diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bbff050..c02873d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.1] - 2021-09-28
+### Fixed
+- Fixed compare for `str` types.
+
 ## [1.0.0] - 2021-09-27
 ### Added
 - Method to deep compare data structures containing `dict`, `list` and `tuple` types.
 - Method to partially deep compare data structures containing `dict`, `list` and `tuple` types.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/anexia-it/python-deepcompare/compare/1.0.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/anexia-it/python-deepcompare/compare/1.0.1...HEAD
+[1.0.1]: https://github.com/anexia-it/python-deepcompare/compare/1.0.0...1.0.1
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/anexia-it/python-deepcompare/releases/tag/1.0.0
diff --git a/deepcompare/__init__.py b/deepcompare/__init__.py
index 631a3e2..5e9d086 100644
--- a/deepcompare/__init__.py
+++ b/deepcompare/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 _LIST_TYPES = (abc.Sequence, )
 _DICT_TYPES = (abc.Mapping, )
+_STR_TYPES = (str, bytes, )
 
 
 def compare(haystack: Any, subset: Any, strict: bool = False) -> bool:
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ def _compare(haystack: Any, subset: Any, partial: bool, strict: bool) -> bool:
 
     # if we compare compare two list types, we check each value of the haystack object to be equal to the
     # subset object. if we are working in partial mode, we ignore if the subset list is shorter than the haystack list.
-    elif isinstance(haystack, _LIST_TYPES) and isinstance(subset, _LIST_TYPES):
+    elif isinstance(haystack, _LIST_TYPES) and not isinstance(haystack, _STR_TYPES) \
+            and isinstance(subset, _LIST_TYPES) and not isinstance(subset, _STR_TYPES):
         return _compare_sequence(haystack, subset, partial, strict)
 
     # for any other type, we just compare the two values.
diff --git a/tests/test_compare_flat.py b/tests/test_compare_flat.py
index bbc9a75..3363c66 100644
--- a/tests/test_compare_flat.py
+++ b/tests/test_compare_flat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 import deepcompare
 
 
+def test_compare_str_with_str():
+    # test full equality
+    assert deepcompare.compare('abc', 'abc')
+
+    # test non-equality
+    assert not deepcompare.compare('abc', 'a')
+    assert not deepcompare.compare('abc', 'ab')
+    assert not deepcompare.compare('abc', 'abcd')
+
+
+def test_compare_str_in_list_with_str_in_list():
+    # test full equality
+    assert deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', 'c', ])
+
+    # test partial equality
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'c', ])
+
+    # test non-equality
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['c', 'b', 'a', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'c', 'b', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', ])
+
+
 def test_compare_list_with_list():
     # test full equality
     assert deepcompare.compare([1, 2, 3, ], [1, 2, 3, ])
diff --git a/tests/test_partial_compare_flat.py b/tests/test_partial_compare_flat.py
index 43fd2b1..5cb71ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_partial_compare_flat.py
+++ b/tests/test_partial_compare_flat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 import deepcompare
 
 
+def test_compare_str_with_str():
+    # test full equality
+    assert deepcompare.partial_compare('abc', 'abc')
+
+    # test non-equality
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare('abc', 'a')
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare('abc', 'ab')
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare('abc', 'abcd')
+
+
+def test_compare_str_in_list_with_str_in_list():
+    # test full equality
+    assert deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', 'c', ])
+
+    # test partial equality
+    assert deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', ])
+    assert deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', ])
+    assert deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'c', ])
+
+    # test non-equality
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['c', 'b', 'a', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'c', 'b', ])
+    assert not deepcompare.partial_compare(['a', 'b', 'c', ], ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', ])
+
+
 def test_compare_list_with_list():
     # test full equality
     assert deepcompare.partial_compare([1, 2, 3, ], [1, 2, 3, ])