diff --git a/helm/treetest/README.md b/helm/treetest/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd099f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/treetest/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+## Motivation
+
+Setting yaml constructs inside configurations files via values.yaml.
+
+## TL;DR
+
+Setting it using
+
+```
+abc: |
+  ...
+```
+
+works, however pushing the multiline string into helm might be the
+bigger issue / challenge.
diff --git a/helm/treetest/test/server.yaml b/helm/treetest/test/server.yaml
index 44b6ca0..e5a08a9 100644
--- a/helm/treetest/test/server.yaml
+++ b/helm/treetest/test/server.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 email:
   {{- if .Values.email -}}
-  {{ tpl .Values.email . }}
-  {{- end -}}
-
-  {{ .Values.email }}
+  {{ .Values.email | nindent 4 }}
+  {{ end }}
diff --git a/helm/treetest/values.yaml b/helm/treetest/values.yaml
index 3555726..f1441f3 100644
--- a/helm/treetest/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/treetest/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-email:
-  somehost: "abc"
-  someport: 5333
+email: |
+  abc: moo
+  def: "false"
+  rf: true