diff --git a/pkg/convert/convert.go b/pkg/convert/convert.go
index 6ae38e4..df29dff 100644
--- a/pkg/convert/convert.go
+++ b/pkg/convert/convert.go
@@ -61,16 +61,20 @@ func CmdsToData(cmds []string, op string) []api.Cmd {
 	return res
 }
 
-// mapToCmds
+// mapToCmds maps an interface to an array of VyOS commands
 func mapToCmds(top bool, cmds *[]string, nm interface{}, prefix string) error {
-	assign := func(cmd string, v interface{}) error {
-		switch v.(type) {
+	assign := func(cmd string, v interface{}, array bool) error {
+		switch v := v.(type) {
 		case map[string]interface{}, []interface{}:
 			if err := mapToCmds(false, cmds, v, cmd); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		case string:
-			*cmds = append(*cmds, cmd)
+			if array {
+				*cmds = append(*cmds, cmd+" "+v)
+			} else {
+				*cmds = append(*cmds, cmd)
+			}
 		default:
 			*cmds = append(*cmds, cmd+" "+v.(string))
 		}
@@ -84,22 +88,33 @@ func mapToCmds(top bool, cmds *[]string, nm interface{}, prefix string) error {
 			cmd := buildCmd(top, prefix, k)
 
 			// this is pretty ugly, basically when building the cmds we only care about the key if the value is {}
-			res, _ := json.Marshal(v)
-			if string(res) == "{}" {
-				if err := assign(cmd, k); err != nil {
+			r, _ := json.Marshal(v)
+			res := string(r)
+
+			if res == "{}" {
+				if err := assign(cmd, k, false); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
+			// again, very crude but check if we're looking at an array of string
+			if strings.HasPrefix(res, "[") && strings.HasSuffix(res, "]") {
+				for _, val := range v.([]interface{}) {
+					if err := assign(cmd, val, true); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				continue
+			}
 
-			if err := assign(cmd, v); err != nil {
+			if err := assign(cmd, v, false); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 	case []interface{}:
 		for _, v := range nm {
 			cmd := buildCmd(true, prefix, "")
-			if err := assign(cmd, v); err != nil {
+			if err := assign(cmd, v, false); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/convert/convert_test.go b/pkg/convert/convert_test.go
index 082b9a4..a3f53d2 100644
--- a/pkg/convert/convert_test.go
+++ b/pkg/convert/convert_test.go
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ var (
 		"test firewall ipv6-name WAN_IN rule 20 action",
 		"test firewall ipv6-name WAN_IN rule 20 protocol",
 		"test firewall ipv6-name WAN_IN rule 30",
+		"test service mdns repeater interface eth1.10",
+		"test service mdns repeater interface eth2.20",
+		"test service mdns repeater interface eth1.50",
 	}
 )
 
-// YamlToCmds
 func Test_YamlToCmds(t *testing.T) {
 	yaml := `
 firewall:
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ firewall:
             action: accept
             protocol: ipv6-icmp
         "30": {}
+service:
+    mdns:
+        repeater:
+            interface:
+            - eth1.10
+            - eth2.20
+            - eth1.50
     `
 
 	res, err := YamlToCmds([]byte(yaml), "test ")
@@ -67,8 +76,19 @@ func Test_JsonToCmds(t *testing.T) {
                     }
                 }
             }
+        },
+        "service": {
+            "mdns": {
+                "repeater": {
+                    "interface": [
+                        "eth1.10",
+                        "eth2.20",
+                        "eth1.50"
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
         }
-    }	
+    }
     `
 
 	res, err := JsonToCmds([]byte(json), "test ")