diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
index 4898b09..eddce51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ on:
       - "**.go"
       - "go.mod"
       - "go.sum"
+      - ".github/workflows/go-ci.yml"
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - "**.go"
       - "go.mod"
       - "go.sum"
+      - ".github/workflows/go-ci.yml"
 
 concurrency:
   group: goflat-go-ci-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -19,9 +21,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   sast:
-    uses: notdodo/github-actions/.github/workflows/go-security-scan.yml@2e84638563b65587b42ba8ab87ccdf1922c412dd
-    # go-sec-v0.0.0
+    uses: notdodo/github-actions/.github/workflows/go-security-scan.yml@go-sec-v0
 
   build-and-test:
-    uses: notdodo/github-actions/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml@2e84638563b65587b42ba8ab87ccdf1922c412dd
-    # go-ci-v0.0.0
+    uses: notdodo/github-actions/.github/workflows/go-ci.yml@go-ci-v0
diff --git a/goflat.go b/goflat.go
index efccbeb..644951c 100644
--- a/goflat.go
+++ b/goflat.go
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ type FlattenerConfig struct {
 }
 
 // `DefaultFlattenerConfig` returns a FlattenerConfig with default values.
-func defaultConfiguration(config ...FlattenerConfig) FlattenerConfig {
+func defaultConfiguration() FlattenerConfig {
 	return FlattenerConfig{
 		Prefix:      "",
 		Separator:   ".",
-		OmitEmpty:   false,
-		OmitNil:     false,
+		OmitEmpty:   true,
+		OmitNil:     true,
 		SortKeys:    false,
 		KeysToLower: false,
 	}
@@ -206,7 +206,14 @@ func flattenFields(val reflect.Value, prefix string, result map[string]interface
 		// If the value is neither a struct nor a map, add it to the result map.
 		// Optionally omitting empty or nil values based on the configuration.
 		if !(config.OmitEmpty && isEmptyValue(val)) && !(config.OmitNil && isNilValue(val)) {
-			result[prefix[:len(prefix)-1]] = val.Interface()
+			prefix = prefix[:len(prefix)-1]
+			// If `val` is a valid JSON likely this was *string; flat it
+			if js := isJSON(val.String()); js != nil {
+				flatMap, _ := FlatJSONToMap(val.String(), config)
+				flatten(prefix, flatMap, result, config)
+			} else {
+				result[prefix] = val.Interface()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -260,3 +267,12 @@ func isNilValue(field reflect.Value) bool {
 	// Check if the field is a pointer and is nil.
 	return field.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && field.IsNil()
 }
+
+// `jsJSON` checks if a string it's a valid JSON string.
+func isJSON(str string) json.RawMessage {
+	var js json.RawMessage
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &js); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return js
+}
diff --git a/goflat_test.go b/goflat_test.go
index c370e29..0b622ca 100644
--- a/goflat_test.go
+++ b/goflat_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ type User struct {
 }
 
 type Member struct {
-	User   *User
-	Role   string
-	Active bool
+	User     *User
+	Role     string
+	Active   bool
+	SubField *string
 }
 
 type Group struct {
@@ -94,8 +95,24 @@ func TestIsEmptyValue(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFlattenStructWithArrayOfPointersInGroup(t *testing.T) {
+	s := `[{
+			"PolicyName": "policy-s3-operator",
+			"Statement": [
+				{
+				"Effect": "Allow",
+				"Action": [
+					"s3:PutObject",
+					"s3:GetObject"
+				],
+				"Resource": [
+					"arn:aws:s3:::personal-s3-bucket/*"
+				]
+				}
+			]
+		}]`
+
 	members := []*Member{
-		{User: &User{Username: "john_doe", Email: "john@example.com"}, Role: "Admin", Active: true},
+		{User: &User{Username: "john_doe", Email: "john@example.com"}, Role: "Admin", Active: true, SubField: &s},
 		{User: &User{Username: "jane_doe", Email: "jane@example.com"}, Role: "User", Active: false},
 	}
 	group := Group{Name: "Admins", Members: members}
@@ -108,20 +125,24 @@ func TestFlattenStructWithArrayOfPointersInGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	expectedMap := map[string]interface{}{
-		"Name":                    "Admins",
-		"Members.0.User.Username": "john_doe",
-		"Members.0.User.Email":    "john@example.com",
-		"Members.0.Role":          "Admin",
-		"Members.0.Active":        true,
-		"Members.1.User.Username": "jane_doe",
-		"Members.1.User.Email":    "jane@example.com",
-		"Members.1.Role":          "User",
-		"Members.1.Active":        false,
+		"Name":                                        "Admins",
+		"Members.0.User.Username":                     "john_doe",
+		"Members.0.User.Email":                        "john@example.com",
+		"Members.0.Role":                              "Admin",
+		"Members.0.Active":                            true,
+		"Members.1.User.Username":                     "jane_doe",
+		"Members.1.User.Email":                        "jane@example.com",
+		"Members.1.Role":                              "User",
+		"Members.1.Active":                            false,
+		"Members.0.SubField.0.PolicyName":             "policy-s3-operator",
+		"Members.0.SubField.0.Statement.0.Effect":     "Allow",
+		"Members.0.SubField.0.Statement.0.Action.0":   "s3:PutObject",
+		"Members.0.SubField.0.Statement.0.Action.1":   "s3:GetObject",
+		"Members.0.SubField.0.Statement.0.Resource.0": "arn:aws:s3:::personal-s3-bucket/*",
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(flattenedMap, expectedMap) {
-		fmt.Println(flattenedMap)
-		fmt.Println(expectedMap)
+		fmt.Println(diff.Diff(flattenedMap, expectedMap))
 		t.Errorf("Flattened result does not match the expected map. Got: %+v, Expected: %+v", flattenedMap, expectedMap)
 	}
 }