diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
index 22f02d9e..bff1e343 100644
--- a/docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ You can determine your currently installed version using `mkdocs --version`:
     mkdocs, version 0.13.0
 
 
+## Version 0.13.1 (2015-05-27)
+
+* Bugfix: Fix a problem with minimal configurations which only contain a list
+  of paths in the pages config (#562)
+
+
 ## Version 0.13.0 (2015-05-26)
 
 ### Deprecations
diff --git a/mkdocs/__init__.py b/mkdocs/__init__.py
index 2d7893e3..deea98b4 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__init__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.13.0'
+__version__ = '0.13.1'
diff --git a/mkdocs/config/config_options.py b/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
index 7d732792..7a01e16f 100644
--- a/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
+++ b/mkdocs/config/config_options.py
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ class Pages(Extras):
         # TODO: Remove in 1.0
         config_types = set(type(l) for l in value)
 
-        if config_types.issubset(set([six.text_type, dict, ])):
+        if config_types.issubset(set([six.text_type, dict, str])):
             return value
 
-        if config_types.issubset(set([six.text_type, list, ])):
+        if config_types.issubset(set([six.text_type, list, str])):
             return legacy.pages_compat_shim(value)
 
         raise ValidationError("Invalid pages config. {0} {1}".format(
diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/integration.py b/mkdocs/tests/integration.py
index 53ab0d23..d064da38 100644
--- a/mkdocs/tests/integration.py
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/integration.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from mkdocs import utils
 DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 MKDOCS_CONFIG = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(DIR, '../../mkdocs.yml'))
 MKDOCS_THEMES = utils.get_theme_names()
+TEST_PROJECTS = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(DIR, 'integration'))
 
 
 @click.command()
@@ -40,7 +41,14 @@ def main(output=None):
         command = ['mkdocs', 'build', '--site-dir', out, '--theme', theme]
         subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=project_dir)
 
-    print("The theme builds are available in {0}".format(output))
+    for project in os.listdir(TEST_PROJECTS):
+
+        project_dir = os.path.join(TEST_PROJECTS, project)
+        out = os.path.join(output, project)
+        command = ['mkdocs', 'build', '--site-dir', out]
+        subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=project_dir)
+
+    print("Theme and integration builds are available in {0}".format(output))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/docs/testing.md b/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/docs/testing.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da37213a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/docs/testing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Welcome to MkDocs
+
+For full documentation visit [mkdocs.org](http://mkdocs.org).
+
+## Commands
+
+* `mkdocs new [dir-name]` - Create a new project.
+* `mkdocs serve` - Start the live-reloading docs server.
+* `mkdocs build` - Build the documentation site.
+* `mkdocs help` - Print this help message.
+
+## Project layout
+
+    mkdocs.yml    # The configuration file.
+    docs/
+        index.md  # The documentation homepage.
+        ...       # Other markdown pages, images and other files.
diff --git a/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/mkdocs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e678648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkdocs/tests/integration/minimal/mkdocs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+site_name: MyTest
+
+pages:
+- 'testing.md'
+
+site_author: "Tom Christie & Dougal Matthews"