From ffd1a9146798028d3cde1a64b0b9ef66559c6be7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Bruhin <git@the-compiler.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:04:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Directory conftype

---
 qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
index 35265445f..c39fdceb7 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configtypes.py
@@ -978,9 +978,9 @@ class Directory(BaseType):
     """A directory on the local filesystem."""
 
     def from_py(self, value):
-        self._basic_py_validation(value, dict)
+        self._basic_py_validation(value, str)
         if not value:
-            return
+            return None
         value = os.path.expandvars(value)
         value = os.path.expanduser(value)
         try: