diff --git a/tomelr.el b/tomelr.el
index 7007b25..916191a 100644
--- a/tomelr.el
+++ b/tomelr.el
@@ -283,24 +283,23 @@ Return nil if OBJECT cannot be encoded as a TOML string."
       ;; (message "[tomelr--print-stringlike DBG] %S is symbol, type = %S, depth = %d"
       ;;          object key-type tomelr--print-indentation-depth)
       (if (null (nth tomelr--print-indentation-depth tomelr--print-table-hierarchy))
-          (progn
-            (push str tomelr--print-table-hierarchy))
+          (setq tomelr--print-table-hierarchy
+                (append tomelr--print-table-hierarchy (list str)))
 
         ;; Throw away table keys collected at higher depths, if
         ;; any, from earlier runs of this function.
         (setq tomelr--print-table-hierarchy
-              (reverse (seq-take (reverse tomelr--print-table-hierarchy)
-                                 (1+ tomelr--print-indentation-depth))))
-        (setf (nth 0 tomelr--print-table-hierarchy) str))
+              (seq-take tomelr--print-table-hierarchy (1+ tomelr--print-indentation-depth)))
+        (setf (nth tomelr--print-indentation-depth tomelr--print-table-hierarchy) str))
       ;; (message "[tomelr--print-stringlike DBG] table hier: %S" tomelr--print-table-hierarchy)
       )
     (cond
      ;; TT keys
      ((equal key-type 'table-key)
-      (princ (format "[%s]" (string-join (reverse tomelr--print-table-hierarchy) "."))))
+      (princ (format "[%s]" (string-join tomelr--print-table-hierarchy "."))))
      ;; TTA keys
      ((equal key-type 'table-array-key)
-      (princ (format "[[%s]]" (string-join (reverse tomelr--print-table-hierarchy) "."))))
+      (princ (format "[[%s]]" (string-join tomelr--print-table-hierarchy "."))))
      ;; Normal keys (Alist and Plist keys)
      ((equal key-type 'normal-key)
       (princ str))
@@ -426,11 +425,11 @@ Definition of a TOML Table Array (TTA):
   ;; Throw away table keys collected at higher depths, if
   ;; any, from earlier runs of this function.
   (setq tomelr--print-table-hierarchy
-        (reverse (seq-take (reverse tomelr--print-table-hierarchy)
-                           (1+ tomelr--print-indentation-depth))))
+        (seq-take tomelr--print-table-hierarchy (1+ tomelr--print-indentation-depth)))
+
   (tomelr--print-indentation)
   (insert
-   (format "[[%s]]" (string-join (reverse tomelr--print-table-hierarchy) "."))))
+   (format "[[%s]]" (string-join tomelr--print-table-hierarchy "."))))
 
 (defun tomelr--print-array (array)
   "Insert a TOML representation of ARRAY at point."