diff --git a/lib/rabl-rails/compiler.rb b/lib/rabl-rails/compiler.rb
index 707a279..8b498ae 100644
--- a/lib/rabl-rails/compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/rabl-rails/compiler.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module RablRails
       name = options[:root] if options.has_key? :root
       if options[:partial]
         template = Library.instance.compile_template_from_path(options[:partial])
-        @template[name] = template.merge!(:_data => data)
+        @template[name] = template.merge(:_data => data)
       elsif block_given?
         @template[name] = sub_compile(data) { yield }
       end
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ module RablRails
       @template = old_template
     end
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/rabl-rails/library.rb b/lib/rabl-rails/library.rb
index a421416..057ec87 100644
--- a/lib/rabl-rails/library.rb
+++ b/lib/rabl-rails/library.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ module RablRails
       compile_template_from_source(t.source, path)
     end
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/rabl-rails/renderers/base.rb b/lib/rabl-rails/renderers/base.rb
index 64b45ee..45b28c9 100644
--- a/lib/rabl-rails/renderers/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rabl-rails/renderers/base.rb
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ module RablRails
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/rabl-rails/template.rb b/lib/rabl-rails/template.rb
index 403b701..62d337c 100644
--- a/lib/rabl-rails/template.rb
+++ b/lib/rabl-rails/template.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module RablRails
   class CompiledTemplate
     attr_accessor :source, :data, :root_name
 
-    delegate :[], :[]=, :merge!, :to => :source
+    delegate :[], :[]=, :merge!, :merge, :to => :source
 
     def initialize
       @source = {}
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/compiler_test.rb b/test/compiler_test.rb
index 0f80af1..5a9cde5 100644
--- a/test/compiler_test.rb
+++ b/test/compiler_test.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class CompilerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     t = @compiler.compile_source(%{child(:user, :partial => 'users/base') })
     assert_equal( {:user => { :_data => :user, :id => :id } }, t.source)
+    assert_equal( {:id => :id}, mock_template.source)
   end
 
   test "glue is compiled as a child but with anonymous name" do
@@ -188,4 +189,4 @@ class CompilerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal [:users, :users], @compiler.send(:extract_data_and_name, :users)
     assert_equal [:@users, :authors], @compiler.send(:extract_data_and_name, :@users => :authors)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end