diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67de5995c..33218656b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     * Fixed checking ACL for another user (who is not currently logged in) in a Flex Object or Directory
     * Fixed bug in Windows where `Filesystem::dirname()` returns backslashes
     * Fixed Flex object issues in Windows [#2773](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2773)
+    * Fixed `Cannot use a scalar value as an array` error in `Utils::arrayUnflattenDotNotation()`, ignore nested structure instead
 
 # v1.7.0-rc.2
 ## 12/04/2019
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index de0100a15..6d96f8e9c 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -953,16 +953,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "matthiasmullie/path-converter",
-            "version": "1.1.2",
+            "version": "1.1.3",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/matthiasmullie/path-converter.git",
-                "reference": "5e4b121c8b9f97c80835c1d878b0812ba1d607c9"
+                "reference": "e7d13b2c7e2f2268e1424aaed02085518afa02d9"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/matthiasmullie/path-converter/zipball/5e4b121c8b9f97c80835c1d878b0812ba1d607c9",
-                "reference": "5e4b121c8b9f97c80835c1d878b0812ba1d607c9",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/matthiasmullie/path-converter/zipball/e7d13b2c7e2f2268e1424aaed02085518afa02d9",
+                "reference": "e7d13b2c7e2f2268e1424aaed02085518afa02d9",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@
                 "paths",
                 "relative"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-10-25T15:19:41+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-02-05T23:41:09+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "maximebf/debugbar",
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index 6ea79a2ab..0f6839d78 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ abstract class Utils
      */
     public static function arrayFlatten($array)
     {
-        $flatten = array();
+        $flatten = [];
         foreach ($array as $key => $inner) {
             if (is_array($inner)) {
                 foreach ($inner as $inner_key => $value) {
@@ -1081,7 +1081,17 @@ abstract class Utils
     }
 
     /**
-     * Opposite of flatten, convert flat dot notation array to multi dimensional array
+     * Opposite of flatten, convert flat dot notation array to multi dimensional array.
+     *
+     * If any of the parent has a scalar value, all children get ignored:
+     *
+     * admin.pages=true
+     * admin.pages.read=true
+     *
+     * becomes
+     *
+     * admin:
+     *   pages: true
      *
      * @param array $array
      * @param string $separator
@@ -1098,8 +1108,20 @@ abstract class Utils
                     if ($k === 0) {
                         continue;
                     }
+
+                    // Cannot use a scalar value as an array
+                    if (null !== $last && !is_array($last)) {
+                        continue 2;
+                    }
+
                     $last = &$last[$dot];
                 }
+
+                // Cannot use a scalar value as an array
+                if (null !== $last && !is_array($last)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 $last = $value;
             } else {
                 $newArray[$key] = $value;