diff --git a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FixMethod.java b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FixMethod.java
index a3f1eaec..42f9f0be 100644
--- a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FixMethod.java
+++ b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/FixMethod.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String>
     add_field {
         @Override
         public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String> params, final Map<String, String> options) {
-            record.add(params.get(0), new Value(params.get(1)));
+            record.addNested(params.get(0), new Value(params.get(1)));
         }
     },
     array { // array-from-hash
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String>
                 record.remove(field);
 
                 h.forEach((subField, value) -> {
-                    record.add(field, new Value(subField));
-                    record.add(field, value);
+                    record.addNested(field, new Value(subField));
+                    record.addNested(field, value);
                 });
             })));
         }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String>
             final String oldName = params.get(0);
             final String newName = params.get(1);
             Value.asList(record.get(oldName), a -> a.forEach(newValue -> {
-                record.add(newName, newValue);
+                record.addNested(newName, newValue);
                 newValue.updatePathRename(newName);
             }));
         }
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ public void apply(final Metafix metafix, final Record record, final List<String>
                     });
 
                     if (!value.asHash().isEmpty()) {
-                        record.add(field, value);
+                        record.addNested(field, value);
                     }
                     else {
                         for (int i = 1; i <= m.groupCount(); i = i + 1) {
-                            record.add(field, new Value(m.group(i)));
+                            record.addNested(field, new Value(m.group(i)));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/Record.java b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/Record.java
index 275c9964..655f5785 100644
--- a/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/Record.java
+++ b/metafix/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metafix/Record.java
@@ -150,16 +150,14 @@ public void add(final String field, final Value newValue) {
             super.add(field, newValue);
         }
         else {
-            final FixPath fixPath = new FixPath(field);
-            if (fixPath.size() > 1) {
-                fixPath.insertInto(this, InsertMode.APPEND, newValue);
-            }
-            else {
-                put(field, newValue);
-            }
+            put(field, newValue);
         }
     }
 
+    public void addNested(final String field, final Value newValue) {
+        new FixPath(field).insertInto(this, InsertMode.APPEND, newValue);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets a field/value pair to this record, replacing
      * any previous association of the field with a value.
diff --git a/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/MetafixRecordTest.java b/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/MetafixRecordTest.java
index 176b331f..6f783b4d 100644
--- a/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/MetafixRecordTest.java
+++ b/metafix/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metafix/MetafixRecordTest.java
@@ -2694,4 +2694,43 @@ public void shouldRenameArrayFieldWithAsterisk() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @MetafixToDo("See https://github.com/metafacture/metafacture-fix/pull/170")
+    public void shouldNotSplitLiteralName() {
+        MetafixTestHelpers.assertFix(streamReceiver, Arrays.asList(
+                "nothing()"
+            ),
+            i -> {
+                i.startRecord("1");
+                i.literal("123. ", "foo");
+                i.endRecord();
+            },
+            o -> {
+                o.get().startRecord("1");
+                o.get().literal("123. ", "foo");
+                o.get().endRecord();
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotSplitEntityName() {
+        MetafixTestHelpers.assertFix(streamReceiver, Arrays.asList(
+                "nothing()"
+            ),
+            i -> {
+                i.startRecord("1");
+                i.startEntity("123. ");
+                i.endEntity();
+                i.endRecord();
+            },
+            o -> {
+                o.get().startRecord("1");
+                o.get().startEntity("123. ");
+                o.get().endEntity();
+                o.get().endRecord();
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
 }