diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 73f543c..9bb3c72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -121,17 +121,9 @@ jobs:
           [[ "${{ matrix.name }}" == windows-* ]] && ext=".exe"
           bin="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/yq${ext}"
           strip "$bin" || true
-
-          #version=$(cat VERSION)
           dst="yq-${{ matrix.target }}"
           mkdir "$dst"
-
-          mkdir -p "target/release"
-          cp "$bin" "target/release/" # workaround for cargo-deb silliness with targets
-
           cp "$bin" "$dst/"
-          #cp -r README.md LICENSE completions yq.1 "$dst/"
-          cp README.md LICENSE "$dst/"
 
       - name: Archive (tar)
         if: '! startsWith(matrix.name, ''windows-'')'
@@ -184,7 +176,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           generate_release_notes: true
-          #draft: true
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           files: |
             yq-*.tar.xz
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd003f6..db1f067 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.105"
+version = "1.0.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "693151e1ac27563d6dbcec9dee9fbd5da8539b20fa14ad3752b2e6d363ace360"
+checksum = "2cc66a619ed80bf7a0f6b17dd063a84b88f6dea1813737cf469aef1d081142c2"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c17e963a819c331dcacd7ab957d80bc2b9a9c1e71c804826d2f283dd65306542"
+checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.19.14"
+version = "0.19.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8123f27e969974a3dfba720fdb560be359f57b44302d280ba72e76a74480e8a"
+checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 901ab9c..7a5f113 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
 panic = "abort"
-strip = "symbols"
+#strip = "symbols"
 
 [package.metadata.binstall]
 pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/{ version }/yq-{ target }{ archive-suffix }"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90d744d..bc9714d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ cargo binstall whyq
 - arbitrary `jq` usage on yaml/toml input with same syntax (args passed along to `jq` with json converted input)
 - drop-in replacement to [python-yq](https://kislyuk.github.io/yq/) (e.g. provides: yq)
 - handles multidoc **yaml** input (vector of documents returned when multiple docs found)
+- handles [yaml merge keys](https://yaml.org/type/merge.html) and expands yaml tags (via `serde_yaml`)
 - handles **toml** input (from [Table](https://docs.rs/toml/latest/toml/#parsing-toml))
-- unpacks yaml tags (input is [singleton mapped](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map/index.html) [recursively](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map_recursive/index.html))
 - allows converting `jq` output to YAML (`-y`) or TOML (`-t`)
-- uses <1MB in your CI image
+- <1MB in binary size (for your small cloud CI images)
 
 ## YAML Input
 Use as [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/tutorial/) either via stdin:
@@ -129,4 +129,5 @@ If you pass on `-r` for raw output, then this will not be parseable as json.
 - Only YAML/TOML input/output is supported (no XML).
 - Shells out to `jq` (only supports what your jq version supports).
 - Does not provide rich `-h` or `--help` output (assumes you can use `jq --help` or `man jq`).
-- Does not preserve [YAML tags](https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html#id2764295) (input is [singleton mapped](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map/index.html) [recursively](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map_recursive/index.html)).
+- Does not preserve [YAML tags](https://yaml.org/spec/1.2-old/spec.html#id2764295) (input is [singleton mapped](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map/index.html) [recursively](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/with/singleton_map_recursive/index.html) and then [apply_merged](https://docs.rs/serde_yaml/latest/serde_yaml/value/enum.Value.html#method.apply_merge) before `jq`)
+- Does [not support duplicate keys](https://github.com/clux/whyq/issues/14) in the input document
diff --git a/test/circle.yml b/test/circle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f97557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/circle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+version: 2.1
+
+definitions:
+  steps:
+    - step: &build_binary
+        name: Build binary
+        command: chmod a+w . && cargo build --release
+    - step: &versions
+        name: Version information
+        command: rustc --version; cargo --version; rustup --version
+
+  filters:
+    on_tag: &on_tag
+      tags:
+        only: /v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*/
+      branches:
+        ignore: /.*/
+    on_every_commit: &on_every_commit
+      tags:
+        only: /.*/
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: clux/muslrust:stable
+    resource_class: xlarge
+    environment:
+      IMAGE_NAME: whyq
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: *versions
+      - run: *build_binary
+      - run: echo versions
+
+  release:
+    docker:
+      - image: clux/muslrust:stable
+    resource_class: xlarge
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: *versions
+      - run: *build_binary
+      - upload:
+          source: "target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/${IMAGE_NAME}"
+          binary_name: "${IMAGE_NAME}"
+          version: "${CIRCLE_TAG}"
+          arch: "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  my_flow:
+    jobs:
+      - build:
+          filters:
+            <<: *on_every_commit
+      - release:
+          filters:
+             <<: *on_tag
diff --git a/test/yq.test.bats b/test/yq.test.bats
index dc3e447..66f6217 100644
--- a/test/yq.test.bats
+++ b/test/yq.test.bats
@@ -56,4 +56,12 @@
 
   run yq -i=toml '.dependencies.clap.features' -c < Cargo.toml
   echo "$output" && echo "$output" | grep '["cargo","derive"]'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+@test "yaml_merge" {
+  run yq '.workflows.my_flow.jobs[0].build' -c < test/circle.yml
+  echo "$output" && echo "$output" | grep '{"filters":{"tags":{"only":"/.*/"}}}'
+
+  run yq '.jobs.build.steps[1].run.name' -r < test/circle.yml
+  echo "$output" && echo "$output" | grep "Version information"
+}
diff --git a/yq.rs b/yq.rs
index daf21f4..267cb4f 100644
--- a/yq.rs
+++ b/yq.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ impl Args {
 
         let mut docs: Vec<serde_json::Value> = vec![];
         for doc in yaml_de {
-            docs.push(singleton_map_recursive::deserialize(doc)?);
+            let json_value: serde_json::Value = {
+                let mut yaml_doc: serde_yaml::Value = singleton_map_recursive::deserialize(doc)?;
+                yaml_doc.apply_merge()?;
+                let yaml_ser = serde_yaml::to_string(&yaml_doc)?;
+                serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml_ser)?
+            };
+            docs.push(json_value);
         }
         debug!("found {} documents", docs.len());
         // if there is 1 or 0 documents, do not return as nested documents
@@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ impl Args {
                 Self::try_parse_from(["cmd", "-h"])?;
                 std::process::exit(2);
             }
-            let data = std::fs::read_to_string(f)?;
-            data
+            std::fs::read_to_string(f)?
         } else {
             Self::try_parse_from(["cmd", "-h"])?;
             std::process::exit(2);