diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35316bd..8611ab3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ kind create cluster
 
 The `test.json` file contains samples for each of the different panel types that `buoy` currently supports. As this is a hobby project very early in the development cycle there are some limitations and things are bound to not work as expected.
 
+`buoy` uses https://github.com/tidwall/gjson for the path evaluation and extracting of values from resources. Please consult their documentation for valid path syntax
+
 ## Controls
 - `ctrl+c`, `q`, `esc` will quit the program and exit the tui
 - `tab` will switch the active tab to the one to the right of the currently active tab
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b695ff..a6fd072 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.24.2
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.7.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.1
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.1
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
-require github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 // indirect
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/chroma v0.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0579783..6304a98 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2 h1:+h33VjcLVPDHtOdpUCuF+7gSuG3yGIftsP1YvFihtJ8=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.0 h1:/Jocvlh98kcTfpN2+JzGQWQcqrPQwDrVEMApx/M5ZwM=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.17.0/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
diff --git a/pkg/paneler/helpers.go b/pkg/paneler/helpers.go
index acf85c6..762c0de 100644
--- a/pkg/paneler/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/paneler/helpers.go
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 package paneler
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 )
 
 func getDotNotationValue(item map[string]interface{}, dotPath string) (interface{}, error) {
-	keys := strings.Split(dotPath, ".")
-	val, exist, err := unstructured.NestedFieldNoCopy(item, keys...)
+	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(item)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching nested field %q: %w", dotPath, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error marshalling item to json: %w", err)
 	}
-	if !exist {
+	res := gjson.Get(string(jsonBytes), dotPath)
+	if !res.Exists() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nested field %q not found", dotPath)
 	}
-	return val, nil
+	return res.Value(), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/paneler/table.go b/pkg/paneler/table.go
index 2246107..018805e 100644
--- a/pkg/paneler/table.go
+++ b/pkg/paneler/table.go
@@ -96,19 +96,8 @@ func (t *Table) runInformerForTable(tablePanel buoytypes.Table, tw *panels.Table
 					tw.SetError(err)
 					break
 				}
-				switch val := val.(type) {
-				case string:
-					row = append(row, val)
-				case map[string]interface{}:
-					data, err := json.Marshal(val)
-					if err != nil {
-						tw.SetError(err)
-						break
-					}
-					row = append(row, string(data))
-				default:
-					row = append(row, fmt.Sprint(val))
-				}
+
+				row = append(row, fmt.Sprint(val))
 			}
 
 			tw.AddOrUpdateRow(u.GetUID(), row)
@@ -122,19 +111,7 @@ func (t *Table) runInformerForTable(tablePanel buoytypes.Table, tw *panels.Table
 					tw.SetError(err)
 					break
 				}
-				switch val := val.(type) {
-				case string:
-					row = append(row, val)
-				case map[string]interface{}:
-					data, err := json.Marshal(val)
-					if err != nil {
-						tw.SetError(err)
-						break
-					}
-					row = append(row, string(data))
-				default:
-					row = append(row, fmt.Sprint(val))
-				}
+				row = append(row, fmt.Sprint(val))
 			}
 
 			tw.AddOrUpdateRow(u.GetUID(), row)
diff --git a/test.json b/test.json
index 775de6d..b0d9d2c 100644
--- a/test.json
+++ b/test.json
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@
                     "path": "metadata.name"
                 },
                 {
-                    "header": "Phase",
-                    "path": "status.phase"
+                    "header": "Labels",
+                    "path": "metadata.labels"
                 },
                 {
-                    "header": "PodIP",
-                    "path": "status.podIP"
+                    "header": "Ready Condition",
+                    "path": "status.conditions.#(type==Ready)"
                 },
                 {
-                    "header": "Start Time",
-                    "path": "status.startTime"
+                    "header": "Phase",
+                    "path": "status.phase"
                 },
                 {
-                    "header": "UID",
-                    "path": "metadata.uid"
+                    "header": "Containers",
+                    "path": "spec.containers.#.name"
                 }
             ]
         },