diff --git a/lib/puppet_x/icinga2/utils.rb b/lib/puppet_x/icinga2/utils.rb
index 489b9b781..e8c115bf1 100644
--- a/lib/puppet_x/icinga2/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet_x/icinga2/utils.rb
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@ def self.process_hash(attrs, indent=2, level=3, prefix=' '*indent)
           attrs.each do |attr, value|
             if value.is_a?(Hash)
               if value.empty?
-                result = "%s%s = {}\n" % [ prefix, attribute_types(attr) ]
+                result = case level
+                  when 1 then "%s%s = {}\n" % [ prefix, attribute_types(attr) ]
+                  when 2 then "%s[\"%s\"] = {}\n" % [ prefix, attr ]
+                  else "%s%s = {}\n" % [ prefix, attribute_types(attr) ]
+                end
               else
                 result += case level
                   when 1 then process_hash(value, indent, 2, "%s%s" % [ prefix, attr ])