diff --git a/RegExtract.Test/Usage.cs b/RegExtract.Test/Usage.cs
index b8c1f40..5213ea7 100644
--- a/RegExtract.Test/Usage.cs
+++ b/RegExtract.Test/Usage.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ public void a010()
             Assert.Equal([[['a', 's', 'd', 'f'], ['l', 'k', 'j']], [['w', 'e', 'r', 'o'], ['o', 'i', 'u']]], result);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void a011()
+        {
+            var plan = CreateAndLogPlan<((char? type, string name) module, List<string> outputs)>(/* language=regex */@"^(([%&])?([a-z]+)) -> (([a-z]+),? ?)+$");
+
+            var result = plan.Extract("&kx -> zs, br, jd, bj, vg");
+
+            Assert.Equivalent((('&', "kx"), new List<string>() { "zs", "br", "jd", "bj", "vg"}), result);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void slow()
         {
diff --git a/RegExtract/ExtractionPlan.cs b/RegExtract/ExtractionPlan.cs
index 78b5090..c4153d7 100644
--- a/RegExtract/ExtractionPlan.cs
+++ b/RegExtract/ExtractionPlan.cs
@@ -226,10 +226,12 @@ private ExtractionPlanNode AssignTypesToTree(RegexCaptureGroupNode tree, Type ty
 
             if (IsDirectlyConstructable(type))
             {
+                // We're at a leaf--if there's an inner capture group, use it instead of everything.
                 if (tree.children.Count() == 1)
                 {
-                    return new VirtualUnaryTupleNode(tree.name, type, new[] { AssignTypesToTree(tree.children.Single(), type) }, new ExtractionPlanNode[0]);
+                    tree = tree.children.Single();
                 }
+
                 return ExtractionPlanNode.BindLeaf(tree.name, type, groups.ToArray(), namedgroups.ToArray());
             }
             else if (IsTuple(unwrappedType))