diff --git a/src/indexing.jl b/src/indexing.jl
index a0ee12b..95956ea 100644
--- a/src/indexing.jl
+++ b/src/indexing.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 nodeselect(ns, i, I...) = ns[i][I...]
+nodeselect(ns::Tuple, i, I...) = i == 1 ? first(ns)[I...] : nodeselect(Base.tail(ns), i - 1, I...)
+nodeselect(ns::Tuple{}, i, I...) = throw(BoundsError(ns, i))
 nodechild(ns, i, j) = ns[i].nodes[j]
 
 function bisect_search(a, i)
diff --git a/test/tuple_nodes.jl b/test/tuple_nodes.jl
index 6b345d0..a23d788 100644
--- a/test/tuple_nodes.jl
+++ b/test/tuple_nodes.jl
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ scenario = construct(Scenario, (deepcopy(community),))
 
 @inferred getindex(organ1, 1)
 @inferred getindex(plant1, 3)
-@test_broken @inferred getindex(community, 4)
-@test_broken @inferred getindex(scenario, 8)
+@inferred getindex(community, 4)
+@inferred getindex(scenario, 8)
 
 @test scenario[1] == 1.1
 @test scenario[2] == 2.1