diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index d7c4f5f..260c068 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ jobs:
   Test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4
+      max-parallel: 5
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 ]
+        python-version: [ "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11" ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73853c2..2089838 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ djangorestframework==3.12.1
 entrypoints==0.3
 flake8==3.7.7
 mccabe==0.6.1
-mypy==0.910
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 pycodestyle==2.5.0
 pyflakes==2.1.1
 pytz==2019.1
 sqlparse==0.3.0
 toml==0.10.0
-typed-ast==1.4.3
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.0
diff --git a/rest_flex_fields/filter_backends.py b/rest_flex_fields/filter_backends.py
index 63e3402..ca4fd93 100644
--- a/rest_flex_fields/filter_backends.py
+++ b/rest_flex_fields/filter_backends.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import itertools
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 
+from rest_flex_fields.utils import get_model_from_dot_path
 from rest_flex_fields import (
     FIELDS_PARAM,
     EXPAND_PARAM,
@@ -47,10 +50,20 @@ def _get_expandable_fields(serializer_class: FlexFieldsModelSerializer) -> list:
         expand_list = []
         while expandable_fields:
             key, cls = expandable_fields.pop()
-            cls = cls[0] if hasattr(cls, '__iter__') else cls
+            cls = cls[0] if isinstance(cls, Sequence) else cls
 
+            try:
+                cls = get_model_from_dot_path(cls) if isinstance(cls, str) else cls
+            except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+                pass
+
+            skip_next_level = key.rsplit('.', 1)[-1] in list(itertools.chain.from_iterable([i.split('.') for i in expand_list]))
             expand_list.append(key)
 
+            # Skip node, already visited
+            if skip_next_level:
+                continue
+
             if hasattr(cls, "Meta") and issubclass(cls, FlexFieldsSerializerMixin) and hasattr(cls.Meta, "expandable_fields"):
                 next_layer = getattr(cls.Meta, 'expandable_fields')
                 expandable_fields.extend([(f"{key}.{k}", cls) for k, cls in list(next_layer.items())])
@@ -227,13 +240,19 @@ def filter_queryset(
 
             queryset = queryset.prefetch_related(*(
                 model_field.name for model_field in nested_model_fields if
-                (model_field.is_relation and not model_field.many_to_one) or
-                (model_field.is_relation and model_field.many_to_one and not model_field.concrete)  # Include GenericForeignKey)
+                (
+                    (model_field.is_relation and not model_field.many_to_one) or
+                    (model_field.is_relation and model_field.many_to_one and not model_field.concrete)  # Include GenericForeignKey)
+                ) and
+                    (model_field.name not in self._get_prefetches_ignores())
                 )
             )
 
         return queryset
 
+    def _get_prefetches_ignores(self):
+        return []
+
     @staticmethod
     @lru_cache()
     def _get_field(field_name: str, model: models.Model) -> Optional[models.Field]:
diff --git a/rest_flex_fields/utils.py b/rest_flex_fields/utils.py
index 3f2c49a..c4af147 100644
--- a/rest_flex_fields/utils.py
+++ b/rest_flex_fields/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+import logging
+import importlib
 from collections.abc import Iterable
+from django.db.models import Model
+from typing import Optional
 
 from rest_flex_fields import EXPAND_PARAM, FIELDS_PARAM, OMIT_PARAM, WILDCARD_VALUES
 
@@ -72,3 +76,12 @@ def split_levels(fields):
 
     first_level_fields = list(set(first_level_fields))
     return first_level_fields, next_level_fields
+
+
+def get_model_from_dot_path(dot_path: str) -> Optional[Model]:
+    """Given a dot path such as 'testapp.models.Person', return the model class."""
+    module_path, attribute_name = dot_path.rsplit('.', 1)
+    module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
+    model = getattr(module, attribute_name)
+
+    return model
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