diff --git a/src/api.jl b/src/api.jl
index b2c8d96e..6028b727 100644
--- a/src/api.jl
+++ b/src/api.jl
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Data(;
     format=nothing,
 ) = DataSpec(_remove_empty(;url, format, name))
 function Data(generator::SymbolOrString; kw...)
-    kw = isempty(kw) ? true : kw
-    Data(NamedTuple{(generator,)}((NamedTuple(kw), )))
+    kw = isempty(kw) ? true : NamedTuple(kw)
+    Data(NamedTuple{(generator,)}((kw, )))
 end
 Data(key::SymbolOrString, value::SymbolOrString) = Data(NamedTuple{(key,)}((value, )))
 
diff --git a/test/test_api.jl b/test/test_api.jl
index 38ace1c8..5b3c8ad1 100644
--- a/test/test_api.jl
+++ b/test/test_api.jl
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ end
     @test rawspec(Data(3)) == 3
     @test Data(url="url") isa Deneb.DataSpec
     @test Data(url="url").data == (;url="url")
-    @test Data(:graticule, step=[15, 15]).data == (graticule = (step = [15, 15],),)
+    @test Data(:graticule, step=[15, 15]).data == (;graticule = (;step = [15, 15]))
+    @test Data(:sphere).data == (;sphere = true)
     @test Data(:name, :nodes).data == (;name=:nodes)
 end