diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c11fb4b5..21604ddb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ Using [winget](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/)
 winget install --id MikeFarah.yq
 ```
 
-### Mac:
+### MacPorts:
 Using [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/)
 ```
 sudo port selfupdate
@@ -324,6 +324,14 @@ Flox can be used to install yq on Linux, MacOS, and Windows through WSL.
 flox install yq
 ```
 
+
+### MacOS / Linux via gah:
+Using [gah](https://github.com/marverix/gah)
+
+```
+gah install yq
+```
+
 ## Features
 - [Detailed documentation with many examples](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/)
 - Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_test.go
index d71e8e8c..1307c4fe 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ func processFormatScenario(s formatScenario, decoder Decoder, encoder Encoder) (
 	}
 
 	exp, err := getExpressionParser().ParseExpression(expression)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -65,12 +64,10 @@ func processFormatScenario(s formatScenario, decoder Decoder, encoder Encoder) (
 }
 
 func mustProcessFormatScenario(s formatScenario, decoder Decoder, encoder Encoder) string {
-
 	result, err := processFormatScenario(s, decoder, encoder)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Bad scenario %v: %w", s.description, err)
 		return fmt.Sprintf("Bad scenario %v: %v", s.description, err.Error())
 	}
 	return result
-
 }
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
index d67047b8..a4dba948 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_toml.go
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) createArray(tomlNode *toml.Node) (*CandidateNode, error)
 		Tag:     "!!seq",
 		Content: content,
 	}, nil
-
 }
 
 func (dec *tomlDecoder) createStringScalar(tomlNode *toml.Node) (*CandidateNode, error) {
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) decodeNode(tomlNode *toml.Node) (*CandidateNode, error)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported type %v", tomlNode.Kind)
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (dec *tomlDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
@@ -200,7 +198,7 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
 	//
 	// toml library likes to panic
 	var deferredError error
-	defer func() { //catch or finally
+	defer func() { // catch or finally
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			var ok bool
 			deferredError, ok = r.(error)
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
 	}()
 
 	log.Debug("ok here we go")
-	var runAgainstCurrentExp = false
+	runAgainstCurrentExp := false
 	var err error
 	for runAgainstCurrentExp || dec.parser.NextExpression() {
 
@@ -242,7 +240,6 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {
 	}
 
 	return dec.rootMap, deferredError
-
 }
 
 func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTopLevelNode(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
@@ -282,13 +279,13 @@ func (dec *tomlDecoder) processTable(currentNode *toml.Node) (bool, error) {
 		tableValue = dec.parser.Expression()
 		// next expression is not table data, so we are done
 		if tableValue.Kind != toml.KeyValue {
-			log.Debug("got an empty table, returning")
-			return true, nil
-		}
-
-		runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			return false, err
+			log.Debug("got an empty table")
+			runAgainstCurrentExp = true
+		} else {
+			runAgainstCurrentExp, err = dec.decodeKeyValuesIntoMap(tableNodeValue, tableValue)
+			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				return false, err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
index 60eb4c83..82c82f13 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/toml_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ street = "first street"
 [owner]
 name = "Tom Preston-Werner"
 `
+
 var expectedTableArrayBeforeOwners = `owner:
   addresses:
     - street: first street
@@ -67,6 +68,29 @@ var emptyTable = `
 
 var emptyTableExpected = "dependencies: {}\n"
 
+var multipleEmptyTables = `
+[firstEmptyTable]
+[firstTableWithContent]
+key = "value"
+[secondEmptyTable]
+[thirdEmptyTable]
+[secondTableWithContent]
+key = "value"
+[fourthEmptyTable]
+[fifthEmptyTable]
+`
+
+var expectedMultipleEmptyTables = `firstEmptyTable: {}
+firstTableWithContent:
+  key: value
+secondEmptyTable: {}
+thirdEmptyTable: {}
+secondTableWithContent:
+  key: value
+fourthEmptyTable: {}
+fifthEmptyTable: {}
+`
+
 var sampleWithHeader = `
 [servers]
 
@@ -238,6 +262,13 @@ var tomlScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:     expectedSampleWithHeader,
 		scenarioType: "decode",
 	},
+	{
+		description:  "Parse: multiple empty tables",
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		input:        multipleEmptyTables,
+		expected:     expectedMultipleEmptyTables,
+		scenarioType: "decode",
+	},
 }
 
 func testTomlScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {