diff --git a/jsurfer-core/src/main/java/org/jsfr/json/path/JsonPath.java b/jsurfer-core/src/main/java/org/jsfr/json/path/JsonPath.java
index cea68ba..0b91cce 100644
--- a/jsurfer-core/src/main/java/org/jsfr/json/path/JsonPath.java
+++ b/jsurfer-core/src/main/java/org/jsfr/json/path/JsonPath.java
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ public boolean match(JsonPath jsonPath) {
         if (!get(pointer1).match(jsonPath.get(pointer2))) {
             return false;
         }
+        pointer1--;
+        pointer2--;
         while (pointer1 >= 0) {
             if (!(pointer2 >= 0)) {
                 return false;