4ceac8
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@
public class HierarchicalConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration implements
         // Update the existing nodes for this property
         Iterator<ConfigurationNode> itNodes = fetchNodeList(key).iterator();
         Iterator<?> itValues;
-        if (!isDelimiterParsingDisabled())
+        if (!isDelimiterParsingDisabled() || !(value instanceof String))
         {
             itValues = PropertyConverter.toIterator(value, getListDelimiter());
         }
