diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f5c2e10..766dbad 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.7)
     minitest (5.20.0)
-    nokogiri (1.16.5)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.16.5-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     ostruct (0.6.0)
diff --git a/lib/sablon/content.rb b/lib/sablon/content.rb
index 74dacab..8c11a29 100644
--- a/lib/sablon/content.rb
+++ b/lib/sablon/content.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def get_merge_fields(node)
             inside_field = false if field.children.any? { |child| child.name == 'fldChar' && child['w:fldCharType'] == 'end' }
           end
         end
+        merge_fields
       end
 
       # This allows proper equality checks with other WordML content objects.