diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7cf941..1e80e45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Clara v1.1.2
+# Clara v1.1.3
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/catchorg/Clara.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/catchorg/Clara)
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/catchorg/Clara?brach=master&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/catchorg/clara)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/catchorg/Clara/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/catchorg/Clara)
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index dc07b20..67ac47d 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 <a id="top"></a>
 
+# 1.1.3
+
+## Improvements
+* `Args` now take arguments as `int argc, char const * const * argv`.
+  * This allows the use of string literals for arguments
+
+
 # 1.1.2
 * Fix usage of `dynamic_cast` preventing Clara being used with `-fno-rtti`
 
diff --git a/include/clara.hpp b/include/clara.hpp
index 6a701a2..ca138dc 100644
--- a/include/clara.hpp
+++ b/include/clara.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //
 // See https://github.com/philsquared/Clara for more details
 
-// Clara v1.1.2
+// Clara v1.1.3
 
 #ifndef CLARA_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define CLARA_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/single_include/clara.hpp b/single_include/clara.hpp
index 9a60c17..257ba10 100644
--- a/single_include/clara.hpp
+++ b/single_include/clara.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //
 // See https://github.com/philsquared/Clara for more details
 
-// Clara v1.1.2
+// Clara v1.1.3
 
 #ifndef CLARA_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define CLARA_HPP_INCLUDED
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
 #define CLARA_TEXTFLOW_CONFIG_CONSOLE_WIDTH CLARA_CONFIG_CONSOLE_WIDTH
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CLARA_CONFIG_OPTIONAL_TYPE
+#ifdef __has_include
+#if __has_include(<optional>) && __cplusplus >= 201703L
+#define CLARA_CONFIG_OPTIONAL_TYPE std::optional
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
+
 // ----------- #included from clara_textflow.hpp -----------
 
 // TextFlowCpp
@@ -389,11 +398,9 @@ namespace detail {
         std::vector<std::string> m_args;
 
     public:
-        Args( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
-            m_exeName = argv[0];
-            for( int i = 1; i < argc; ++i )
-                m_args.push_back( argv[i] );
-        }
+        Args( int argc, char const* const* argv )
+            : m_exeName(argv[0]),
+              m_args(argv + 1, argv + argc) {}
 
         Args( std::initializer_list<std::string> args )
         :   m_exeName( *args.begin() ),
@@ -580,15 +587,13 @@ namespace detail {
 
     protected:
         void enforceOk() const override {
-            // !TBD: If no exceptions, std::terminate here or something
-            switch( m_type ) {
-                case ResultBase::LogicError:
-                    throw std::logic_error( m_errorMessage );
-                case ResultBase::RuntimeError:
-                    throw std::runtime_error( m_errorMessage );
-                case ResultBase::Ok:
-                    break;
-            }
+
+            // Errors shouldn't reach this point, but if they do
+            // the actual error message will be in m_errorMessage
+            assert( m_type != ResultBase::LogicError );
+            assert( m_type != ResultBase::RuntimeError );
+            if( m_type != ResultBase::Ok )
+                std::abort();
         }
 
         std::string m_errorMessage; // Only populated if resultType is an error
@@ -658,6 +663,16 @@ namespace detail {
             return ParserResult::runtimeError( "Expected a boolean value but did not recognise: '" + source + "'" );
         return ParserResult::ok( ParseResultType::Matched );
     }
+#ifdef CLARA_CONFIG_OPTIONAL_TYPE
+    template<typename T>
+    inline auto convertInto( std::string const &source, std::optional<T>& target ) -> ParserResult {
+        T temp;
+        auto result = convertInto( source, temp );
+        if( result )
+            target = temp;
+        return result;
+    }
+#endif // CLARA_CONFIG_OPTIONAL_TYPE
 
     struct NonCopyable {
         NonCopyable() = default;