diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 2979906..a5baa9e 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # This configuration was generated by
 # `rubocop --auto-gen-config`
-# on 2017-05-03 18:43:13 +0300 using RuboCop version 0.48.1.
+# on 2017-05-29 13:33:52 +0300 using RuboCop version 0.49.0.
 # The point is for the user to remove these configuration records
 # one by one as the offenses are removed from the code base.
 # Note that changes in the inspected code, or installation of new
 # versions of RuboCop, may require this file to be generated again.
 
+# Offense count: 4
+# Cop supports --auto-correct.
+# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
+# SupportedStyles: auto_detection, squiggly, active_support, powerpack, unindent
+Layout/IndentHeredoc:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'spec/template_processor_spec.rb'
+
 # Offense count: 2
 Metrics/AbcSize:
   Max: 54
@@ -13,18 +21,18 @@ Metrics/AbcSize:
 # Offense count: 5
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, ExcludedMethods.
 Metrics/BlockLength:
-  Max: 177
+  Max: 191
 
-# Offense count: 23
+# Offense count: 26
 # Configuration parameters: AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, IgnoreCopDirectives, IgnoredPatterns.
 # URISchemes: http, https
 Metrics/LineLength:
-  Max: 255
+  Max: 211
 
 # Offense count: 2
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments.
 Metrics/MethodLength:
-  Max: 35
+  Max: 38
 
 # Offense count: 3
 Style/Documentation:
@@ -34,11 +42,3 @@ Style/Documentation:
     - 'lib/docx_templater.rb'
     - 'lib/docx_templater/docx_creator.rb'
     - 'lib/docx_templater/template_processor.rb'
-
-# Offense count: 4
-# Cop supports --auto-correct.
-# Configuration parameters: EnforcedStyle, SupportedStyles.
-# SupportedStyles: auto_detection, squiggly, active_support, powerpack, unindent
-Style/IndentHeredoc:
-  Exclude:
-    - 'spec/template_processor_spec.rb'
diff --git a/lib/docx_templater/docx_creator.rb b/lib/docx_templater/docx_creator.rb
index c4e4c9a..606cbd0 100644
--- a/lib/docx_templater/docx_creator.rb
+++ b/lib/docx_templater/docx_creator.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ module DocxTemplater
   class DocxCreator
     attr_reader :template_path, :template_processor
 
-    def initialize(template_path, data, escape_html = true)
+    def initialize(template_path, data, escape_html = true, skip_unmatched: false)
       @template_path = template_path
-      @template_processor = TemplateProcessor.new(data, escape_html)
+      @template_processor = TemplateProcessor.new(data, escape_html, skip_unmatched: skip_unmatched)
     end
 
     def generate_docx_file(file_name = "output_#{Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M')}.docx")
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def generate_docx_bytes
         Zip::File.open(template_path).each do |entry|
           entry_name = entry.name
           out.put_next_entry(entry_name)
-          out.write(copy_or_template(entry_name, entry.get_input_stream.read))
+          unless entry.directory?
+            out.write(copy_or_template(entry_name, entry.get_input_stream.read))
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/docx_templater/template_processor.rb b/lib/docx_templater/template_processor.rb
index ae12348..c27e56d 100644
--- a/lib/docx_templater/template_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/docx_templater/template_processor.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 module DocxTemplater
   class TemplateProcessor
-    attr_reader :data, :escape_html
+    attr_reader :data, :escape_html, :skip_unmatched
 
     # data is expected to be a hash of symbols => string or arrays of hashes.
-    def initialize(data, escape_html = true)
+    def initialize(data, escape_html = true, skip_unmatched: false)
       @data = data
       @escape_html = escape_html
+      @skip_unmatched = skip_unmatched
     end
 
     def render(document)
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ def render(document)
       data.each do |key, value|
         case value
         when Array
-          document = enter_multiple_values(document, key)
+          document = enter_multiple_values(document, key, data[key])
           document.gsub!("#SUM:#{key.to_s.upcase}#", value.count.to_s)
         when TrueClass, FalseClass
           if value
@@ -40,10 +41,8 @@ def safe(text)
       end
     end
 
