diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa1466230..bf8854c48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Parsley is a fast and modern parser combinator library for Scala based loosely o
 Parsley is distributed on Maven Central, and can be added to your project via:
 
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.github.j-mie6" %% "parsley" % "4.1.3"
+libraryDependencies += "com.github.j-mie6" %% "parsley" % "4.1.5"
 ```
 
 Documentation can be found [**here**](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.github.j-mie6/parsley_2.13/latest/index.html)
diff --git a/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/internal/deepembedding/backend/SequenceEmbedding.scala b/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/internal/deepembedding/backend/SequenceEmbedding.scala
index 20692da88..affb5ef17 100644
--- a/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/internal/deepembedding/backend/SequenceEmbedding.scala
+++ b/parsley/shared/src/main/scala/parsley/internal/deepembedding/backend/SequenceEmbedding.scala
@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ private [deepembedding] final class Seq[A](private [backend] var before: DoublyL
                             this
                     }
             }
-        case r <** (p: Seq[_]) => mergeFromRight(p, chooseInto(r))
+        case r <** (p: Seq[_]) =>
+            assume(after.size == 1 && (after.head eq p), "after can only contain just p, which is going to get flattened, so it can be dropped")
+            after.clear()
+            mergeFromRight(p, chooseInto(r))
         // shift pure to the right by swapping before and after (before is empty linked list!)
         case (_: Pure[_]) <** _ =>
             assume(before.isEmpty, "empty can reuse before instead of allocating a new list because before is empty")