diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index 84dcb6642e6633419d94a81f5764f90d10273cfc..a811fd5e7904a6204a15912ad549eae89ec697e9 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 
 interface OptionConfig {
     default?: any;
-    type?: any[];
+    type?: any;
 }
 declare class Option {
     rawName: string;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ declare class CAC extends EventEmitter {
     /**
      * Parse argv
      */
-    parse(argv?: string[], { 
+    parse(argv?: string[], {
     /** Whether to run the action for matched command */
     run, }?: {
         run?: boolean | undefined;
diff --git a/dist/index.mjs b/dist/index.mjs
index 7c1c4440c6ed22a3829f828364b06669c56b31c9..3d742db1a0b9c943152464916d7f241b7e1942c3 100644
--- a/dist/index.mjs
+++ b/dist/index.mjs
@@ -182,25 +182,24 @@ const camelcase = (input) => {
     return p1 + p2.toUpperCase();
   });
 };
-const setDotProp = (obj, keys, val) => {
+const setDotProp = (obj, keys, val, transforms) => {
   let i = 0;
   let length = keys.length;
   let t = obj;
   let x;
+  let convertKey = (i) => {
+    let key = keys[i]
+    i--;
+    while(i >= 0) {
+      key = keys[i] + '.' + key;
+      i--;
+    }
+    return key
+  }
   for (; i < length; ++i) {
     x = t[keys[i]];
-    t = t[keys[i]] = i === length - 1 ? val : x != null ? x : !!~keys[i + 1].indexOf(".") || !(+keys[i + 1] > -1) ? {} : [];
-  }
-};
-const setByType = (obj, transforms) => {
-  for (const key of Object.keys(transforms)) {
-    const transform = transforms[key];
-    if (transform.shouldTransform) {
-      obj[key] = Array.prototype.concat.call([], obj[key]);
-      if (typeof transform.transformFunction === "function") {
-        obj[key] = obj[key].map(transform.transformFunction);
-      }
-    }
+    const transform = transforms[convertKey(i)] || ((v) => v);
+    t = t[keys[i]] = transform(i === length - 1 ? val : x != null ? x : !!~keys[i + 1].indexOf(".") || !(+keys[i + 1] > -1) ? {} : []);
   }
 };
 const getFileName = (input) => {
@@ -406,7 +405,11 @@ ${section.body}` : section.body;
     const {options: parsedOptions, globalCommand} = this.cli;
     const options = [...globalCommand.options, ...this.options];
     for (const option of options) {
-      const value = parsedOptions[option.name.split(".")[0]];
+      // skip dot names because only top level options are required
+      if (option.name.includes('.')) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const value = parsedOptions[option.name];
       if (option.required) {
         const hasNegated = options.some((o) => o.negated && o.names.includes(option.name));
         if (value === true || value === false && !hasNegated) {
@@ -571,19 +574,17 @@ class CAC extends EventEmitter {
           options[name] = cliOption.config.default;
         }
       }
-      if (Array.isArray(cliOption.config.type)) {
+      if (cliOption.config.type != null) {
         if (transforms[cliOption.name] === void 0) {
-          transforms[cliOption.name] = Object.create(null);
-          transforms[cliOption.name]["shouldTransform"] = true;
-          transforms[cliOption.name]["transformFunction"] = cliOption.config.type[0];
+          transforms[cliOption.name] = cliOption.config.type;
         }
       }
     }
     for (const key of Object.keys(parsed)) {
       if (key !== "_") {
         const keys = key.split(".");
-        setDotProp(options, keys, parsed[key]);
-        setByType(options, transforms);
+        setDotProp(options, keys, parsed[key], transforms);
+        // setByType(options, transforms);
       }
     }
     return {