diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ce23cd4..89fff65d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "@types/indent-string": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.116",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.5",
-    "@types/node": "^10.9.2",
+    "@types/node": "^10.9.4",
     "@types/wrap-ansi": "^3.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "fancy-test": "^1.3.0",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "ts-node": "^7.0.1",
     "tslint": "^5.11.0",
-    "typescript": "^3.0.1"
+    "typescript": "^3.0.3"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8.0.0"
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index 909eedad..f1796e0e 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ function topicsToArray(input: any, base?: string): Topic[] {
     return input.concat(flatMap(input, t => topicsToArray(t.subtopics, `${base}${t.name}`)))
   }
   return flatMap(Object.keys(input), k => {
+    input[k].name = k
     return [{...input[k], name: `${base}${k}`}].concat(topicsToArray(input[k].subtopics, `${base}${input[k].name}`))
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/config.test.ts b/test/config.test.ts
index 77aa92d8..7fc9a7ca 100644
--- a/test/config.test.ts
+++ b/test/config.test.ts
@@ -2,23 +2,28 @@ import * as os from 'os'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 import {IConfig, load, PJSON} from '../src'
+import * as util from '../src/util'
 
 import {expect, fancy} from './test'
 
 interface Options {
+  pjson?: any,
   homedir?: string,
     platform?: string,
     env?: {[k: string]: string},
 }
 
 describe('Config', () => {
-  const testConfig = ({homedir = '/my/home', platform = 'darwin', env = {}}: Options = {}) => {
-    const test = fancy
+  const testConfig = ({pjson, homedir = '/my/home', platform = 'darwin', env = {}}: Options = {}) => {
+    let test = fancy
     .resetConfig()
     .env(env, {clear: true})
     .stub(os, 'homedir', () => path.join(homedir))
     .stub(os, 'platform', () => platform)
-    .add('config', () => load())
+
+    if (pjson) test = test.stub(util, 'loadJSON', () => Promise.resolve(pjson))
+
+    test = test.add('config', () => load())
 
     return {
       hasS3Key(k: keyof PJSON.S3.Templates, expected: string, extra: any = {}) {
@@ -108,4 +113,33 @@ describe('Config', () => {
     expect(config.s3Url('/b/c')).to.equal('https://bar.com/a/b/c')
     config.pjson.oclif.update.s3.host = orig
   })
+
+  testConfig({
+    pjson: {
+      name: 'foo',
+      oclif: {
+        topics: {
+          t1: {
+            description: 'desc for t1',
+            subtopics: {
+              't1-1': {
+                description: 'desc for t1-1',
+                subtopics: {
+                  't1-1-1': {
+                    description: 'desc for t1-1-1'
+                  },
+                  't1-1-2': {
+                    description: 'desc for t1-1-2'
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  .it('has subtopics', config => {
+    expect(config.topics.map(t => t.name)).to.have.members(['t1', 't1:t1-1', 't1:t1-1:t1-1-1', 't1:t1-1:t1-1-2'])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 83c9f6b7..6f8a8462 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
   version "10.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.7.1.tgz#b704d7c259aa40ee052eec678758a68d07132a2e"
 
-"@types/node@^10.9.2":
-  version "10.9.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.9.2.tgz#f0ab8dced5cd6c56b26765e1c0d9e4fdcc9f2a00"
+"@types/node@^10.9.4":
+  version "10.9.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.9.4.tgz#0f4cb2dc7c1de6096055357f70179043c33e9897"
 
 "@types/sinon@^5.0.1":
   version "5.0.1"
@@ -1229,9 +1229,9 @@ type-detect@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/type-detect/-/type-detect-4.0.8.tgz#7646fb5f18871cfbb7749e69bd39a6388eb7450c"
 
-typescript@^3.0.1:
-  version "3.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-3.0.1.tgz#43738f29585d3a87575520a4b93ab6026ef11fdb"
+typescript@^3.0.3:
+  version "3.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-3.0.3.tgz#4853b3e275ecdaa27f78fda46dc273a7eb7fc1c8"
 
 union-value@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"