diff --git a/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py b/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
index 08132608b..a4b141c2d 100644
--- a/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
+++ b/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
@@ -554,11 +554,15 @@ class Volshell(interfaces.plugins.PluginInterface):
                 del kwargs[argname]
 
         for keyword, val in kwargs.items():
-            if not isinstance(val, (interfaces.configuration.BasicTypes, list)):
-                if all(isinstance(x, interfaces.configuration.BasicTypes) for x in val):
-                    raise TypeError(
-                        "Configurable values must be simple types (int, bool, str, bytes)"
-                    )
+            BasicType_or_list_of_BasicType = False  # excludes list of lists
+            if isinstance(val, interfaces.configuration.BasicTypes):
+                BasicType_or_list_of_BasicType = True
+            if all(isinstance(x, interfaces.configuration.BasicTypes) for x in val):
+                BasicType_or_list_of_BasicType = True
+            if not BasicType_or_list_of_BasicType:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "Configurable values must be simple types (int, bool, str, bytes)"
+                )
             self.context.config[config_path + "." + keyword] = val
 
         constructed = clazz(self.context, config_path, **constructor_args)