diff --git a/examples/complete/escalation.tf b/examples/complete/escalation.tf
index 95f477f..6e893e2 100644
--- a/examples/complete/escalation.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/escalation.tf
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ module "escalation" {
     name          = "${module.this.id}-escalation"
     owner_team_id = module.team.team_id
 
-    rule = {
-      recipients = [{
+    rules = [{
+      recipient = {
         type = "team"
         id   = module.sub_team.team_id
-      }]
-    }
+      }
+    }]
   }
 
   context = module.this.context
diff --git a/examples/config/resources/escalations.yaml b/examples/config/resources/escalations.yaml
index d3f98e1..e3754df 100644
--- a/examples/config/resources/escalations.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/resources/escalations.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ escalations:
 - name: acme.dev.some-service-escalation
   description: "repo: https://github.com/acme/some-service;owner:David Lightman @David Lightman"
   owner_team_name: acme.dev
-  # please note - config uses `rules` but escalation modules uses `rule`
   rules:
-    condition: if-not-acked
+  - condition: if-not-acked
     notify_type: default
     delay: 0
-    recipients:
-    - type: team
+    recipient:
+      type: team
       team_name: acme.dev.some-service
diff --git a/examples/escalation/main.tf b/examples/escalation/main.tf
index ef548c0..6fc5970 100644
--- a/examples/escalation/main.tf
+++ b/examples/escalation/main.tf
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ module "escalation" {
     name          = module.this.id
     owner_team_id = module.owner_team.team_id
 
-    rule = {
-      recipients = [{
+    rules = [{
+      delay = 0
+      recipient = {
         type = "team"
         id   = module.escalation_team.team_id
-      }]
-    }
+      }
+    }]
   }
 
   context = module.this.context
diff --git a/examples/team_routing_rule/main.tf b/examples/team_routing_rule/main.tf
index c03a42f..2c543d4 100644
--- a/examples/team_routing_rule/main.tf
+++ b/examples/team_routing_rule/main.tf
@@ -17,17 +17,15 @@ module "escalation" {
   source = "../../modules/escalation"
 
   escalation = {
-    name          = "escalation"
+    name          = module.this.id
     owner_team_id = module.owner_team.team_id
 
-    rule = {
-      recipients = [
-        {
-          type = "team"
-          id   = module.escalation_team.team_id
-        }
-      ]
-    }
+    rules = [{
+      recipient = {
+        type = "team"
+        id   = module.escalation_team.team_id
+      }
+    }]
   }
 
   context = module.this.context
diff --git a/modules/config/README.md b/modules/config/README.md
index f64f0a4..74892c7 100644
--- a/modules/config/README.md
+++ b/modules/config/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ## Config
 
-Terraform module that configures a multitude of [Opsgenie resources](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/opsgenie/opsgenie/latest/docs). 
+Terraform module that configures a multitude of [Opsgenie resources](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/opsgenie/opsgenie/latest/docs).
 Many resources have cross-resource dependencies, which may be simpler to handle within a single module in certain cases, such as using YAML configurations.
 
-This module is designed to accept an input configuration map. 
-One nice way of handling this is by passing resource definitions from a YAML configuration file. 
+This module is designed to accept an input configuration map.
+One nice way of handling this is by passing resource definitions from a YAML configuration file.
 
 See below for details & examples.
 
