diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5ec2c0b..dfe8065 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
-        "illuminate/database": "^9.0||^8.0||^10.0||^11.0"
+        "illuminate/database": "^9.0||^8.0||^10.0||^11.0||^12.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "jenssegers/mongodb": "Use QueryBuilderParser with MongoDB"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5||^8.5||^7.0||^10.5",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5||^8.5||^7.0||^10.5||^11.0||^12.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.3.1||^0.9.4"
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/QueryBuilderParser/QueryBuilderParser.php b/src/QueryBuilderParser/QueryBuilderParser.php
index f7e30de..93ab460 100644
--- a/src/QueryBuilderParser/QueryBuilderParser.php
+++ b/src/QueryBuilderParser/QueryBuilderParser.php
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ protected function loopThroughRules(array $rules, EloquentBuilder|Builder $query
             /*
              * If makeQuery does not see the correct fields, it will return the QueryBuilder without modifications
              */
-            $querybuilder = $this->makeQuery($querybuilder, $rule, $queryCondition);
-
-            if ($this->isNested($rule)) {
-                $querybuilder = $this->createNestedQuery($querybuilder, $rule, $queryCondition);
-            }
+			if ($this->isNested($rule)) {
+				$querybuilder = $this->createNestedQuery($querybuilder, $rule, $queryCondition);
+			} else {
+				$querybuilder = $this->makeQuery($querybuilder, $rule, $queryCondition);
+			}
         }
 
         return $querybuilder;
diff --git a/tests/CommonQueryBuilderTests.php b/tests/CommonQueryBuilderTests.php
index 1b5eef0..75ae3b2 100644
--- a/tests/CommonQueryBuilderTests.php
+++ b/tests/CommonQueryBuilderTests.php
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ protected function getParserUnderTest($fields = null)
     protected function createQueryBuilder()
     {
         $pdo = new \PDO('sqlite::memory:');
-        $builder = new Builder(new Connection($pdo), new MySQLGrammar(), new MySQLProcessor());
-
-        return $builder;
+		$connection = new Connection($pdo);
+		
+        return new Builder($connection, new MySQLGrammar($connection), new MySQLProcessor());
     }
 
     protected function makeJSONForInNotInTest($operator = 'in')