diff --git a/src/core_api.cpp b/src/core_api.cpp
index 60f8e870..8c640b82 100644
--- a/src/core_api.cpp
+++ b/src/core_api.cpp
@@ -2202,9 +2202,9 @@ bool get_stopword(const std::shared_ptr<http_req>& req, const std::shared_ptr<ht
     }
 
     nlohmann::json res_json;
-    res_json["name"] = stopword_name;
+    res_json["id"] = stopword_name;
     for(const auto& stopword : stopwords) {
-        res_json["value"].push_back(stopword);
+        res_json["stopwords"].push_back(stopword);
     }
 
     res->set_200(res_json.dump());
diff --git a/src/field.cpp b/src/field.cpp
index 6fb57ed8..9d6a87a6 100644
--- a/src/field.cpp
+++ b/src/field.cpp
@@ -553,9 +553,11 @@ Option<bool> field::flatten_field(nlohmann::json& doc, nlohmann::json& obj, cons
             return flatten_field(doc, it.value(), the_field, path_parts, path_index + 1, has_array, has_obj_array,
                                  is_update, dyn_fields, flattened_fields);
         }
-    } {
+    } else if(!the_field.optional) {
         return Option<bool>(404, "Field `" + the_field.name + "` not found.");
     }
+
+    return Option<bool>(true);
 }
 
 Option<bool> field::flatten_doc(nlohmann::json& document,
diff --git a/test/collection_nested_fields_test.cpp b/test/collection_nested_fields_test.cpp
index 0b882311..6572be2b 100644
--- a/test/collection_nested_fields_test.cpp
+++ b/test/collection_nested_fields_test.cpp
@@ -3105,6 +3105,81 @@ TEST_F(CollectionNestedFieldsTest, HighlightArrayOfObjects) {
     ASSERT_EQ(1, results["hits"][0]["highlight"]["details"][2].size());
 }
 
+TEST_F(CollectionNestedFieldsTest, DeepNestedOptionalArrayValue) {
+    nlohmann::json schema = R"({
+        "name": "coll1",
+        "enable_nested_fields": true,
+        "fields": [
+            {
+                "facet": false,
+                "index": true,
+                "infix": false,
+                "locale": "",
+                "name": "items.name",
+                "optional": true,
+                "sort": false,
+                "type": "string[]"
+            },
+            {
+                "facet": false,
+                "index": true,
+                "infix": false,
+                "locale": "",
+                "name": "items.description",
+                "optional": true,
+                "sort": false,
+                "type": "string[]"
+            },
+            {
+                "facet": false,
+                "index": true,
+                "infix": false,
+                "locale": "",
+                "name": "items.nested_items.name",
+                "optional": true,
+                "sort": false,
+                "type": "string[]"
+            }
+        ]
+    })"_json;
+
+    auto op = collectionManager.create_collection(schema);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(op.ok());
+    Collection* coll1 = op.get();
+
+    auto doc1 = R"({
+        "items": [
+            {
+                "description": "random description.",
+                "name": "foobar",
+                "nested_items": [
+                    {
+                        "isAvailable": true
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "description": "nested description here",
+                        "isAvailable": true,
+                        "name": "naruto"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "description": "description again",
+                        "isAvailable": true,
+                        "name": "dragon ball"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    })"_json;
+
+    auto add_op = coll1->add(doc1.dump(), CREATE);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(add_op.ok());
+
+    auto results = coll1->search("naruto", {"items.nested_items.name"}, "", {}, {}, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY,
+                                 {true}, 1, spp::sparse_hash_set<std::string>(),
+                                 spp::sparse_hash_set<std::string>(), 10, "", 30, 4).get();
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, results["found"].get<size_t>());
+}
+
 TEST_F(CollectionNestedFieldsTest, FloatInsideNestedObject) {
     nlohmann::json schema = R"({
         "name": "coll1",
diff --git a/test/collection_vector_search_test.cpp b/test/collection_vector_search_test.cpp
index 755cb6ee..fde61f9e 100644
--- a/test/collection_vector_search_test.cpp
+++ b/test/collection_vector_search_test.cpp
@@ -3122,7 +3122,6 @@ TEST_F(CollectionVectorTest, TryAddingMultipleImageFieldToEmbedFrom) {
 
     ASSERT_EQ(collection_create_op.error(), "Only one field can be used in the `embed.from` property of an embed field when embedding from an image field.");
 }
-<<<<<<< Updated upstream
 
 TEST_F(CollectionVectorTest, TestInvalidImage) {
     auto schema_json =