diff --git a/pkg/apis/clickhouse.altinity.com/v1/type_setting.go b/pkg/apis/clickhouse.altinity.com/v1/type_setting.go
index d175a936e..6491b93d4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/clickhouse.altinity.com/v1/type_setting.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/clickhouse.altinity.com/v1/type_setting.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type Setting struct {
 	vector     []string
 	src        *SettingSource
 	attributes map[string]string
+	embed      bool
 }
 
 type SettingType string
@@ -283,3 +284,18 @@ func (s *Setting) parseDataSourceAddress(dataSourceAddress, defaultNamespace str
 
 	return addr, nil
 }
+
+func (s *Setting) SetEmbed() *Setting {
+	if s == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	s.embed = true
+	return s
+}
+
+func (s *Setting) IsEmbed() bool {
+	if s == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return s.embed
+}
diff --git a/pkg/model/chk/config/generator.go b/pkg/model/chk/config/generator.go
index 6d39c2249..85f7eee87 100644
--- a/pkg/model/chk/config/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/model/chk/config/generator.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *Generator) getRaftConfig(selector *config.HostSelector) string {
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	return chi.NewSettings().Set("keeper_server/raft_configuration", chi.MustNewSettingScalarFromAny(raft)).ClickHouseConfig()
+	return chi.NewSettings().Set("keeper_server/raft_configuration", chi.MustNewSettingScalarFromAny(raft).SetEmbed()).ClickHouseConfig()
 }
 
 // getHostServerId builds server id config for the host
diff --git a/pkg/xml/xml.go b/pkg/xml/xml.go
index e0f516bd0..4f58ff45f 100644
--- a/pkg/xml/xml.go
+++ b/pkg/xml/xml.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type setting interface {
 	IsVector() bool
 	Attributes() string
 	VectorOfStrings() []string
+	IsEmbed() bool
 }
 
 type settings interface {
@@ -156,13 +157,13 @@ func (n *xmlNode) buildXML(w io.Writer, indent, tabSize uint8) {
 
 	case n.value.IsScalar():
 		// ScalarString node
-		n.writeTagWithValue(w, n.value.String(), n.value.Attributes(), indent, tabSize)
+		n.writeTagWithValue(w, n.value.String(), n.value.Attributes(), indent, n.value.IsEmbed())
 		return
 
 	case n.value.IsVector():
 		// VectorOfStrings node
 		for _, value := range n.value.VectorOfStrings() {
-			n.writeTagWithValue(w, value, n.value.Attributes(), indent, tabSize)
+			n.writeTagWithValue(w, value, n.value.Attributes(), indent, n.value.IsEmbed())
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -186,19 +187,29 @@ func (n *xmlNode) writeTagNoValue(w io.Writer, attributes string, indent, tabSiz
 // <tag>value</tag>
 // OR
 // <tag>
-// long value NB - printed w/o indent
+// embedded value NB - printed w/o indent
 // </tag>
-func (n *xmlNode) writeTagWithValue(w io.Writer, value string, attributes string, indent, tabSize uint8) {
+func (n *xmlNode) writeTagWithValue(w io.Writer, value string, attributes string, indent uint8, embedded bool) {
 	// TODO fix this properly
 	// Used in tests
 	if value == "_removed_" || value == "_remove_" {
 		attributes = " remove=\"1\""
 		value = ""
 	}
-	// <tag>value</tag>
-	n.writeTagOpen(w, indent, attributes, noEol)
-	n.writeValue(w, value)
-	n.writeTagClose(w, 0, eol)
+
+	if embedded {
+		// <tag>
+		// embedded value NB - printed w/o indent
+		// </tag>
+		n.writeTagOpen(w, indent, attributes, eol)
+		n.writeValue(w, value)
+		n.writeTagClose(w, indent, eol)
+	} else {
+		// <tag>value</tag>
+		n.writeTagOpen(w, indent, attributes, noEol)
+		n.writeValue(w, value)
+		n.writeTagClose(w, 0, eol)
+	}
 }
 
 // writeTagOpen prints open XML tag into io.Writer