diff --git a/datafiles/managers.py b/datafiles/managers.py
index ff42ced6..db589ac6 100644
--- a/datafiles/managers.py
+++ b/datafiles/managers.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def load(self, *, first_load=False) -> None:
             log.debug(f"Converting '{name}' data with {converter}")
 
             if getattr(converter, 'DATACLASS', None):
-                self._set_dataclass_value(data, name, converter, first_load)
+                self._set_dataclass_value(data, name, converter)
             else:
                 self._set_attribute_value(data, name, converter, first_load)
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def load(self, *, first_load=False) -> None:
 
         self.modified = False
 
-    def _set_dataclass_value(self, data, name, converter, first_load):
+    def _set_dataclass_value(self, data, name, converter):
         # TODO: Support nesting unlimited levels
         # https://github.com/jacebrowning/datafiles/issues/22
         nested_data = data.get(name)
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ def _set_dataclass_value(self, data, name, converter, first_load):
                 if field.name not in nested_data:  # type: ignore
                     nested_data[field.name] = None  # type: ignore
             dataclass = converter.to_python_value(nested_data, target=dataclass)
-        elif first_load:
-            return
 
         # TODO: Figure out why datafile wasn't set
         if not hasattr(dataclass, 'datafile'):
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 8453400a..31a14382 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# Overview
-
 Datafiles is a bidirectional serialization library for Python [dataclasses](https://docs.python.org/3/library/dataclasses.html) that automatically synchronizes object instances to the filesystem using type annotations. It supports a variety of file formats with round-trip preservation of formatting and comments, where possible.
 
 # Installation
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dfad6f0d..ab735cab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 
 name = "datafiles"
-version = "0.1a8"
+version = "0.1a9"
 description = "File-based ORM for dataclasses."
 authors = ["Jace Browning <jacebrowning@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"