diff --git a/owners-common/src/main/java/com/vmware/gerrit/owners/common/ConfigurationParser.java b/owners-common/src/main/java/com/vmware/gerrit/owners/common/ConfigurationParser.java
index 2b8ecc9..17f75d0 100644
--- a/owners-common/src/main/java/com/vmware/gerrit/owners/common/ConfigurationParser.java
+++ b/owners-common/src/main/java/com/vmware/gerrit/owners/common/ConfigurationParser.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
   }
 
   private static Stream<String> extractOwners(JsonNode node) {
+    if(node.isTextual()) {
+      return Stream.of(node.asText());
+    }
     return iteratorStream(node.iterator()).map(JsonNode::asText);
   }
 
diff --git a/tools/workspace-status.sh b/tools/workspace-status.sh
index 83f9cdc..35966f1 100755
--- a/tools/workspace-status.sh
+++ b/tools/workspace-status.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
   cd $1; git describe --always --match "v[0-9].*" --dirty
 }
 
-echo STABLE_BUILD_OWNERS_LABEL $(rev .)
+echo STABLE_BUILD_OWNERS-AUTOASSIGN_LABEL $(rev .)