diff --git a/fixtures/queryer.json b/fixtures/queryer.json
index 9a8b4d9..d92a0ce 100644
--- a/fixtures/queryer.json
+++ b/fixtures/queryer.json
@@ -1246,8 +1246,7 @@
               "  )",
               "  FROM agreego.entity entity_1",
               "  WHERE",
-              "    NOT entity_1.archived",
-              "    AND entity_1.archived = ($1 #>> '{}')::BOOLEAN",
+              "    entity_1.archived = ($1 #>> '{}')::BOOLEAN",
               "    AND entity_1.archived <> ($2 #>> '{}')::BOOLEAN",
               "    AND entity_1.created_at = ($3 #>> '{}')::TIMESTAMPTZ",
               "    AND entity_1.created_at > ($4 #>> '{}')::TIMESTAMPTZ",
@@ -1718,8 +1717,7 @@
               "  JOIN agreego.organization organization_2 ON organization_2.id = entity_1.id",
               "  JOIN agreego.person person_3 ON person_3.id = organization_2.id",
               "  WHERE",
-              "    NOT entity_1.archived",
-              "    AND person_3.age = ($1 #>> '{}')::NUMERIC",
+              "    person_3.age = ($1 #>> '{}')::NUMERIC",
               "    AND person_3.age > ($2 #>> '{}')::NUMERIC",
               "    AND person_3.age >= ($3 #>> '{}')::NUMERIC",
               "    AND person_3.age < ($4 #>> '{}')::NUMERIC",
@@ -2702,4 +2700,4 @@
       }
     ]
   }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/src/queryer/compiler.rs b/src/queryer/compiler.rs
index 6c26986..7def47d 100644
--- a/src/queryer/compiler.rs
+++ b/src/queryer/compiler.rs
@@ -578,8 +578,20 @@ impl<'a> Compiler<'a> {
     let mut where_clauses = Vec::new();
 
     // Dynamically apply the 'active-only' default ONLY if the client
-    // didn't explicitly request to filter on 'archived' themselves!
-    let has_archived_override = self.filter_keys.iter().any(|k| k == "archived");
+    // didn't explicitly request to filter on 'archived' themselves — for THIS node.
+    // Keys arrive as "path/field:$op" (extract_filters), so match this node's own archived
+    // path, never the bare name: compared to "archived" alone it never matched (an explicit
+    // archived filter could not return archived rows), and matched on any key it would lift
+    // the default from every nested include the filter never mentioned.
+    let archived_path = if node.ast_path.is_empty() {
+      "archived".to_string()
+    } else {
+      format!("{}/archived", node.ast_path)
+    };
+    let has_archived_override = self
+      .filter_keys
+      .iter()
+      .any(|k| k.split(':').next().unwrap_or(k) == archived_path);
 
     if !has_archived_override {
       where_clauses.push(format!("NOT {}.archived", entity_alias));