diff --git a/pkg/envoy/yaml/setting_unmarshal.go b/pkg/envoy/yaml/setting_unmarshal.go
index bff85a446..b1bb18a15 100644
--- a/pkg/envoy/yaml/setting_unmarshal.go
+++ b/pkg/envoy/yaml/setting_unmarshal.go
@@ -23,67 +23,28 @@ func (wset *settingSet) UnmarshalYAML(n *yaml.Node) error {
 
 		wrap.res = &types.SettingValue{}
 
-		switch v.Kind {
-		case yaml.MappingNode:
+		if y7s.IsKind(n, yaml.SequenceNode) {
+			if !y7s.IsKind(v, yaml.MappingNode) {
+				return y7s.NodeErr(n, "malformed setting definition: sequence of settings must be defined as maps")
+			}
+
 			if err = v.Decode(&wrap); err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-
-		default:
+		} else {
 			if err = y7s.DecodeScalar(k, "setting name", &wrap.res.Name); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if y7s.IsKind(v, yaml.SequenceNode) {
-				aux := make([]interface{}, 0, 10)
-
-				y7s.EachSeq(v, func(n *yaml.Node) error {
-					var vx interface{}
-					err := y7s.DecodeScalar(n, "setting value", &vx)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
-					aux = append(aux, vx)
-					return nil
-				})
-
-				m, err := json.Marshal(aux)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				wrap.res.Value = sqlt.JSONText(m)
-			} else if y7s.IsKind(v, yaml.MappingNode) {
-				aux := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-				y7s.EachMap(v, func(k, v *yaml.Node) error {
-					var vx interface{}
-					err := y7s.DecodeScalar(v, "setting value", &vx)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
-					aux[k.Value] = vx
-					return nil
-				})
-
-				m, err := json.Marshal(aux)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				wrap.res.Value = sqlt.JSONText(m)
-			} else {
-				var aux interface{}
-				err = y7s.DecodeScalar(v, "setting value", &aux)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				m, err := json.Marshal(aux)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				wrap.res.Value = sqlt.JSONText(m)
+			value, err := wrap.unmarshalSettingValue(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
+			m, err := json.Marshal(value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			wrap.res.Value = sqlt.JSONText(m)
 		}
 
 		*wset = append(*wset, wrap)
@@ -107,10 +68,11 @@ func (wrap *setting) UnmarshalYAML(n *yaml.Node) (err error) {
 
 		case "value":
 			var aux interface{}
-			err = y7s.DecodeScalar(v, "setting value", &aux)
+			aux, err = wrap.unmarshalSettingValue(v)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
 			m, err := json.Marshal(aux)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -140,6 +102,48 @@ func (wrap *setting) UnmarshalYAML(n *yaml.Node) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (wrap *setting) unmarshalSettingValue(n *yaml.Node) (v interface{}, err error) {
+	switch n.Kind {
+	case yaml.SequenceNode:
+		out := make([]interface{}, 0, 10)
+
+		err = y7s.EachSeq(n, func(n *yaml.Node) error {
+			aux, err := wrap.unmarshalSettingValue(n)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			out = append(out, aux)
+			return nil
+		})
+		return out, err
+
+	case yaml.MappingNode:
+		out := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+		err = y7s.EachMap(n, func(k, v *yaml.Node) error {
+			aux, err := wrap.unmarshalSettingValue(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			out[k.Value] = aux
+			return nil
+		})
+		return out, err
+
+	case yaml.ScalarNode:
+		var out interface{}
+		if err := y7s.DecodeScalar(n, "setting value", &out); err != nil {
+			return v, err
+		}
+
+		return out, nil
+
+	default:
+		return nil, y7s.NodeErr(n, "unknown node kind")
+	}
+}
+
 func (wset settingSet) MarshalEnvoy() ([]resource.Interface, error) {
 	nn := make([]resource.Interface, 0, len(wset))
 
