diff --git a/system/database/DB.php b/system/database/DB.php
index c3e7722..16ca1c8 100644
--- a/system/database/DB.php
+++ b/system/database/DB.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		
 		$params = $db[$active_group];			
 	}
-	else
+	elseif (is_string($params))
 	{
 		
 		/* parse the URL from the DSN string