diff --git a/src/datastore_access.hpp b/src/datastore_access.hpp
index 72e3553..9e5c317 100644
--- a/src/datastore_access.hpp
+++ b/src/datastore_access.hpp
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@
 
 class DatastoreAccess {
 public:
+    using Tree = std::map<std::string, leaf_data_>;
     virtual ~DatastoreAccess() = 0;
-    virtual std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> getItems(const std::string& path) = 0;
+    virtual Tree getItems(const std::string& path) = 0;
     virtual void setLeaf(const std::string& path, leaf_data_ value) = 0;
     virtual void createPresenceContainer(const std::string& path) = 0;
     virtual void deletePresenceContainer(const std::string& path) = 0;
diff --git a/src/netconf_access.cpp b/src/netconf_access.cpp
index 5b1ad78..e648a33 100644
--- a/src/netconf_access.cpp
+++ b/src/netconf_access.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 
 NetconfAccess::~NetconfAccess() = default;
 
-std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> NetconfAccess::getItems(const std::string& path)
+DatastoreAccess::Tree NetconfAccess::getItems(const std::string& path)
 {
-    using namespace std::string_literals;
-    std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> res;
+    Tree res;
 
     // This is very similar to the fillMap lambda in SysrepoAccess, however,
     // Sysrepo returns a weird array-like structure, while libnetconf
diff --git a/src/netconf_access.hpp b/src/netconf_access.hpp
index 29101ed..a5e0485 100644
--- a/src/netconf_access.hpp
+++ b/src/netconf_access.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     NetconfAccess(const std::string& socketPath);
     NetconfAccess(std::unique_ptr<libnetconf::client::Session>&& session);
     ~NetconfAccess() override;
-    std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> getItems(const std::string& path) override;
+    Tree getItems(const std::string& path) override;
     void setLeaf(const std::string& path, leaf_data_ value) override;
     void createPresenceContainer(const std::string& path) override;
     void deletePresenceContainer(const std::string& path) override;
diff --git a/src/sysrepo_access.cpp b/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
index 221f482..499597f 100644
--- a/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
+++ b/src/sysrepo_access.cpp
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@
     }
 }
 
-std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> SysrepoAccess::getItems(const std::string& path)
+DatastoreAccess::Tree SysrepoAccess::getItems(const std::string& path)
 {
     using namespace std::string_literals;
-    std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> res;
+    Tree res;
 
     auto fillMap = [&res](auto items) {
         if (!items)
diff --git a/src/sysrepo_access.hpp b/src/sysrepo_access.hpp
index 9861ab4..ff26e7a 100644
--- a/src/sysrepo_access.hpp
+++ b/src/sysrepo_access.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 public:
     ~SysrepoAccess() override;
     SysrepoAccess(const std::string& appname);
-    std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> getItems(const std::string& path) override;
+    Tree getItems(const std::string& path) override;
     void setLeaf(const std::string& path, leaf_data_ value) override;
     void createPresenceContainer(const std::string& path) override;
     void deletePresenceContainer(const std::string& path) override;