diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/github/mrpowers/spark/daria/sql/types/StructTypeHelpers.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/github/mrpowers/spark/daria/sql/types/StructTypeHelpers.scala
index f2a9a8b..8b01c04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/github/mrpowers/spark/daria/sql/types/StructTypeHelpers.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/github/mrpowers/spark/daria/sql/types/StructTypeHelpers.scala
@@ -39,27 +39,27 @@ object StructTypeHelpers {
     })
   }
 
-  private def schemaToSortedSelectExpr[A](schema: StructType, f: StructField => A, baseField: String = "")(implicit ord: Ordering[A]): Seq[Column] = {
-    def handleNestedType(t: DataType, name: String, outerCol: Column): Column =
+  private def schemaToSortedSelectExpr[A](schema: StructType, f: StructField => A)(implicit ord: Ordering[A]): Seq[Column] = {
+    def handleNestedType(t: DataType, name: String, outerCol: Column, firstLevel: Boolean = false): Column =
       t match {
         case st: StructType =>
-          val sortedFields = st.fields.sortBy(f)
           struct(
-            sortedFields.map(f =>
-              f.dataType match {
-                case st: StructType =>
-                  handleNestedType(st, f.name, outerCol(f.name)).as(f.name)
-                case ArrayType(innerType: StructType, _) =>
-                  handleArrayType(f.dataType, name, outerCol(f.name)).as(f.name)
-                case _ =>
-                  handleNestedType(f.dataType, f.name, outerCol).as(f.name)
-              }
-            ): _*
+            st.fields
+              .sortBy(f)
+              .map(field =>
+                handleNestedType(
+                  field.dataType,
+                  field.name,
+                  field.dataType match {
+                    case StructType(_) | ArrayType(_: StructType, _) => outerCol(field.name)
+                    case _                                           => outerCol
+                  }
+                ).as(field.name)
+              ): _*
           ).as(name)
-        case ArrayType(_, _) =>
-          handleArrayType(t, name, outerCol).as(name)
-        case _ =>
-          outerCol(name)
+        case ArrayType(_, _)  => handleArrayType(t, name, outerCol).as(name)
+        case _ if firstLevel  => outerCol
+        case _ if !firstLevel => outerCol(name)
       }
 
     // For handling reordering of nested arrays
@@ -74,16 +74,7 @@ object StructTypeHelpers {
 
     val result = schema.fields.sortBy(f).foldLeft(Seq.empty[Column]) {
       case (acc, field) =>
-        val name = field.name
-        val sortedCol = field.dataType match {
-          case st: StructType =>
-            handleNestedType(st, name, col(name))
-          case arr: ArrayType =>
-            handleArrayType(arr, name, col(name))
-          case _ => col(name)
-        }
-
-        acc :+ sortedCol
+        acc :+ handleNestedType(field.dataType, field.name, col(field.name), firstLevel = true)
     }
     result
   }