diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e32eb34..a70e650 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ checksum = "1462739cb27611015575c0c11df5df7601141071f07518d56fcc1be504cbec97"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "closure2wbs"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa28f67..8d7bcd4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "closure2wbs"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "A cli tool to convert closure tables to a WBS representation."
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a11732..4b0fd1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ Prepare a json file like following:
 	{
 		"ancestor": "A",
 		"descendant": "C",
+		"depth": 1
+	},
+	{
+		"ancestor": "A",
+		"descendant": "D",
+		"depth": 2
+	},
+	{
+		"ancestor": "A",
+		"descendant": "E",
 		"depth": 2
 	},
 	{
@@ -59,7 +69,12 @@ Prepare a json file like following:
 	},
 	{
 		"ancestor": "B",
-		"descendant": "C",
+		"descendant": "D",
+		"depth": 1
+	},
+	{
+		"ancestor": "B",
+		"descendant": "E",
 		"depth": 1
 	},
 	{
@@ -82,7 +97,9 @@ closure2wbs --input input.json --output out.puml --format plantuml
 @startwbs
 * A
 ** B
-*** C
+*** D
+*** E
+** C
 @endwbs
 ```
 
@@ -95,6 +112,7 @@ closure2wbs --input input.json --output out.mmd --format mermaid
 ```mermaid
 flowchart TD
 A --> B
+B --> D
+B --> E
 A --> C
-B --> C
 ```
diff --git a/examples/mermaid/output.mmd b/examples/mermaid/output.mmd
index 39e55c2..973960c 100644
--- a/examples/mermaid/output.mmd
+++ b/examples/mermaid/output.mmd
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 flowchart TD
 A --> B
 B --> C
-B --> D
-B --> E
 C --> F
 C --> G
+B --> D
 D --> H
+B --> E
 E --> I
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8228af1..3844d9c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fn retrieve_root_node(json: Vec<serde_json::Value>) -> String {
 }
 
 // Recursively generates the WBS string from the JSON. The level is used to determine the number of asterisks to prepend to the node (used for printing the PlantUML WBS).
-fn closure_children_to_wbs_string(
+fn closure_children_to_plantuml_string(
     json: Vec<serde_json::Value>,
     current: String,
     level: i32,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ fn closure_children_to_wbs_string(
 
     // Recursively call the function for each direct child.
     for child in children {
-        wbs_string.push_str(&closure_children_to_wbs_string(
+        wbs_string.push_str(&closure_children_to_plantuml_string(
             json.clone(),
             child,
             level + 1,
@@ -104,13 +104,43 @@ fn closure_children_to_wbs_string(
     wbs_string.to_string()
 }
 
+fn closure_children_to_mermaid_string(json: Vec<serde_json::Value>, current: String) -> String {
+    let mut mermaid_string: String = String::new();
+
+    let mut children: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+    // Find all direct children of the current node.
+    for record in json.clone() {
+        let closure_record: ClosureRecord =
+            serde_json::from_value(record).expect("Unable to deserialize");
+        if closure_record.ancestor == current
+            && closure_record.descendant != current
+            && closure_record.depth == 1
+        {
+            children.push(closure_record.descendant);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Recursively call the function for each direct child.
+    for child in children {
+        mermaid_string.push_str(&format!("{} --> {}\n", current, child));
+        mermaid_string.push_str(&closure_children_to_mermaid_string(json.clone(), child));
+    }
+
+    mermaid_string.to_string()
+}
+
 // Converts the JSON to a PlantUML WBS string.
 fn json_to_plantuml_wbs(json: Vec<serde_json::Value>) -> String {
     let mut plantuml = String::from("@startwbs\n");
 
     // Starting from the root node, recursively generate the WBS string.
     let root_node = retrieve_root_node(json.clone());
-    plantuml.push_str(&closure_children_to_wbs_string(json.clone(), root_node, 1));
+    plantuml.push_str(&closure_children_to_plantuml_string(
+        json.clone(),
+        root_node,
+        1,
+    ));
 
     plantuml.push_str("@endwbs\n");
     plantuml
@@ -119,17 +149,9 @@ fn json_to_plantuml_wbs(json: Vec<serde_json::Value>) -> String {
 fn json_to_mermaid_wbs(json: Vec<serde_json::Value>) -> String {
     let mut mermaid = String::from("flowchart TD\n");
 
-    for record in json {
-        let closure_record: ClosureRecord =
-            serde_json::from_value(record).expect("Unable to deserialize");
-        if closure_record.ancestor == closure_record.descendant {
-            continue;
-        }
-        mermaid.push_str(&format!(
-            "{} --> {}\n",
-            closure_record.ancestor, closure_record.descendant
-        ));
-    }
+    // Starting from the root node, recursively generate the WBS string.
+    let root_node = retrieve_root_node(json.clone());
+    mermaid.push_str(&closure_children_to_mermaid_string(json.clone(), root_node));
 
     mermaid
 }