diff --git a/docs/notif/telegram.md b/docs/notif/telegram.md
index a8bedefd..6f70d674 100644
--- a/docs/notif/telegram.md
+++ b/docs/notif/telegram.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Multiple chat IDs can be provided in order to deliver notifications to multiple
 | `tokenFile`        |                                    | Use content of secret file as Telegram bot token if `token` not defined   |
 | `chatIDs`          |                                    | List of chat IDs to send notifications to                                 |
 | `chatIDsFile`      |                                    | Use content of secret file as chat IDs if `chatIDs` not defined           |
-| `chatTopics`       |                                    | Nested List of chat topic IDs to send notifications to.                   |
+| `chatTopics`       |                                    | List of chat topic IDs to send notifications to.                          |
 | `chatTopicsFile`   |                                    | Use content of secret file as chat topic IDs if `chatTopics` not defined  |
 | `templateBody`[^1] | See [below](#default-templatebody) | [Notification template](../faq.md#notification-template) for message body |
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Multiple chat IDs can be provided in order to deliver notifications to multiple
     Chat IDs secret file must be a valid JSON array like: `[123456789,987654321]`
 
 !!! example "chat topic IDS secret file"
-    Chat topics is a nested array, so you can specify multiple topics per chat ID: `[[10,15][10,20]]`
+    Chat topics is also an array, so you can specify a topic ID per chat ID: `[10,20]`
 
 ### Default `templateBody`
 
diff --git a/internal/model/notif_telegram.go b/internal/model/notif_telegram.go
index 62de8027..30e669a4 100644
--- a/internal/model/notif_telegram.go
+++ b/internal/model/notif_telegram.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ const NotifTelegramDefaultTemplateBody = `Docker tag {{ if .Entry.Image.HubLink
 
 // NotifTelegram holds Telegram notification configuration details
 type NotifTelegram struct {
-	Token          string    `yaml:"token,omitempty" json:"token,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
-	TokenFile      string    `yaml:"tokenFile,omitempty" json:"tokenFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
-	ChatIDs        []int64   `yaml:"chatIDs,omitempty" json:"chatIDs,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
-	ChatIDsFile    string    `yaml:"chatIDsFile,omitempty" json:"chatIDsFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
-	ChatTopics     [][]int64 `yaml:"chatTopics,omitempty" json:"chatTopics,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
-	ChatTopicsFile string    `yaml:"chatTopicsFile,omitempty" json:"chatTopicsFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
-	TemplateBody   string    `yaml:"templateBody,omitempty" json:"templateBody,omitempty" validate:"required"`
+	Token          string  `yaml:"token,omitempty" json:"token,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
+	TokenFile      string  `yaml:"tokenFile,omitempty" json:"tokenFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
+	ChatIDs        []int64 `yaml:"chatIDs,omitempty" json:"chatIDs,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
+	ChatIDsFile    string  `yaml:"chatIDsFile,omitempty" json:"chatIDsFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
+	ChatTopics     []int64 `yaml:"chatTopics,omitempty" json:"chatTopics,omitempty" validate:"omitempty"`
+	ChatTopicsFile string  `yaml:"chatTopicsFile,omitempty" json:"chatTopicsFile,omitempty" validate:"omitempty,file"`
+	TemplateBody   string  `yaml:"templateBody,omitempty" json:"templateBody,omitempty" validate:"required"`
 }
 
 // GetDefaults gets the default values
diff --git a/internal/notif/telegram/client.go b/internal/notif/telegram/client.go
index 9968cebb..8bf6b1f8 100644
--- a/internal/notif/telegram/client.go
+++ b/internal/notif/telegram/client.go
@@ -102,18 +102,13 @@ func (c *Client) Send(entry model.NotifEntry) error {
 	}
 
 	for i, chatID := range chatIDs {
-		if len(chatTopics) > i && len(chatTopics[i]) > 0 {
-			for _, topic := range chatTopics[i] {
-				err = sendTelegramMessage(bot, chatID, topic, string(body))
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			err = sendTelegramMessage(bot, chatID, 0, string(body))
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		var chatTopic int64
+		if len(chatTopics) > i {
+			chatTopic = chatTopics[i]
+		}
+		err = sendTelegramMessage(bot, chatID, chatTopic, string(body))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}