-    def enter_multiple_values(document, key)
-      DocxTemplater.log("enter_multiple_values for: #{key}")
-      # TODO: ideally we would not re-parse xml doc every time
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(document)
+    def enter_multiple_values xml, key, values
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(xml)
 
       begin_row = "#BEGIN_ROW:#{key.to_s.upcase}#"
       end_row = "#END_ROW:#{key.to_s.upcase}#"
@@ -51,7 +50,10 @@ def enter_multiple_values(document, key)
       end_row_template = xml.xpath("//w:tr[contains(., '#{end_row}')]", xml.root.namespaces).first
       DocxTemplater.log("begin_row_template: #{begin_row_template}")
       DocxTemplater.log("end_row_template: #{end_row_template}")
-      raise "unmatched template markers: #{begin_row} nil: #{begin_row_template.nil?}, #{end_row} nil: #{end_row_template.nil?}. This could be because word broke up tags with it's own xml entries. See README." unless begin_row_template && end_row_template
+      unless begin_row_template && end_row_template
+        return as_result(xml) if @skip_unmatched
+        raise "unmatched template markers: #{begin_row} nil: #{begin_row_template.nil?}, #{end_row} nil: #{end_row_template.nil?}. This could be because word broke up tags with it's own xml entries. See README."
+      end
 
       row_templates = []
       row = begin_row_template.next_sibling
@@ -62,11 +64,26 @@ def enter_multiple_values(document, key)
       DocxTemplater.log("row_templates: (#{row_templates.count}) #{row_templates.map(&:to_s).inspect}")
 
       # for each data, reversed so they come out in the right order
-      data[key].reverse_each do |each_data|
-        DocxTemplater.log("each_data: #{each_data.inspect}")
+      values.reverse_each do |data|
+        DocxTemplater.log("each_data: #{data.inspect}")
+        rt = row_templates.map(&:dup)
+
+        each_data = {}
+        data.each do |k, v|
+          if v.is_a?(Array)
+            doc = Nokogiri::XML::Document.new
+            root = doc.create_element 'pseudo_root', xml.root.namespaces
+            root.inner_html = rt.reverse.map{|x| x.to_xml}.join
+            q = enter_multiple_values root.to_xml, k, v
+            rt = xml.parse(q).reverse
+          else
+            each_data[k] = v
+          end
+        end
+
 
         # dup so we have new nodes to append
-        row_templates.map(&:dup).each do |new_row|
+        rt.map(&:dup).each do |new_row|
           DocxTemplater.log("   new_row: #{new_row}")
           innards = new_row.inner_html
           matches = innards.scan(/\$EACH:([^\$]+)\$/)
@@ -80,12 +97,20 @@ def enter_multiple_values(document, key)
           # change all the internals of the new node, even if we did not template
           new_row.inner_html = innards
           # DocxTemplater::log("new_row new innards: #{new_row.inner_html}")
-
           begin_row_template.add_next_sibling(new_row)
         end
       end
       (row_templates + [begin_row_template, end_row_template]).each(&:unlink)
-      xml.to_s
+      as_result xml
+    end
+
+    def as_result xml
+      if xml.root.name == 'pseudo_root'
+        xml.root.inner_html
+      else
+        xml.to_s
+      end
     end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/template_processor_spec.rb b/spec/template_processor_spec.rb
index ed20170..b708d3b 100644
--- a/spec/template_processor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/template_processor_spec.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ module TestData
         expect(out).to include('23rd <p>&amp;</p> #1 floor')
       end
     end
+    context 'when unmatched array' do
+      let(:unmatched_data) do
+        data.merge(unmatched_array: ['Some data'])
+      end
+
+      it 'raised' do
+        parser = DocxTemplater::TemplateProcessor.new(unmatched_data)
+        expect { parser.render(xml) }.to raise_error
+      end
+
+      it 'skipped' do
+        parser = DocxTemplater::TemplateProcessor.new(unmatched_data, skip_unmatched: true)
+        out = parser.render(xml)
+        expect(Nokogiri::XML.parse(out)).to be_xml
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'unmatched begin and end row templates' do