diff --git a/.github/actions/test/action.yml b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
index 33b5b7245..e3595b310 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test/action.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ runs:
           if [[ "01234567" == *"${JOBID}"* ]]; then export PDI_PLUGIN_PATH=/tmp/pdi_plugins; fi
           export MAKEFLAGS='-j 4'
           export CTEST_FLAGS="--output-junit /tmp/tests.xml"
-          export TEST_DIR="/tmp_dir_test"
           /src/bin/build_and_run_all_tests
         EOF
         docker run \
diff --git a/plugins/decl_netcdf/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/decl_netcdf/CHANGELOG.md
index ffa0df3c3..0b382d7d8 100644
--- a/plugins/decl_netcdf/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/decl_netcdf/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Removed
 
 ### Fixed
+* Bug(typo) fixed: Config error raised when using the scalar format for the yaml write configuration.
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/plugins/decl_netcdf/dnc_file_context.cxx b/plugins/decl_netcdf/dnc_file_context.cxx
index b0d9fc441..d0c8ee7e7 100644
--- a/plugins/decl_netcdf/dnc_file_context.cxx
+++ b/plugins/decl_netcdf/dnc_file_context.cxx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2024 Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA)
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2025 Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA)
  * Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Science (PSNC)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Dnc_file_context::Dnc_file_context(PDI::Context& ctx, PC_tree_t config)
 
 	PC_tree_t write_node = PC_get(config, ".write");
 	if (!PC_status(write_node)) {
-		if (PDI::is_scalar(read_node)) {
+		if (PDI::is_scalar(write_node)) {
 			std::string write_desc = PDI::to_string(write_node);
 			m_ctx.logger().trace("Creating new empty write info for: {}", write_desc);
 			m_write.emplace(write_desc, Dnc_io{this->m_ctx, PC_tree_t{}});
@@ -138,12 +138,14 @@ Dnc_file_context::Dnc_file_context(PDI::Context& ctx, PC_tree_t config)
 				m_ctx.logger().trace("Creating new empty write info for: {}", write_desc);
 				m_write.emplace(write_desc, Dnc_io{this->m_ctx, PC_tree_t{}});
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if (PDI::is_map(write_node)) {
 			PDI::each(write_node, [this](PC_tree_t desc_name, PC_tree_t write_value) {
 				std::string write_desc = PDI::to_string(desc_name);
 				m_ctx.logger().trace("Creating new write info for: {}", write_desc);
 				this->m_write.emplace(PDI::to_string(desc_name), Dnc_io{this->m_ctx, write_value});
 			});
+		} else {
+			throw PDI::Error{PDI_ERR_CONFIG, "write node is not parsed correctly"};
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/decl_netcdf/tests/decl_netcdf_tests.cxx b/plugins/decl_netcdf/tests/decl_netcdf_tests.cxx
index e77246f19..15f98d028 100644
--- a/plugins/decl_netcdf/tests/decl_netcdf_tests.cxx
+++ b/plugins/decl_netcdf/tests/decl_netcdf_tests.cxx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Science (PSNC)
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA)
+ * Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ TEST(decl_netcdf_test, 06)
 		  "                                                    \n"
 		  "plugins:                                            \n"
 		  "  decl_netcdf:                                      \n"
-		  "    - file: 'test_07.nc'                            \n"
+		  "    - file: 'test_06.nc'                            \n"
 		  "      on_event: 'write'                             \n"
 		  "      variables:                                    \n"
 		  "        int_matrix_var:                             \n"
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ TEST(decl_netcdf_test, 06)
 		  "          variable_selection:                       \n"
 		  "            start: ['$iter', 0, 0]                  \n"
 		  "            subsize: [1, 8, 8]                      \n"
-		  "    - file: 'test_07.nc'                            \n"
+		  "    - file: 'test_06.nc'                            \n"
 		  "      on_event: 'read'                              \n"
 		  "      variables:                                    \n"
 		  "        int_matrix_var:                             \n"
@@ -739,6 +739,48 @@ TEST(decl_netcdf_test, 06)
 	PDI_finalize();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Name:                decl_netcdf_test.07
+ *
+ * Description:         Tests yaml syntaxe with `write: data`
+ */
+TEST(decl_netcdf_test, 07)
+{
+	const char* CONFIG_YAML
+		= "logging: trace                                      \n"
+		  "data:                                               \n"
+		  "  int_matrix:                                       \n"
+		  "    type: array                                     \n"
+		  "    subtype: int                                    \n"
+		  "    size: [8, 8]                                    \n"
+		  "                                                    \n"
+		  "plugins:                                            \n"
+		  "  decl_netcdf:                                      \n"
+		  "    - file: 'test_07.nc'                            \n"
+		  "      on_event: 'write'                             \n"
+		  "      write: int_matrix                             \n";
+
+	// Use the null error handle explicitly. Otherwise, the error is not captured.
+	// Need further investigation
+	PDI_errhandler(PDI_NULL_HANDLER);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(PDI_OK, PDI_init(PC_parse_string(CONFIG_YAML)));
+
+	int int_matrix[8][8];
+
+	// init data
+	for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+		for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
+			int_matrix[i][j] = 100 + i * 8 + j;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// write data
+	ASSERT_EQ(PDI_OK, PDI_multi_expose("write", "int_matrix", int_matrix, PDI_OUT, NULL));
+
+	PDI_finalize();
+}
+
 /*
  * Name:                decl_netcdf_test.size_of
  *