diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/admin/server.py b/aries_cloudagent/admin/server.py
index 6761c0122e..8795830a86 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/admin/server.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/admin/server.py
@@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ async def config_handler(self, request: web.BaseRequest):
         """
         config = {
             k: self.context.settings[k]
+            if (isinstance(self.context.settings[k], (str, int)))
+            else self.context.settings[k].copy()
             for k in self.context.settings
             if k
             not in [