diff --git a/@gramm/stat_summary.m b/@gramm/stat_summary.m
index dd7808c..1bb3164 100644
--- a/@gramm/stat_summary.m
+++ b/@gramm/stat_summary.m
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
         warning('bin_in in stat_summary() not supported for Matrix/Cell X/Y inputs');
     end
     
-    if strfind(params.type,'fit')
+    if ischar(params.type) && ~isempty(strfind(params.type,'fit'))
         %If we have a params.type using distributions fits we
         %can't vectorize the call to computeci so we do it in a for
         %loop
@@ -346,6 +346,19 @@
     return;
 end
 
+if isa(type,'function_handle')
+    try
+        temp=type(y);
+        ymean=temp(1,:);
+        yci=temp(2:3,:);
+    catch ME
+        disp(['Error in custom summary computation: ' ME.message ' ...skipping']);
+        yci=repmat([NaN NaN],size(y,2));
+        ymean=nan(size(y,2),1);
+    end
+    return;
+end
+
 try
     switch type
         case 'bootci'