diff --git a/activegraph.gemspec b/activegraph.gemspec
index 5d161a1f5..384c66fea 100644
--- a/activegraph.gemspec
+++ b/activegraph.gemspec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   s.add_dependency('activesupport', '>= 4.0')
   s.add_dependency('i18n', '!= 1.8.8') # https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/6547
   s.add_dependency('orm_adapter', '~> 0.5.0')
+  s.add_dependency('parslet')
   s.add_dependency('sorted_set')
   s.add_dependency("neo4j-java-driver", '>= 4.3.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('guard')
diff --git a/lib/active_graph.rb b/lib/active_graph.rb
index df622027e..3b1f5dda2 100644
--- a/lib/active_graph.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graph.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'forwardable'
+require 'parslet'
 require 'active_graph/version'
 
 require 'active_graph/core'
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@
 require 'active_graph/transactions'
 require 'active_graph/base'
 require 'active_graph/model_schema'
+require 'active_graph/string_parsers/relation_parser'
 
 require 'active_model'
 require 'active_support/concern'
diff --git a/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading.rb b/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading.rb
index c8b5baa49..91a483f20 100644
--- a/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def perform_query
             .map do |record, eager_data|
             record = cache_and_init(record, with_associations_tree)
             eager_data.zip(with_associations_tree.paths.map(&:last)).each do |eager_records, element|
-              eager_records.first.zip(eager_records.last).each do |eager_record|
+              eager_records.each do |eager_record|
+                next unless eager_record.first&.type&.to_s == element.association.relationship_type.to_s
                 add_to_cache(*eager_record, element)
               end
             end
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ def perform_query
         def with_associations(*spec)
           new_link.tap do |new_query_proxy|
             new_query_proxy.with_associations_tree = with_associations_tree.clone
-            new_query_proxy.with_associations_tree.add_spec(spec)
+            new_query_proxy.with_associations_tree.add_spec_and_validate(spec)
           end
         end
 
@@ -130,13 +131,13 @@ def query_from_association_tree
         def with_association_query_part(base_query, path, previous_with_vars)
           optional_match_with_where(base_query, path, previous_with_vars)
             .with(identity,
-                  "[#{relationship_collection(path)}, collect(#{escape path_name(path)})] "\
+                  "collect([#{relationship_collection(path)}, #{escape path_name(path)}]) "\
                   "AS #{escape("#{path_name(path)}_collection")}",
                   *previous_with_vars)
         end
 
         def relationship_collection(path)
-          path.last.rel_length ? "collect(last(relationships(#{escape("#{path_name(path)}_path")})))" : "collect(#{escape("#{path_name(path)}_rel")})"
+          path.last.rel_length ? "last(relationships(#{escape("#{path_name(path)}_path")}))" : escape("#{path_name(path)}_rel")
         end
 
         def optional_match_with_where(base_query, path, _)
diff --git a/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading/association_tree.rb b/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading/association_tree.rb
index 559423538..c2a883fca 100644
--- a/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading/association_tree.rb
+++ b/lib/active_graph/node/query/query_proxy_eager_loading/association_tree.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ def clone
             super.tap { |copy| copy.each { |key, value| copy[key] = value.clone } }
           end
 
+          def add_spec_and_validate(spec)
+            add_spec(spec)
+            validate_for_zero_length_paths
+          end
+
+          def validate_for_zero_length_paths
+            fail 'Can not eager load more than one zero length path.' if values.count(&:zero_length_path?) > 1
+          end
+
+          def zero_length_path?
+            rel_length&.fetch(:min, nil)&.to_s == '0' || values.any?(&:zero_length_path?)
+          end
+
           def add_spec(spec)
             fail_spec(spec) unless model
 
@@ -56,16 +69,14 @@ def add_nested(key, value, length = nil)
           end
 
           def process_string(str)
-            head, rest = str.split('.', 2)
-            k, length = head.split('*', -2)
-            length = {max: length} if length
-            add_nested(k.to_sym, rest, length)
+            map = StringParsers::RelationParser.new.parse(str)
+            add_nested(map[:rel_name].to_sym, map[:rest_str].to_s.presence, map[:length_part])
           end
 
           private
 
           def target_class(model, key)
-            association = model.associations[key]
+            association = model.associations[key.to_sym]
             fail "Invalid association: #{[*path, key].join('.')}" unless association
             model.associations[key].target_class
           end
diff --git a/lib/active_graph/string_parsers.rb b/lib/active_graph/string_parsers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7d872a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_graph/string_parsers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'active_graph/strin_parsers/relation_parser'
+
+module ActiveGraph
+  module StringParsers
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/active_graph/string_parsers/relation_parser.rb b/lib/active_graph/string_parsers/relation_parser.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b91179d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_graph/string_parsers/relation_parser.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module ActiveGraph
+  module StringParsers
+    # Filtering relationships with length
+    class RelationParser < ::Parslet::Parser
+      rule(:asterix)   { str('*') }
+      rule(:digit)     { match('[\d]').repeat }
+      rule(:range)     { str('..') }
+      rule(:dot)       { str('.') }
+      rule(:zero)      { str('0') }
+      rule(:length_1)  { zero.as(:min) >> range >> digit.maybe.as(:max) }
+      rule(:length_2)  { digit.maybe.as(:max) }
+      rule(:length)    { asterix >> (length_1 | length_2) }
+      rule(:rel)       { match('[a-z,_]').repeat.as(:rel_name) }
+      rule(:key)       { rel >> length.maybe.as(:length_part) }
+      rule(:anything)  { match('.').repeat }
+      rule(:root) { key >> dot.maybe >> anything.maybe.as(:rest_str) }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/e2e/association_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/e2e/association_proxy_spec.rb
index 9424e7c88..07d81b947 100644
--- a/spec/e2e/association_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/e2e/association_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -356,17 +356,26 @@ def deep_traversal(person)
       let(:friend1) { Person.create(name: 'f-1', knows: friend2) }
       let(:friend2) { Person.create(name: 'f-2', knows: friend3) }
       let(:friend3) { Person.create(name: 'f-3') }
-      let(:billy_comment) { Comment.create(text: 'test-comment', owner: node) }
-      let(:comment) { Comment.create(text: 'test-comment', owner: friend1) }
+      let(:billy_comment) { Comment.create(text: 'billy-comment', owner: node) }
+      let(:comment) { Comment.create(text: 'f-1-comment', owner: friend1) }
 
       before { Post.create(name: 'Post-1', owner: node, comments: [comment, billy_comment]) }
 
+      it 'Raises error if attempting to eager load more than one zero length paths' do
+        expect { Person.all.with_associations(['knows*0..','comments.owner.knows*0..']) }.to raise_error(RuntimeError, /Can not eager load more than one zero length path./)
+      end
+
       it 'Should allow for string parameter with variable length relationship notation' do
         expect_queries(1) do
           Post.comments.with_associations(owner: 'knows*').map(&:owner).each(&method(:deep_traversal))
         end
       end
 
+      it 'Should allow for zero length paths' do
+        expect_queries(1) do
+          Post.comments.with_associations(owner: 'knows*0..', ).map(&:owner).each(&method(:deep_traversal))
+        end
+      end
 
       it 'allows on demand retrieval beyond eagerly fetched associations' do
         expect(Post.owner.with_associations('knows*2')[0].knows[0].knows[0].knows[0].name).to eq 'f-3'