diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b241183..0475c3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ venv/*
 build/*
 dist/*
 *.pyc
+.venv
+.mypy_cache
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ef1c38..dffd151 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## 1.1.2
+- Allow string or dict form data
+- Update json-editor to 1.3.5
+
 ## 1.1.1
 - Fix compatibility with django 3.0
 
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/apps.py b/django_jsonforms/apps.py
index 2a1f235..3720aa1 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/apps.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/apps.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
+
 class JSONFormsConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'django_jsonforms'
     verbose_name = 'Django JSON Forms'
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/forms.py b/django_jsonforms/forms.py
index 54b3830..4fff5ee 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/forms.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/forms.py
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.forms import fields, ValidationError
-from django.forms.widgets import Textarea, Widget
+from django.forms.widgets import Widget
 import jsonschema
 import os
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.conf import settings
 
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
-    from django.utils import simplejson as json
+import json
+
 
 class JSONEditorWidget(Widget):
 
     template_name = 'django_jsonforms/jsoneditor.html'
 
     class Media:
-        js = ('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@json-editor/json-editor@1.0.0/dist/jsoneditor.min.js', 'django_jsonforms/jsoneditor_init.js')
+        js = (
+            'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@json-editor/json-editor@1.3.5/dist/jsoneditor.min.js',
+            'django_jsonforms/jsoneditor_init.js'
+        )
 
     def __init__(self, schema, options, *args, **kwargs):
         super(JSONEditorWidget, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ def get_context(self, name, value, attrs):
         context['widget']['type'] = 'hidden'
         return context
 
+
 class JSONSchemaField(fields.CharField):
 
     def __init__(self, schema, options, ajax=True, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def to_python(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, str):
             try:
                 return json.loads(value)
-            except:
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
                 raise ValidationError('Invalid JSON')
         return value
 
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ def clean(self, value):
         return value
 
     def prepare_value(self, value):
-        return json.dumps(value)
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            return json.dumps(value)
+        return value
+
 
 class JSONSchemaForm(forms.Form):
 
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/settings.py b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/settings.py
index 66ea3ae..9abe546 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/settings.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/settings.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
-
-
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
 
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/urls.py b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/urls.py
index 0cebac9..e6fb7d7 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/urls.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.conf.urls import url
 from django_jsonforms.tests.testapp import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/views.py b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/views.py
index 219d3ca..1e0edf7 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/views.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/tests/testapp/views.py
@@ -3,23 +3,25 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
 
-from django_jsonforms.forms import JSONSchemaField, JSONSchemaForm
+from django_jsonforms.forms import JSONSchemaField
 
 # Forms
 
-class JSONTestFormStatic(Form):
 
+class JSONTestFormStatic(Form):
     json = JSONSchemaField(schema='test_schema.json', options={})
 
+
 class JSONTestFormDouble(Form):
 
     json1 = JSONSchemaField(schema='test_schema.json', options={})
     json2 = JSONSchemaField(schema='test_schema.json', options={})
 
+
 class JSONTestForm(Form):
 
     json = JSONSchemaField(
-        schema = {
+        schema={
             'type': 'object',
             'properties': {
                 'color': {
@@ -44,29 +46,31 @@ class JSONTestForm(Form):
 
 # Views
 
+
 class JSONFormView(FormView):
 
-    template_name="form.html"
+    template_name = "form.html"
     form_class = JSONTestForm
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         return reverse('success')
 
-class JSONFormViewStatic(FormView):
 
-    template_name="form.html"
+class JSONFormViewStatic(FormView):
+    template_name = "form.html"
     form_class = JSONTestFormStatic
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         return reverse('success')
 
-class JSONFormViewDouble(FormView):
 
-    template_name="form.html"
+class JSONFormViewDouble(FormView):
+    template_name = "form.html"
     form_class = JSONTestFormDouble
 
     def get_success_url(self):
         return reverse('success')
 
+
 def success_view(request):
     return HttpResponse('<p id=\"success\">Success</p>')
diff --git a/django_jsonforms/tests/tests.py b/django_jsonforms/tests/tests.py
index 6018fef..07393e2 100644
--- a/django_jsonforms/tests/tests.py
+++ b/django_jsonforms/tests/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
-from django.forms import ValidationError, Form
+from django.forms import Form
 from django_jsonforms.forms import JSONSchemaField, JSONSchemaForm
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.testing import StaticLiveServerTestCase
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 import json
 import os
-import time
 from unittest import skipUnless
 
-from django_jsonforms.forms import JSONSchemaField
-
 thisdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
+
 class JSONTestForm(Form):
 
     def __init__(self, schema, options, ajax=True, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ def __init__(self, schema, options, ajax=True, *args, **kwargs):
         self.fields['json1'] = JSONSchemaField(schema=schema, options=options, ajax=ajax)
         self.fields['json2'] = JSONSchemaField(schema=schema, options=options, ajax=ajax)
 
+
 class DjangoFormsTest(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ def test_render_valid_data(self):
         self.assertNotEqual(media.find('jsoneditor.min.js'), -1)
         self.assertNotEqual(media.find('jsoneditor_init.js'), -1)
 
-
     def test_valid_data_for_schema_two_fields(self):
 
         form_data = {'json1': json.dumps(self.test_json), 'json2': json.dumps(self.test_json)}
@@ -137,7 +135,8 @@ def test_valid_data_with_schema_file_dir_setting(self):
         form = JSONSchemaForm(schema='tests/testapp/staticfiles/test_schema.json', options=self.options, data=form_data)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
 
-@skipUnless(settings.SELENIUM_TEST == True, "Selenium tests not requested")
+
+@skipUnless(settings.SELENIUM_TEST, "Selenium tests not requested")
 class JSONFormsLiveTest(StaticLiveServerTestCase):
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6ddf890..bb7ff07 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
-__version__ = '1.1.1'
+__version__ = '1.1.2'
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f: