diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/config/preset_options.py b/src/ytdl_sub/config/preset_options.py
index db07ca02..27ad8a92 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/config/preset_options.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/config/preset_options.py
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ class YTDLOptions(UnstructuredOverridesDictFormatterValidator):
         Materializes the entire ytdl-options dict from OverrideStringFormatters into
         native python.
         """
-        out = {key: overrides.apply_formatter(val) for key, val in self.dict.items()}
+        out = {
+            key: overrides.apply_formatter(val, expected_type=object)
+            for key, val in self.dict.items()
+        }
         if "cookiefile" in out:
             if not FileHandler.is_file_existent(out["cookiefile"]):
                 raise ValidationException(
diff --git a/src/ytdl_sub/validators/string_formatter_validators.py b/src/ytdl_sub/validators/string_formatter_validators.py
index 3783293d..66a9815a 100644
--- a/src/ytdl_sub/validators/string_formatter_validators.py
+++ b/src/ytdl_sub/validators/string_formatter_validators.py
@@ -214,7 +214,22 @@ class OverridesDictFormatterValidator(DictFormatterValidator):
     _key_validator = OverridesStringFormatterValidator
 
 
+class AnyFormatterValidator(StringFormatterValidator):
+    """
+    Applies no post-processing.
+    """
+
+    def post_process(self, resolved: Any) -> Any:
+        return resolved
+
+
+class AnyOverridesFormatterValidator(AnyFormatterValidator, OverridesStringFormatterValidator):
+    pass
+
+
 class UnstructuredDictFormatterValidator(DictFormatterValidator):
+    _key_validator = AnyFormatterValidator
+
     def __init__(self, name, value):
         # Convert the unstructured-ness into a script
         if isinstance(value, dict):
@@ -223,19 +238,7 @@ class UnstructuredDictFormatterValidator(DictFormatterValidator):
 
 
 class UnstructuredOverridesDictFormatterValidator(UnstructuredDictFormatterValidator):
-    _key_validator = OverridesStringFormatterValidator
-
-
-def to_variable_dependency_format_string(script: Script, parsed_format_string: SyntaxTree) -> str:
-    """
-    Create a dummy format string that contains all variable deps as a string.
-    """
-    dummy_format_string = ""
-    for var in parsed_format_string.variables:
-        dummy_format_string += f"{{ {var.name} }}"
-        for variable_dependency in script._variables[var.name].variables:
-            dummy_format_string += f"{{ {variable_dependency.name} }}"
-    return dummy_format_string
+    _key_validator = AnyOverridesFormatterValidator
 
 
 def _validate_formatter(
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/test_ytdl_options.py b/tests/unit/plugins/test_ytdl_options.py
index e72d960e..ace6680a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/test_ytdl_options.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/test_ytdl_options.py
@@ -82,13 +82,17 @@ class TestYtdlOptions:
         default_config: ConfigFile,
         output_directory: str,
     ):
+        expected = {
+            "break_on_existing": True,
+            "js_runtimes": {"deno": {"path": "/usr/local/bin/deno"}},
+            "string_path": "test",
+            "list_test": ["hmmm"],
+        }
+
         preset_dict = {
             "download": "https://your.name.here",
             "output_options": {"output_directory": output_directory, "file_name": "will_error.mp4"},
-            "ytdl_options": {
-                "break_on_existing": True,
-                "js_runtimes": {"deno": {"path": "/usr/local/bin/deno"}},
-            },
+            "ytdl_options": expected,
         }
 
         sub = Subscription.from_dict(
@@ -97,10 +101,5 @@ class TestYtdlOptions:
             preset_dict=preset_dict,
         )
 
-        expected = {
-            "break_on_existing": True,
-            "js_runtimes": {"deno": {"path": "/usr/local/bin/deno"}},
-        }
         out = sub.ytdl_options.to_native_dict(sub.overrides)
-
         assert out == expected