d06d 100644
--- a/src/morphix/test/index.spec.mts
+++ b/src/morphix/test/index.spec.mts
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ describe("Morphix", () => {
     assert.equal(await morphix(template, {}, options), template);
   });
 
+  it("should ignore missing (nested)", async() => {
+    assert.equal(
+      await morphix("FOO {bar.foo} BAR", { foo: "!" }, { ignoreMissing: true }),
+      "FOO {bar.foo} BAR"
+    );
+  });
+
   it("throw on undefined by default", async() => {
     assert.rejects(async() => {
       await morphix("{foo}", {});