diff -u b/plugins/contexts/string.inc b/plugins/contexts/string.inc
--- b/plugins/contexts/string.inc
+++ b/plugins/contexts/string.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
   }
 
   if ($data !== FALSE ) {
-    $context->data = $data['string'];
+    // Support the array storage from the settings form but also handle direct input from arguments.
+    $context->data = is_array($data) ? $data['string'] : $data;
     $context->title = ($conf) ? check_plain($data['identifier']) : check_plain($data);
     return $context;
   }
@@ -87,2 +87,0 @@
-
-