diff --git a/pkg/codec/by_item_type_modifier.go b/pkg/codec/by_item_type_modifier.go
index 5c10df51e..e2c2522f3 100644
--- a/pkg/codec/by_item_type_modifier.go
+++ b/pkg/codec/by_item_type_modifier.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ func (b *byItemTypeModifier) RetypeToOffChain(onChainType reflect.Type, itemType
 	if b.enableNesting {
 		head, tail = ItemTyper(itemType).Next()
 	}
-	log.Println("byItemTypeModifier", "RetypeToOffChain", onChainType, head, ":", tail)
 
 	mod, ok := b.modByitemType[head]
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/pkg/codec/hard_coder.go b/pkg/codec/hard_coder.go
index 291f110fb..f59096961 100644
--- a/pkg/codec/hard_coder.go
+++ b/pkg/codec/hard_coder.go
@@ -82,10 +82,20 @@ func verifyHardCodeKeys(values map[string]any) error {
 }
 
 func (o *onChainHardCoder) TransformToOnChain(offChainValue any, itemType string) (any, error) {
+	// set itemType to an ignore value if path traversal is not enabled
+	if !o.modifierBase.enablePathTraverse {
+		itemType = ""
+	}
+
 	return transformWithMaps(offChainValue, o.offToOnChainTyper, itemType, o.onChain, hardCode, o.hooks...)
 }
 
 func (o *onChainHardCoder) TransformToOffChain(onChainValue any, itemType string) (any, error) {
+	// set itemType to an ignore value if path traversal is not enabled
+	if !o.modifierBase.enablePathTraverse {
+		itemType = ""
+	}
+
 	allHooks := make([]mapstructure.DecodeHookFunc, len(o.hooks)+1)
 	copy(allHooks, o.hooks)
 	allHooks[len(o.hooks)] = hardCodeManyHook
diff --git a/pkg/codec/modifier_base.go b/pkg/codec/modifier_base.go
index a3c48a8c3..a269a6e00 100644
--- a/pkg/codec/modifier_base.go
+++ b/pkg/codec/modifier_base.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type modifierBase[T any] struct {
+	enablePathTraverse  bool
 	fields              map[string]T
 	onToOffChainType    map[reflect.Type]reflect.Type
 	offToOnChainType    map[reflect.Type]reflect.Type
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ func (m *modifierBase[T]) RetypeToOffChain(onChainType reflect.Type, itemType st
 		}
 	}()
 
+	// path traverse allows an item type of Struct.FieldA.NestedField to isolate modifiers
+	// associated with the nested field `NestedField`.
+	if !m.enablePathTraverse {
+		itemType = ""
+	}
+
 	// if itemType is empty, store the type mappings
 	// if itemType is not empty, assume a sub-field property is expected to be extracted
 	onChainStructType := onChainType
diff --git a/pkg/codec/renamer.go b/pkg/codec/renamer.go
index 51b4e8f63..0a47d9c81 100644
--- a/pkg/codec/renamer.go
+++ b/pkg/codec/renamer.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ type renamer struct {
 }
 
 func (r *renamer) TransformToOffChain(onChainValue any, itemType string) (any, error) {
+	// set itemType to an ignore value if path traversal is not enabled
+	if !r.modifierBase.enablePathTraverse {
+		itemType = ""
+	}
+
 	// itemType references the on-chain type
 	// remap to the off-chain field name
 	if itemType != "" {
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ func (r *renamer) TransformToOffChain(onChainValue any, itemType string) (any, e
 }
 
 func (r *renamer) TransformToOnChain(offChainValue any, itemType string) (any, error) {
+	// set itemType to an ignore value if path traversal is not enabled
+	if !r.modifierBase.enablePathTraverse {
+		itemType = ""
+	}
+
 	if itemType != "" {
 		var ref string