diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8df7cef..c0012079 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project closely adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.181.0
+- Change - only obfuscate values in config yaml file
+
 ## 0.180.0
 - Change - only obfuscate certain parts in json output
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0ad3422a..ce8221a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "cucu"
-version = "0.180.0"
+version = "0.181.0"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Easy BDD web testing"
 authors = ["Domino Data Lab <open-source@dominodatalab.com>"]
diff --git a/src/cucu/config.py b/src/cucu/config.py
index 191484e8..4c54f1e2 100644
--- a/src/cucu/config.py
+++ b/src/cucu/config.py
@@ -304,27 +304,15 @@ def to_yaml_without_secrets(self):
         ]
 
         config = {k: self[k] for k in sorted(keys)}
-        results = self.hide_secrets(yaml.dump(config))
-        # fix leading '*' issue
-        is_bytes = isinstance(results, bytes)
-        if is_bytes:
-            results = results.decode()
-
-        lines = results.split("\n")
-        for x in range(len(lines)):
-            parts = lines[x].split(": ", 1)
-            if len(parts) != 2:
-                continue
-
-            key, value = parts[0], parts[1]
-            if value.startswith("*"):
-                lines[x] = f"{key}: '{value}'"
-        results = "\n".join(lines)
-
-        if is_bytes:
-            results = results.encode()
+        for k, v in config.items():
+            if isinstance(v, str):
+                v = self.hide_secrets(v)
+                # fix leading '*' issue
+                if v.startswith("*"):
+                    v = f"'{v}'"
+                config[k] = v
 
-        return results
+        return yaml.dump(config)
 
 
 # global config object
@@ -348,7 +336,7 @@ def _get_local_address():
 CONFIG.define(
     "CWD",
     "the current working directory of the cucu process",
-    default=os.getcwd,
+    default=os.getcwd(),
 )
 CONFIG.define(
     "CUCU_SECRETS",