diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index baa3965..3cf107d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ const iomem = new Mem(['127.0.0.1:11211'], { timeout: 500, retries: 2 })
 ...
 ```
 
+The first argument also accepts a string when you have only one server.
+
 See [Custom servers](#custom-servers) and [Options](#options) for more details.
 
 ### Basic usage
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index bce1f2d..fa498af 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { Transform } from 'node:stream';
 
 declare class Mem {
-  constructor(servers?: Mem.Addresses, options?: Mem.Options);
+  constructor(servers?: Mem.Addresses|Mem.Address, options?: Mem.Options);
 
   static DEFAULT_EXPIRY: Mem.Expiry;
   static setDefaultExpiry(expiry?: Mem.Expiry): void;
diff --git a/src/net.js b/src/net.js
index 2b40266..4f5aaad 100644
--- a/src/net.js
+++ b/src/net.js
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ class Net {
     this._servers = new Map()
     this._opaque = 0
 
+    if (!Array.isArray(servers)) {
+      servers = [servers]
+    }
+
     servers.forEach(address => {
       const server = new Server(address, this._options.maxConnections, this._options.connectionTimeout, this._options.keepAliveInitialDelay)
       this._servers.set(server.hostname, server)
diff --git a/test/client.test.js b/test/client.test.js
index 87d0a88..1389540 100644
--- a/test/client.test.js
+++ b/test/client.test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
   }
 
   beforeAll(() => {
-    iomem = new Mem(['memcached:test@127.0.0.1'], {
+    iomem = new Mem('memcached:test@127.0.0.1', {
       connectionTimeout: 500,
       timeout: 1000
     })