diff --git a/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py b/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
index 13ee1ec..42e0d8b 100644
--- a/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
+++ b/rust-whisper.d/hotwords.py
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ def _load_dot_notation(v, items):
                else:
                   result.append(subresult)
             return result
+      elif k == "KEYS":
+         v = [k for k in v]
       else:
          if isinstance(v, list):
             v = v[int(k)]
@@ -229,8 +231,15 @@ class Reactor(threading.Thread):
             def load_hotwords_in_yaml_file():
                with open(p.split("@")[0], "r") as f:
                   v = yaml.safe_load(f)
-                  v = load_dot_notation(v, p.split("@")[-1])
-                  return ["".join(i.strip().lower().split()) for i in v if i]
+                  if os.environ.get("DEBUG", None):
+                     log(f'opened {p.split("@")[0]} and got {v}')
+                  result = []
+                  for to_find in [i for i in p.split("@")[-1].split(",") if i]:
+                     if os.environ.get("DEBUG", None):
+                        log(f'finding {to_find} in {v}')
+                     v2 = load_dot_notation(v, to_find)
+                     result.extend(["".join(i.strip().lower().split()) for i in v2 if i])
+                  return result
             load_hotwords_in_yaml_file()
             return load_hotwords_in_yaml_file
          else: