diff --git a/lib/config/builder/index.test.ts b/lib/config/builder/index.test.ts
index a3862ce..1c17282 100644
--- a/lib/config/builder/index.test.ts
+++ b/lib/config/builder/index.test.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ describe("builder tests", () => {
         placeholder: null,
         pattern: null,
         patternDescription: null,
-        textarea: null,
       }),
     }).build();
     expect(JSON.stringify(bitcoinPropertiesBuilt)).toEqual(
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ describe("builder tests", () => {
       "masked": true,
       "placeholder": null,
       "pattern": null,
-      "patternDescription": null,
-      "textarea": null
+      "patternDescription": null
     }}`
         .replaceAll("\n", " ")
         .replaceAll(/\s{2,}/g, "")
diff --git a/lib/config/builder/list.ts b/lib/config/builder/list.ts
index fd986a1..eea866a 100644
--- a/lib/config/builder/list.ts
+++ b/lib/config/builder/list.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export class List<A extends ValueSpecList> extends IBuilder<A> {
         placeholder: string | null;
         pattern: string | null;
         patternDescription: string | null;
-        textarea: boolean | null;
       };
     }
   >(a: A) {
diff --git a/lib/config/builder/value.ts b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
index ad4629e..4c41efc 100644
--- a/lib/config/builder/value.ts
+++ b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   ValueSpecList,
   ValueSpecNumber,
   ValueSpecString,
+  ValueSpecTextarea,
 } from "../config-types";
 import { guardAll } from "../../util";
 
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ export class Value<A extends ValueSpec> extends IBuilder<A> {
       placeholder: string | null;
       pattern: string | null;
       patternDescription: string | null;
-      textarea: boolean | null;
     }
   >(a: A) {
     return new Value({
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ export class Value<A extends ValueSpec> extends IBuilder<A> {
       ...a,
     } as ValueSpecString);
   }
+  static textarea<
+    A extends {
+      name: string;
+      description: string | null;
+      warning: string | null;
+      nullable: boolean;
+      placeholder: string | null;
+    }
+  >(a: A) {
+    return new Value({
+      type: "textarea" as const,
+      ...a,
+    } as ValueSpecTextarea);
+  }
   static number<
     A extends {
       name: string;
diff --git a/lib/config/config-types.ts b/lib/config/config-types.ts
index ae1011d..c4b530a 100644
--- a/lib/config/config-types.ts
+++ b/lib/config/config-types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export type InputSpec = Record<string, ValueSpec>;
 
 export type ValueType =
   | "string"
+  | "textarea"
   | "number"
   | "boolean"
   | "select"
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ export type ValueSpec = ValueSpecOf<ValueType>;
 export type ValueSpecOf<T extends ValueType> = T extends "string"
   ? ValueSpecString
   : T extends "number"
+  ? ValueSpecTextarea
+  : T extends "textarea"
   ? ValueSpecNumber
   : T extends "boolean"
   ? ValueSpecBoolean
@@ -37,7 +40,12 @@ export interface ValueSpecString extends ListValueSpecString, WithStandalone {
   type: "string";
   default: null | DefaultString;
   nullable: boolean;
-  textarea: null | boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ValueSpecTextarea extends WithStandalone {
+  type: "textarea";
+  placeholder: null | string;
+  nullable: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ValueSpecNumber extends ListValueSpecNumber, WithStandalone {
diff --git a/lib/test/makeOutput.ts b/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
index f3fc061..756ff56 100644
--- a/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
+++ b/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ writeConvertedFile(
           copyable: true,
           masked: true,
         },
+        bio: {
+          type: "string",
+          nullable: false,
+          name: "Username",
+          description: "The username for connecting to Bitcoin over RPC.",
+          default: "bitcoin",
+          masked: true,
+          pattern: "^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$",
+          "pattern-description":
+            "Must be alphanumeric (can contain underscore).",
+          textarea: true,
+        },
         advanced: {
           type: "object",
           name: "Advanced",
diff --git a/lib/util/propertiesMatcher.ts b/lib/util/propertiesMatcher.ts
index c84b09b..97bfb7c 100644
--- a/lib/util/propertiesMatcher.ts
+++ b/lib/util/propertiesMatcher.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const { string, some, object, dictionary, unknown, number, literals, boolean } =
 
 type TypeBoolean = "boolean";
 type TypeString = "string";
+type TypeTextarea = "textarea";
 type TypeNumber = "number";
 type TypeObject = "object";
 type TypeList = "list";
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ type GuardNumber<A> =
 type GuardString<A> =
   A extends {  type: TypeString } ? GuardDefaultNullable<A, string> :
   unknown
+// prettier-ignore
+type GuardTextarea<A> =
+  A extends {  type: TypeTextarea } ? GuardDefaultNullable<A, string> :
+  unknown
 
 // prettier-ignore
 type GuardBoolean<A> =
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ type GuardUnion<A> =
 type _<T> = T;
 export type GuardAll<A> = GuardNumber<A> &
   GuardString<A> &
+  GuardTextarea<A> &
   GuardBoolean<A> &
   GuardObject<A> &
   GuardList<A> &
@@ -232,6 +238,9 @@ export function guardAll<A extends ValueSpecAny>(
     case "string":
       return defaultNullable(string, value) as any;
 
+    case "textarea":
+      return defaultNullable(string, value) as any;
+
     case "number":
       return defaultNullable(
         withIntegral(withRange(value), value),
@@ -267,6 +276,7 @@ export function guardAll<A extends ValueSpecAny>(
         ) as any;
       }
       return unknown as any;
+
     case "multiselect":
       if (matchValues.test(value)) {
         const rangeValidate =
@@ -282,6 +292,7 @@ export function guardAll<A extends ValueSpecAny>(
         ) as any;
       }
       return unknown as any;
+
     case "union":
       if (matchUnion.test(value)) {
         return some(
diff --git a/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts b/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
index 603e04d..a67ae88 100644
--- a/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
+++ b/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ export default async function makeFileContent(
   function convertValueSpec(value: any): string {
     switch (value.type) {
       case "string": {
+        if (value.textarea) {
+          return `Value.textarea(${JSON.stringify(
+            {
+              name: value.name || null,
+              description: value.description || null,
+              warning: value.warning || null,
+              nullable: value.nullable || false,
+              placeholder: value.placeholder || null,
+            },
+            null,
+            2
+          )})`;
+        }
         return `Value.string(${JSON.stringify(
           {
             name: value.name || null,
@@ -63,7 +76,6 @@ export default async function makeFileContent(
             placeholder: value.placeholder || null,
             pattern: value.pattern || null,
             patternDescription: value["pattern-description"] || null,
-            textarea: value.textarea || null,
           },
           null,
           2