diff --git a/kpops/utils/yaml.py b/kpops/utils/yaml.py
index a6aa5cbbb..586a106ef 100644
--- a/kpops/utils/yaml.py
+++ b/kpops/utils/yaml.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def print_yaml(data: Mapping | str, *, substitution: dict | None = None) -> None
     """
     if not isinstance(data, str):
         data = yaml.safe_dump(dict(data))
+        data = f"---\n{data}"
     syntax = Syntax(
         substitute(data, substitution),
         "yaml",
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/snapshots/test_manifest/test_manifest_command/manifest.yaml b/tests/pipeline/snapshots/test_manifest/test_manifest_command/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dcabb92d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pipeline/snapshots/test_manifest/test_manifest_command/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: resources-custom-config-app1
+    chart: producer-app-2.9.0
+    release: resources-custom-config-app1
+  name: resources-custom-config-app1
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 6
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: resources-custom-config-app1
+        release: resources-custom-config-app1
+    spec:
+      affinity: null
+      containers:
+      - env:
+        - name: ENV_PREFIX
+          value: APP_
+        - name: APP_BROKERS
+          value: http://k8kafka-cp-kafka-headless.kpops.svc.cluster.local:9092
+        - name: APP_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
+          value: http://localhost:8081/
+        - name: APP_DEBUG
+          value: 'false'
+        - name: APP_OUTPUT_TOPIC
+          value: resources-custom-config-app1
+        - name: JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
+          value: '-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0 '
+        image: producerApp:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: resources-custom-config-app1
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 2G
+          requests:
+            cpu: 200m
+            memory: 2G
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  jmx-kafka-streams-app-prometheus.yml: "jmxUrl: service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:5555/jmxrmi\n\
+    lowercaseOutputName: true\nlowercaseOutputLabelNames: true\nssl: false\nrules:\n\
+    \  - pattern: \".*\"\n"
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: resources-custom-config-app2
+    chart: streams-app-2.9.0
+    heritage: Helm
+    release: resources-custom-config-app2
+  name: resources-custom-config-app2-jmx-configmap
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: resources-custom-config-app2
+    chart: streams-app-2.9.0
+    pipeline: resources-custom-config
+    release: resources-custom-config-app2
+  name: resources-custom-config-app2
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: resources-custom-config-app2
+      release: resources-custom-config-app2
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/port: '5556'
+        prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+      labels:
+        app: resources-custom-config-app2
+        pipeline: resources-custom-config
+        release: resources-custom-config-app2
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+          - podAffinityTerm:
+              labelSelector:
+                matchExpressions:
+                - key: app
+                  operator: In
+                  values:
+                  - resources-custom-config-app2
+              topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+            weight: 1
+      containers:
+      - env:
+        - name: ENV_PREFIX
+          value: APP_
+        - name: STREAMS_LARGE_MESSAGE_ID_GENERATOR
+          value: com.bakdata.kafka.MurmurHashIdGenerator
+        - name: KAFKA_JMX_PORT
+          value: '5555'
+        - name: APP_VOLATILE_GROUP_INSTANCE_ID
+          value: 'true'
+        - name: APP_BROKERS
+          value: http://k8kafka-cp-kafka-headless.kpops.svc.cluster.local:9092
+        - name: APP_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
+          value: http://localhost:8081/
+        - name: APP_DEBUG
+          value: 'false'
+        - name: APP_INPUT_TOPICS
+          value: resources-custom-config-app1
+        - name: APP_OUTPUT_TOPIC
+          value: resources-custom-config-app2
+        - name: APP_ERROR_TOPIC
+          value: resources-custom-config-app2-error
+        - name: JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
+          value: '-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5555 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
+            -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0 '
+        image: some-image:latest
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: resources-custom-config-app2
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 5555
+          name: jmx
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 2G
+          requests:
+            cpu: 200m
+            memory: 300Mi
+      - command:
+        - java
+        - -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
+        - -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap
+        - -XX:MaxRAMFraction=1
+        - -XshowSettings:vm
+        - -jar
+        - jmx_prometheus_httpserver.jar
+        - '5556'
+        - /etc/jmx-streams-app/jmx-kafka-streams-app-prometheus.yml
+        image: solsson/kafka-prometheus-jmx-exporter@sha256:6f82e2b0464f50da8104acd7363fb9b995001ddff77d248379f8788e78946143
+        name: prometheus-jmx-exporter
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 5556
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 300m
+            memory: 2G
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 500Mi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/jmx-streams-app
+          name: jmx-config
+      volumes:
+      - configMap:
+          name: resources-custom-config-app2-jmx-configmap
+        name: jmx-config
+
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_manifest.py b/tests/pipeline/test_manifest.py
index 8dc58ae93..c144a32c9 100644
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_manifest.py
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ def test_custom_config(self, mock_execute: MagicMock):
         )
         assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
 
+    def test_manifest_command(self, snapshot: Snapshot):
+        result = runner.invoke(
+            app,
+            [
+                "manifest",
+                str(RESOURCE_PATH / "custom-config/pipeline.yaml"),
+                "--environment",
+                "development",
+            ],
+            catch_exceptions=False,
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.stdout
+        snapshot.assert_match(result.stdout, "manifest.yaml")
+
     def test_python_api(self, snapshot: Snapshot):
         resources = kpops.manifest(
             RESOURCE_PATH / "custom-config/pipeline.yaml",