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ escalations:
 - name: acme.dev.some-service-escalation
   description: "repo: https://github.com/acme/some-service;owner:David Lightman @David Lightman"
   owner_team_name: acme.dev
-  rule:
-    condition: if-not-acked
+  rules:
+  - condition: if-not-acked
     notify_type: default
     delay: 0
-    recipients:
-    - type: team
+    recipient:
+      type: team
       team_name: acme.dev.some-service
 ```
 
diff --git a/modules/config/escalations.tf b/modules/config/escalations.tf
index 378cae7..3b84515 100644
--- a/modules/config/escalations.tf
+++ b/modules/config/escalations.tf
@@ -8,29 +8,25 @@ resource "opsgenie_escalation" "this" {
   owner_team_id = try(opsgenie_team.this[each.value.owner_team_name].id, null)
 
   dynamic "rules" {
-    for_each = try([each.value.rules], [])
+    for_each = each.value.rules
 
     content {
       condition   = try(rules.value.condition, "if-not-acked")
       notify_type = try(rules.value.notify_type, "default")
       delay       = try(rules.value.delay, 0)
 
-      dynamic "recipient" {
-        for_each = try(rules.value.recipients, [])
+      recipient {
+        type = rules.value.recipient.type
 
-        content {
-          type = recipient.value.type
-
-          id = lookup(recipient.value, "id", null) != null ? recipient.value.id : (
-            recipient.value.type == "team" ? opsgenie_team.this[recipient.value.team_name].id : (
-              recipient.value.type == "user" ? try(opsgenie_user.this[recipient.value.user_name].id, data.opsgenie_user.this[recipient.value.user_name].id) : (
-                recipient.value.type == "schedule" ? opsgenie_schedule.this[recipient.value.schedule_name].id : (
-                  null
-                )
+        id = try(rules.value.recipient.id, null) != null ? rules.value.recipient.id : (
+          rules.value.recipient.type == "team" ? try(opsgenie_team.this[rules.value.recipient.team_name].id, data.opsgenie_team.this[rules.value.recipient.team_name].id) : (
+            rules.value.recipient.type == "user" ? try(opsgenie_user.this[rules.value.recipient.user_name].id, data.opsgenie_user.this[rules.value.recipient.user_name].id) : (
+              rules.value.recipient.type == "schedule" ? try(opsgenie_schedule.this[rules.value.recipient.schedule_name].id, data.opsgenie_schedule.this[rules.value.recipient.schedule_name].id) : (
+                null
               )
             )
           )
-        }
+        )
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/escalation/README.md b/modules/escalation/README.md
index 88b5636..d21d335 100644
--- a/modules/escalation/README.md
+++ b/modules/escalation/README.md
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ module "escalation" {
     name          = module.label.id
     owner_team_id = module.owner_team.team_id
 
-    rule = {
-      recipients = [{
-        type = "team"
-        id   = module.escalation_team.team_id
-      }]
-    }
+    rules = [{
+        recipient = {
+            type = "team"
+            id   = module.escalation_team.team_id
+        }
+    }]
   }
 
 }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module "escalation" {
 
 ## Inputs
 
-**Note:** `escalation` is a map for two reasons: 
+**Note:** `escalation` is a map for two reasons:
 - to be able to put whole configuration in yaml file
 - variables defined with type set are not robust enough (can't set default values)
 
diff --git a/modules/escalation/main.tf b/modules/escalation/main.tf
index a38318b..034cc3d 100644
--- a/modules/escalation/main.tf
+++ b/modules/escalation/main.tf
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ resource "opsgenie_escalation" "this" {
   description   = try(var.escalation.description, var.escalation.name)
   owner_team_id = try(var.escalation.owner_team_id, null)
 
-  rules {
-    condition   = try(var.escalation.rule.condition, "if-not-acked")
-    notify_type = try(var.escalation.rule.notify_type, "default")
-    delay       = try(var.escalation.rule.delay, 0)
+  dynamic "rules" {
+    for_each = var.escalation.rules
 
-    dynamic "recipient" {
-      for_each = try(var.escalation.rule.recipients, [])
+    content {
+      condition   = try(rules.value.condition, "if-not-acked")
+      notify_type = try(rules.value.notify_type, "default")
+      delay       = try(rules.value.delay, 0)
 
-      content {
-        id   = recipient.value.id
-        type = recipient.value.type
+      recipient {
+        type = rules.value.recipient.type
+        id   = try(rules.value.recipient.id, null)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ resource "opsgenie_escalation" "this" {
     for_each = try(var.escalation.repeat, null) != null ? ["true"] : []
 
     content {
-      wait_interval          = lookup(var.escalation.repeat, "wait_interval", 5)
-      count                  = lookup(var.escalation.repeat, "count", 0)
-      reset_recipient_states = lookup(var.escalation.repeat, "reset_recipient_states", true)
-      close_alert_after_all  = lookup(var.escalation.repeat, "close_alert_after_all", true)
+      wait_interval          = try(var.escalation.repeat.wait_interval, 5)
+      count                  = try(var.escalation.repeat.count, 0)
+      reset_recipient_states = try(var.escalation.repeat.reset_recipient_states, true)
+      close_alert_after_all  = try(var.escalation.repeat.close_alert_after_all, true)
     }
   }
 }