diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
index 5e53fd1478ba7c1a6e318f8e070e99977f101dd9..5ef95925ceca111c3cd1d8c15a19f36f0b1e8fe3 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_json_conversion/fill_xlsx.py
@@ -153,18 +153,23 @@ data: dict
   The data at the current path position.  Must be single items (dict or simple scalar) or lists of
   simple values.
         """
-        sheet = self._sheet_index[".".join(current_path)].sheet
+        sheet_meta = self._sheet_index[".".join(current_path)]
+        sheet = sheet_meta.sheet
         next_row = _next_row_index(sheet)
         for name, content in data.items():
             if isinstance(content, list):
                 # TODO handle later
                 # scalar elements: semicolon separated
                 # nested dicts: recurse
-                continue
-            if isinstance(content, dict):
                 pass
-                # from IPython import embed
-                # embed()
+            elif isinstance(content, dict):
+                pass
+                # scalars
+            else:
+                path = current_path + [name]
+                path_str = ".".join([ColumnType.SCALAR.name] + path)
+                col_index = sheet_meta.col_index[path_str].col_index
+                sheet.cell(row=next_row+1, column=col_index+1, value=content)
 
 
 def fill_template(data: Union[dict, str, TextIO], template: str, result: str) -> None: