diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 18ddeb1..a61b6a1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-retry v0.3.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/wercker/journalhook v0.0.0-20230927020745-64542ffa4117
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dc95da9..038040f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogR
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/inconshreveable/log15.v2 v2.0.0-20180818164646-67afb5ed74ec/go.mod h1:aPpfJ7XW+gOuirDoZ8gHhLh3kZ1B08FtV2bbmy7Jv3s=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 229a566..e5664be 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/stdlib"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/wercker/journalhook"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 467b084..8b19b4a 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
 	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/http"
@@ -490,12 +490,18 @@ func parseFlagSection(section any, makepkgConf, march string) (string, error) {
 			if len(orgMatch) == 0 {
 				// no match found, assume env var and append it
 				log.Debugf("no match found for %s:%v, appending", subSec, subMap)
-				if strings.Contains(subMap.(string), " ") {
-					makepkgConf += fmt.Sprintf("\nexport %s=%q", strings.ToUpper(subSec.(string)), replaceStringsFromMap(subMap.(string), replaceMap))
+				switch sm := subMap.(type) {
+				case string:
+					if strings.Contains(sm, " ") {
+						makepkgConf += fmt.Sprintf("\nexport %s=%q", strings.ToUpper(subSec.(string)), replaceStringsFromMap(sm, replaceMap))
+						continue
+					}
+					makepkgConf += fmt.Sprintf("\nexport %s=%s", strings.ToUpper(subSec.(string)), replaceStringsFromMap(sm, replaceMap))
+					continue
+				case []string:
+					makepkgConf += fmt.Sprintf("\nexport %s=%q", strings.ToUpper(subSec.(string)), replaceStringsFromMap(strings.Join(sm, " "), replaceMap))
 					continue
 				}
-				makepkgConf += fmt.Sprintf("\nexport %s=%s", strings.ToUpper(subSec.(string)), replaceStringsFromMap(subMap.(string), replaceMap))
-				continue
 			}
 
 			log.Debugf("original %s: %v (%d)", subSec, flags, len(flags))