diff --git a/collector/pkg/config/config_test.go b/collector/pkg/config/config_test.go
index d5af79d..f123131 100644
--- a/collector/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/collector/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@ func TestConfiguration_GetScanOverrides_Simple(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, []models.ScanOverride{{Device: "/dev/sda", DeviceType: []string{"sat"}, Ignore: false}}, scanOverrides)
 }
 
+// fixes #418
+func TestConfiguration_GetScanOverrides_DeviceTypeComma(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	//setup
+	testConfig, _ := config.Create()
+
+	//test
+	err := testConfig.ReadConfig(path.Join("testdata", "device_type_comma.yaml"))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "should correctly load simple device config")
+	scanOverrides := testConfig.GetDeviceOverrides()
+
+	//assert
+	require.Equal(t, []models.ScanOverride{
+		{Device: "/dev/sda", DeviceType: []string{"sat", "auto"}, Ignore: false},
+		{Device: "/dev/sdb", DeviceType: []string{"sat,auto"}, Ignore: false},
+	}, scanOverrides)
+}
+
 func TestConfiguration_GetScanOverrides_Ignore(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/collector/pkg/config/testdata/device_type_comma.yaml b/collector/pkg/config/testdata/device_type_comma.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0009d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/pkg/config/testdata/device_type_comma.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: 1
+devices:
+  # the scrutiny config parser will detect `sat,auto` as two separate items in a list. If you want to use `-d sat,auto` you must
+  # set 'sat,auto' in a list (see eg. /dev/sbd)
+  - device: /dev/sda
+    type: 'sat,auto'
+  - device: /dev/sdb
+    type:
+      - sat,auto
diff --git a/example.collector.yaml b/example.collector.yaml
index 393672b..d1fc9f1 100644
--- a/example.collector.yaml
+++ b/example.collector.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ devices:
 #  - device: /dev/sda
 #    type: 'sat'
 #
+#  # example for using `-d sat,auto`, notice the square brackets (workaround for #418)
+#  - device: /dev/sda
+#    type: ['sat,auto']
+#
 #  # example to show how to ignore a specific disk/device.
 #  - device: /dev/sda
 #    ignore: true