diff --git a/core/components/formit/elements/snippets/snippet.formitisselected.php b/core/components/formit/elements/snippets/snippet.formitisselected.php
index 2cfd4a1e..e23ed0a9 100644
--- a/core/components/formit/elements/snippets/snippet.formitisselected.php
+++ b/core/components/formit/elements/snippets/snippet.formitisselected.php
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
     $output = ' selected="selected"';
 }
 $input = $modx->fromJSON($input);
-if (in_array($options,$input)) {
-  $output = ' selected="selected"';
+if(is_array($input)){
+    if (in_array($options,$input)) {
+      $output = ' selected="selected"';
+    }
 }
 return $output;