diff --git a/src/mccode_antlr/comp/visitor.py b/src/mccode_antlr/comp/visitor.py
index 7a89577..29f46bf 100644
--- a/src/mccode_antlr/comp/visitor.py
+++ b/src/mccode_antlr/comp/visitor.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def visitComponentDefineCopy(self, ctx: Parser.ComponentDefineCopyContext):
 
     def visitCategory(self, ctx: Parser.CategoryContext):
         # Return the provided identifier or string literal, minus quotes
-        self.state.category = str(ctx.StringLiteral())[1:-1] if ctx.Identifier() is None else str(ctx.Identifer())
+        self.state.category = str(ctx.StringLiteral())[1:-1] if ctx.Identifier() is None else str(ctx.Identifier())
 
     def visitComponent_define_parameters(self, ctx: Parser.Component_define_parametersContext):
         for parameter in self.visit(ctx.component_parameters()):
diff --git a/tests/test_comp_category.py b/tests/test_comp_category.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dff2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_comp_category.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""A component's CATEGORY may be a bare name or a quoted string."""
+import pytest
+
+from mccode_antlr.comp import Comp
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('category', ['samples', '"samples"'])
+def test_category_is_read_either_way(category):
+    source = f'DEFINE COMPONENT T\nSETTING PARAMETERS ()\nCATEGORY {category}\nEND\n'
+    assert Comp.from_source(None, None, source).category == 'samples'