diff --git a/include/configulator.h b/include/configulator.h
index 3eb2516..a67d873 100644
--- a/include/configulator.h
+++ b/include/configulator.h
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ struct cfglr_element {
   }\
 }
 
+#define CFGLR_ELEMENT_PTR(KEY, POINTER, TYPE, SIZE, DEFAULT, DEF_SIZE, SIGNALERS...) (cfglr_element_t){\
+  .key = KEY,\
+  .data = POINTER,\
+  .datatype = TYPE,\
+  .datatype_size = SIZE,\
+  .default_data = (void*)DEFAULT,\
+  .default_size = DEF_SIZE,\
+  .signalers = {\
+    SIGNALERS,\
+    { NULL }\
+  }\
+}
+
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_U8(KEY, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_U8, sizeof(uint8_t), DEFAULT, 1, SIGNALERS)
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_I8(KEY, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_I8, sizeof(int8_t), DEFAULT, 1, SIGNALERS)
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_U16(KEY, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_U16, sizeof(uint16_t), DEFAULT, 2, SIGNALERS)
@@ -78,7 +91,7 @@ struct cfglr_element {
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_U64(KEY, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_U64, sizeof(uint64_t), DEFAULT, 8, SIGNALERS)
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_I64(KEY, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_I64, sizeof(int64_t), DEFAULT, 8, SIGNALERS)
 #define CFGLR_ELEMENT_BIN(KEY, SIZE, DEFAULT, DEF_SIZE, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_BIN, SIZE, DEFAULT, DEF_SIZE, SIGNALERS)
-#define CFGLR_ELEMENT_STR(KEY, SIZE, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT(KEY, CFGLR_DATATYPE_STR, SIZE, DEFAULT, strlen(DEFAULT), SIGNALERS)
+#define CFGLR_ELEMENT_STR(KEY, POINTER, SIZE, DEFAULT, SIGNALERS...) CFGLR_ELEMENT_PTR(KEY, POINTER, CFGLR_DATATYPE_STR, SIZE, DEFAULT, strlen(DEFAULT), SIGNALERS)
 
 typedef struct cfglr_backend cfglr_backend_t;