diff --git a/alakazam.py b/alakazam.py
index 204d2c5..53a8151 100755
--- a/alakazam.py
+++ b/alakazam.py
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ from tabulate import tabulate
 import click
 import dotenv
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
-import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from ruamel.yaml.constructor import SafeConstructor
+from ruamel.yaml.nodes import ScalarNode
 import re
 
 COMBINE_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/combine.yml"
@@ -18,13 +20,30 @@ CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'alaka.yaml'
 CONFIGS = {}
 
 
+"""Preserve quotes while parsing yaml files"""
+class MySafeConstructor(SafeConstructor):
+    def construct_yaml_str(self, node):
+        value = self.construct_scalar(node)
+        if isinstance(node, ScalarNode) and (node.style == '"' or node.style == "'"):
+            # If node was quoted, keep quotes in the returned value
+            return '{}{}{}'.format(node.style, value, node.style)
+        # Otherwise, return value as is
+        return value
+
+MySafeConstructor.add_constructor(
+    'tag:yaml.org,2002:str',
+    MySafeConstructor.construct_yaml_str)
+
+
 def read_config(filepath):
     filepath = Path(filepath).expanduser()
     if not filepath.exists():
         logging.warning(f"config file {filepath} does not exist")
         return {}
+    yaml = YAML(typ='safe', pure=True)  # Set type to 'safe' and use pure Python mode
+    yaml.Constructor = MySafeConstructor
     with open(filepath) as file:
-        yaml_config = yaml.safe_load(file)
+        yaml_config = yaml.load(file)
         if not yaml_config:
             logging.warning(f"config file {filepath} is empty")
             return {}
@@ -32,7 +51,7 @@ def read_config(filepath):
     jinja = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(
         ['/', '.']), trim_blocks=True, lstrip_blocks=True)
     template = jinja.get_template(filepath.as_posix(), globals=globals)
-    return yaml.safe_load(template.render())
+    return yaml.load(template.render())
 
 
 """ Get value from nested dicts, return None if one of the keys does not exists """