diff --git a/tests/envoy/store_yaml_base_test.go b/tests/envoy/store_yaml_base_test.go
index 4430a18ac..e7ffe9d8b 100644
--- a/tests/envoy/store_yaml_base_test.go
+++ b/tests/envoy/store_yaml_base_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package envoy
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ func TestStoreYaml_base(t *testing.T) {
 
 				ss, _, err := store.SearchSettings(ctx, s, stypes.SettingsFilter{})
 				req.NoError(err)
-				req.Len(ss, 2)
+				req.Len(ss, 3)
 
 				sv := ss[0]
 				req.Equal("base_setting_1", sv.Name)
@@ -583,6 +584,17 @@ func TestStoreYaml_base(t *testing.T) {
 				req.Equal("20", sv.Value.String())
 				req.Equal(updatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339), sv.UpdatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
 				req.Equal(usr.ID, sv.UpdatedBy)
+
+				sv = ss[2]
+				req.Equal("base_setting_3.dot", sv.Name)
+				sValue := make(map[string]interface{})
+				req.NoError(json.Unmarshal(sv.Value, &sValue))
+				req.Contains(sValue, "someKey")
+				req.Equal("someValue", sValue["someKey"])
+				req.Contains(sValue, "otherKey")
+				req.Equal(float64(10), sValue["otherKey"])
+				req.Equal(updatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339), sv.UpdatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
+				req.Equal(usr.ID, sv.UpdatedBy)
 			},
 		},
 
diff --git a/tests/envoy/system.go b/tests/envoy/system.go
index e1507744e..03f1bce54 100644
--- a/tests/envoy/system.go
+++ b/tests/envoy/system.go
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ func sTestSettings(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, s store.Storer, usrID uint
 			UpdatedAt: updatedAt,
 			UpdatedBy: usrID,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:      pfx + "_setting_3.dot",
+			Value:     []byte(`{"someKey": "someValue","otherKey":10}`),
+			UpdatedAt: updatedAt,
+			UpdatedBy: usrID,
+		},
 	}
 
 	err := store.CreateSetting(ctx, s, ss...)
diff --git a/tests/envoy/testdata/base/settings/source1.yaml b/tests/envoy/testdata/base/settings/source1.yaml
index 8e36334f0..bdcf5256b 100644
--- a/tests/envoy/testdata/base/settings/source1.yaml
+++ b/tests/envoy/testdata/base/settings/source1.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 settings:
   s1.opt.1: s1 opt1
   s1.opt.2: s1 opt2
+
+  compose.ui.record-toolbar: { "hideBack": true }
+  compose.ui.record-otherbar:
+    hideBack: true
+    hideCreate: true
diff --git a/tests/envoy/yaml_store_base_test.go b/tests/envoy/yaml_store_base_test.go
index 6a7e19de4..c15d744f9 100644
--- a/tests/envoy/yaml_store_base_test.go
+++ b/tests/envoy/yaml_store_base_test.go
@@ -544,10 +544,13 @@ func TestYamlStore_base(t *testing.T) {
 				ss, _, err := store.SearchSettings(ctx, s, systypes.SettingsFilter{})
 				req.NoError(err)
 				req.NotNil(ss)
-				req.Len(ss, 4)
+				req.Len(ss, 6)
 
-				rs := []string{ss[0].Name, ss[1].Name, ss[2].Name, ss[3].Name}
-				req.Subset(rs, []string{"s1.opt.1", "s1.opt.2", "s2.opt.1", "s2.opt.2"})
+				rs := []string{ss[0].Name, ss[1].Name, ss[2].Name, ss[3].Name, ss[4].Name, ss[5].Name}
+				req.Subset(rs, []string{"s1.opt.1", "s1.opt.2", "compose.ui.record-toolbar", "compose.ui.record-otherbar", "s2.opt.1", "s2.opt.2"})
+
+				req.Equal("{\"hideBack\":true}", ss[2].Value.String())
+				req.Equal("{\"hideBack\":true,\"hideCreate\":true}", ss[3].Value.String())
 			},
 		},
 	}