diff --git a/enro-core/src/main/java/dev/enro/core/container/DefaultContainerExecutor.kt b/enro-core/src/main/java/dev/enro/core/container/DefaultContainerExecutor.kt
index 0f033be1..03fd027a 100644
--- a/enro-core/src/main/java/dev/enro/core/container/DefaultContainerExecutor.kt
+++ b/enro-core/src/main/java/dev/enro/core/container/DefaultContainerExecutor.kt
@@ -121,17 +121,22 @@ internal object DefaultContainerExecutor : NavigationExecutor<Any, Any, Navigati
  * be the active container for this container manager, and the next result will be the active container for that container manager,
  * and so on. This method also takes an "exclude" parameter, which will exclude any containers with the given keys from the results,
  * including their children.
+ *
+ * This will always include the active child of the navigation container that this was invoked on, regardless of whether the
+ * key of that container is in the exclude set or not.
  */
 private fun NavigationContainerManager.getActiveChildContainers(
     exclude: Set<String>,
 ): List<NavigationContainer> {
-    var activeContainer = activeContainer
     val result = mutableListOf<NavigationContainer>()
+    activeContainer?.let { result.add(it) }
+
+    var activeContainer = activeContainer?.childContext?.containerManager?.activeContainer
     while (activeContainer != null) {
+        result.add(activeContainer)
         if (exclude.contains(activeContainer.key.name)) {
             break
         }
-        result.add(activeContainer)
         activeContainer = activeContainer.childContext?.containerManager?.activeContainer
     }
     return result