diff --git a/plugins/contexts/string.inc b/plugins/contexts/string.inc
index e731ab7..925c59c 100644
--- a/plugins/contexts/string.inc
+++ b/plugins/contexts/string.inc
@@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ function ctools_context_create_string($empty, $data = NULL, $conf = FALSE) {
   }
 
   if ($data !== FALSE ) {
-    // Support the array storage from the settings form but also handle direct input from arguments.
-    $context->data = is_array($data) ? $data['string'] : $data;
+    // Support both scalar storage from the settings form but also handle direct input from arguments.
+    $context->data = NULL;
+    if (is_scalar($data)) {
+      $context->data = $data;
+    }
+    elseif (isset($data['string'])) {
+      $context->data = $data['string'];
+    }
     $context->title = ($conf) ? check_plain($data['identifier']) : check_plain($data);
     return $context;
   }