diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d11eebb..4825d2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ See example playbooks for configuration samples.
 Required variables:
 - `matrixmailer_version`: Pinned version of matrixmailer to install, e.g. "0.1.0"
 - `matrixmailer_build`: Either "from_source" if you want to build it yourself, or the build target for prebuilt binaries, like "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
-- `matrixmailer_config`: Yaml content of the configuration file. You may want to consider importing it from a file rather than putting the file content directly into the playbook.
+- `matrixmailer_config`: Python/Yaml object of the matrixmailer configuration. Will be interpreted by the role and written to the configuration file formatted as yaml.
 
 Optional variables:
 - `matrixmailer_git_repo`: Only used when self-building the binary. Allows you to specify any URL a matrixmailer git repository can be pulled from.
diff --git a/example_playbook_fromsource.yml b/example_playbook_fromsource.yml
index dcf9b96..44c8261 100644
--- a/example_playbook_fromsource.yml
+++ b/example_playbook_fromsource.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
   vars:
     - matrixmailer_version: "0.1.0"
     - matrixmailer_build: "from_source"
-    - matrixmailer_config: "{{ lookup("file", "path/to/config/file/template.yaml") }}"
+    # This is a very basic matrixmailer configuration. For more details, consult the matrixmailer documentation.
+    - matrixmailer_config:
+        clients:
+        - mxid: "@yourbot:example.com"
+          password: "p@ssw0rd"
+        mappings:
+        - room: "!idoftheroomyoucreatedbefore:example.com"
     # The following option can be left out to use the default git repository
     - matrixmailer_git_repo: "https://git.myorg.com/user/matrixmailer.git" 
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diff --git a/example_playbook_prebuilt.yml b/example_playbook_prebuilt.yml
index bc28fed..d4d2904 100644
--- a/example_playbook_prebuilt.yml
+++ b/example_playbook_prebuilt.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@
   vars:
     - matrixmailer_version: "0.1.0"
     - matrixmailer_build: "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
-    - matrixmailer_config: "{{ lookup("file", "path/to/config/file/template.yaml") }}"
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+    # This is a very basic matrixmailer configuration. For more details, consult the matrixmailer documentation.
+    - matrixmailer_config:
+        clients:
+        - mxid: "@yourbot:example.com"
+          password: "p@ssw0rd"
+        mappings:
+        - room: "!idoftheroomyoucreatedbefore:example.com"
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diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index efc0c84..9c26d95 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 - name: Set config file
   copy:
-    content: "{{ matrixmailer_config }}"
+    content: "{{ matrixmailer_config | to_nice_yaml }}"
     dest: "{{ matrixmailer_config_dir }}/config.yaml"
     owner: "{{ matrixmailer_system_user }}"
     group: "{{ matrixmailer_system_group }}"