diff --git a/src/patching.spec.ts b/src/patching.spec.ts
index 1d8c8df..d3c9961 100644
--- a/src/patching.spec.ts
+++ b/src/patching.spec.ts
@@ -295,6 +295,34 @@ describe("patchSharedType", () =>
 
     expect(ymap.get("text").toString()).toBe("bc");
   });
+
+  it("Converts strings to YText in objects", () =>
+  {
+    ymap.set("state", objectToYMap({ "foo": null, }));
+    patchSharedType(
+      ymap.get("state"),
+      {
+        "foo": "bar",
+      }
+    );
+
+    expect(ymap.get("state").get("foo")).toBeInstanceOf(Y.Text);
+    expect(ymap.get("state").get("foo")
+      .toString()).toBe("bar");
+  });
+
+  it("Converts strings to YText in arrays", () =>
+  {
+    ymap.set("state", arrayToYArray([]));
+    patchSharedType(
+      ymap.get("state"),
+      [ "bar" ]
+    );
+
+    expect(ymap.get("state").get(0)).toBeInstanceOf(Y.Text);
+    expect(ymap.get("state").get(0)
+      .toString()).toBe("bar");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("patchStore", () =>
diff --git a/src/patching.ts b/src/patching.ts
index 1523b5f..54a1fdc 100644
--- a/src/patching.ts
+++ b/src/patching.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as Y from "yjs";
 import { ChangeType, Change, } from "./types";
 import { getChanges, } from "./diff";
-import { arrayToYArray, objectToYMap, } from "./mapping";
+import { arrayToYArray, objectToYMap, stringToYText, } from "./mapping";
 import { State, StoreApi, } from "zustand/vanilla";
 
 /**
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ export const patchSharedType = (
       {
         if (sharedType instanceof Y.Map)
         {
-          if (value instanceof Array)
+          if (typeof value === "string")
+            sharedType.set(property as string, stringToYText(value));
+          else if (value instanceof Array)
             sharedType.set(property as string, arrayToYArray(value));
-
           else if (value instanceof Object)
             sharedType.set(property as string, objectToYMap(value));
-
           else
             sharedType.set(property as string, value);
         }
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ export const patchSharedType = (
           if (type === ChangeType.UPDATE)
             sharedType.delete(index);
 
-          if (value instanceof Array)
+          if (typeof value === "string")
+            sharedType.insert(index, [ stringToYText(value) ]);
+          else if (value instanceof Array)
             sharedType.insert(index, [ arrayToYArray(value) ]);
           else if (value instanceof Object)
             sharedType.insert(index, [ objectToYMap(value) ]);