diff --git a/init.php b/init.php
index d83110e..33d7343 100644
--- a/init.php
+++ b/init.php
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ class Af_Feedmod extends Plugin implements IHandler
                         if ($basenode) {
                             // remove nodes from cleanup configuration
                             if (isset($config['cleanup'])) {
+                                if (!is_array($config['cleanup']) {
+                                    $config['cleanup'] = array($config['cleanup']);
+                                }
                                 foreach ($config['cleanup'] as $cleanup) {
                                     $nodelist = $xpath->query('//'.$cleanup, $basenode);
                                     foreach ($nodelist as $node) {