diff --git a/src/ast.ts b/src/ast.ts
index 9e1b721..34ff6db 100644
--- a/src/ast.ts
+++ b/src/ast.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const rewriteDoc = (
     const nextNodeAndVars = callback(curNodeAndVars, curParents);
     variableDefinitions = nextNodeAndVars.variableDefinitions;
     const node = nextNodeAndVars.node;
-    const nextParents = [node, ...curParents];
+    const nextParents = [...curParents, node];
     for (const key of Object.keys(node)) {
       if (key === 'loc') continue;
       const val = (node as any)[key];
diff --git a/test/ast.test.ts b/test/ast.test.ts
index bd499e8..f6cfc36 100644
--- a/test/ast.test.ts
+++ b/test/ast.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { OperationDefinitionNode, parse } from 'graphql';
 import {
+  extractPath,
   extractVariableDefinitions,
   nodesMatch,
   replaceVariableDefinitions,
@@ -183,4 +184,31 @@ describe('ast utils', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('extractPath', () => {
+    it('returns the path to the current node in the final document', () => {
+      const doc = parse(`
+        query doStuff($arg1: String) {
+          thing1 { thing2 { thing3 { thing4 } } }
+        }
+      `);
+      const parents = [
+        doc as any,
+        (doc as any).definitions[0],
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet,
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0],
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet,
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0],
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0]
+          .selectionSet,
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0]
+          .selectionSet.selections[0],
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0]
+          .selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet,
+        (doc as any).definitions[0].selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0]
+          .selectionSet.selections[0].selectionSet.selections[0]
+      ];
+      expect(extractPath(parents)).toEqual(['thing1', 'thing2', 'thing3', 'thing4']);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/functional/rewriteFieldArgType.test.ts b/test/functional/rewriteFieldArgType.test.ts
index a5d2bdc..9f8d173 100644
--- a/test/functional/rewriteFieldArgType.test.ts
+++ b/test/functional/rewriteFieldArgType.test.ts
@@ -97,4 +97,42 @@ describe('Rewrite field arg type', () => {
       }
     });
   });
+
+  it('works on deeply nested fields', () => {
+    const query = gqlFmt`
+      query doTheThings($arg1: String!, $arg2: String) {
+        stuff {
+          things(identifier: $arg1, arg2: $arg2) {
+            cat
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+    const expectedRewritenQuery = gqlFmt`
+      query doTheThings($arg1: Int!, $arg2: String) {
+        stuff {
+          things(identifier: $arg1, arg2: $arg2) {
+            cat
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+
+    const handler = new RewriteHandler([
+      new FieldArgTypeRewriter({
+        fieldName: 'things',
+        argName: 'identifier',
+        oldType: 'String!',
+        newType: 'Int!',
+        coerceVariable: val => parseInt(val, 10)
+      })
+    ]);
+    expect(handler.rewriteRequest(query, { arg1: '123', arg2: 'blah' })).toEqual({
+      query: expectedRewritenQuery,
+      variables: {
+        arg1: 123,
+        arg2: 'blah'
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });