diff --git a/example/filesystem/templates.tmpl b/example/filesystem/templates.tmpl
index 884e879..be04f66 100644
--- a/example/filesystem/templates.tmpl
+++ b/example/filesystem/templates.tmpl
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     gotemplating.fn.crossplane.io/composition-resource-name: test-user-{{ $i }}
   labels:
     testing.upbound.io/example-name: test-user-{{ $i }}
-  {{ if or ( eq $.observed.resources nil ) ( eq ( index $.observed.resources ( print "test-user-" $i ) ) nil ) }}
-    dummy: {{ randomChoice "foo" "bar" "baz" }}
-  {{ else }}
-    dummy: {{ ( index $.observed.resources ( print "test-user-" $i ) ).resource.metadata.labels.dummy }}
-  {{ end }}
+    dummy: {{ dig "resources" (print "test-user-" $i) "resource" "metadata" "labels" "dummy" ( randomChoice "foo" "bar" "baz" ) $.observed }}
 spec:
   forProvider: {}
 ---
diff --git a/example/inline/composition.yaml b/example/inline/composition.yaml
index 11e52ea..c3bf663 100644
--- a/example/inline/composition.yaml
+++ b/example/inline/composition.yaml
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ spec:
                 {{ setResourceNameAnnotation (print "test-user-" $i) }}
               labels:
                 testing.upbound.io/example-name: test-user-{{ $i }}
-              {{ if or ( eq $.observed.resources nil ) ( eq ( index $.observed.resources ( print "test-user-" $i ) ) nil ) }}
-                dummy: {{ randomChoice "foo" "bar" "baz" }}
-              {{ else }}
-                dummy: {{ ( index $.observed.resources ( print "test-user-" $i ) ).resource.metadata.labels.dummy }}
-              {{ end }}
+                dummy: {{ dig "resources" (print "test-user-" $i) "resource" "metadata" "labels" "dummy" ( randomChoice "foo" "bar" "baz" ) $.observed }}            
             spec:
               forProvider: {}
             ---