diff --git a/src/fmu/sumo/sim2sumo/common.py b/src/fmu/sumo/sim2sumo/common.py
index 1577b84..ce1140f 100644
--- a/src/fmu/sumo/sim2sumo/common.py
+++ b/src/fmu/sumo/sim2sumo/common.py
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ def create_config_dict(config, datafile=None, datatype=None):
 
         if submods == "all":
             submods = SUBMODULES
+    elif isinstance(datatype,list):
+        submods = datatype
     else:
         submods = [datatype]