From d5f8301e62b278cfda3759ec99cbdb8e8c51526a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: She Zhang <shezhang620@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 12:01:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] YAMLConfig fix for creating nested entries (#376)

Co-authored-by: She Zhang <she.zhang@eyesopen.com>
---
 src/westpa/core/yamlcfg.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/westpa/core/yamlcfg.py b/src/westpa/core/yamlcfg.py
index 274a480ca..812c9f183 100644
--- a/src/westpa/core/yamlcfg.py
+++ b/src/westpa/core/yamlcfg.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
                     val = val[keypart]
                 except KeyError:
                     val[keypart] = {}
+                    val = val[keypart]
             try:
                 val = val[key[-1]]
             except KeyError: