diff --git a/Web/Scotty/Binding/Play.hs b/Web/Scotty/Binding/Play.hs
--- a/Web/Scotty/Binding/Play.hs
+++ b/Web/Scotty/Binding/Play.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, QuasiQuotes, FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, QuasiQuotes, FlexibleInstances, OverlappingInstances #-}
 
 -- | The Play Framework style data binding in Scotty.
 --
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
 instance Bindable Bool where
     parseParams' = parse
 
-instance Bindable Char where
+--instance Bindable Char where
+--    parseParams' = parse
+instance Bindable String where
     parseParams' = parse
 
 instance Bindable Double where
diff --git a/scotty-binding-play.cabal b/scotty-binding-play.cabal
--- a/scotty-binding-play.cabal
+++ b/scotty-binding-play.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                scotty-binding-play
-version:             1.2.1
+version:             1.3
 synopsis:            The Play Framework style data binding in Scotty.
 description:         The Play Framework style data binding in Scotty.
 license:             BSD3
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
--- a/test/Spec.hs
+++ b/test/Spec.hs
@@ -143,3 +143,7 @@
                 ]
         it "bind array data GET" $ test GET ex9 ac9
         it "bind array data POST" $ test POST ex9 ac9
+        let ex10 = "string" :: String
+        let ac10 = [ ("data", "string") ]
+        it "bind string data GET" $ test GET ex10 ac10
+        it "bind string data POST" $ test POST ex10 ac10