diff --git a/yaml/yaml.go b/yaml/yaml.go
index 482b8bc7238a13828033d1abbbdee64ddf172ace..171ae60c032666528fc5ba64f177cfa902e6ba07 100644
--- a/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const SEPARATOR = "/"
+
 type Yaml struct {
 	file   string
 	values *Tuple
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ func (y *Yaml) Get(path string, defaultValue interface{}) interface{} {
 
 	p = *y.values
 
-	chunks := strings.Split(path, ".")
+	chunks := strings.Split(path, SEPARATOR)
 
 	length := len(chunks)
 
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ func (y *Yaml) Get(path string, defaultValue interface{}) interface{} {
 	return defaultValue
 }
 
-// Sets a YAML setting, use dots (.) to nest values inside values.
+// Sets a YAML setting, use diagonals (/) to nest values inside values.
 func (y *Yaml) Set(path string, value interface{}) {
 	var p Tuple
 
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ func (y *Yaml) Set(path string, value interface{}) {
 
 	p = *y.values
 
-	chunks := strings.Split(path, ".")
+	chunks := strings.Split(path, SEPARATOR)
 
 	length := len(chunks)
 
diff --git a/yaml/yaml_test.go b/yaml/yaml_test.go
index da62497a5882dd029586fa05a23beb897c1c5367..d20e6a5e2da287a7d3044385d4e97c85d3db6d59 100644
--- a/yaml/yaml_test.go
+++ b/yaml/yaml_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	test3 := "Third"
-	val3 := settings.Get("test_map.element_3.test_sequence", nil).([]interface{})
+	val3 := settings.Get("test_map/element_3/test_sequence", nil).([]interface{})
 
 	if val3[2] != test3 {
 		t.Errorf("Got %t expecting %t.", val3[2], test3)
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSet(t *testing.T) {
 	settings := Open("examples/input/settings.yaml")
 
-	settings.Set("test_map.element_3.test_bool", true)
+	settings.Set("test_map/element_3/test_bool", true)
 
 	test1 := true
-	val1 := settings.Get("test_map.element_3.test_bool", nil).(bool)
+	val1 := settings.Get("test_map/element_3/test_bool", nil).(bool)
 
 	if val1 != test1 {
 		t.Errorf("Got %t expecting %t.", val1, test1)
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	settings := New()
 	defer settings.Write("examples/input/settings2.yaml")
 
-	settings.Set("test_map.element_3.test_bool", true)
+	settings.Set("test_map/element_3/test_bool", true)
 
 }