diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index 1ee204cb..b63355d4 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@ parse_load_value(const char *str)
 }
 
 
+static std::vector<std::string>
+parse_str_tokenize(const char *str)
+{
+   std::vector<std::string> data;
+   std::stringstream ss(str);
+   std::string token;
+   while (std::getline(ss, token, ',')) {
+      trim(token);
+      data.push_back(token);
+   }
+    return data;
+}
+
+
 static unsigned
 parse_unsigned(const char *str)
 {
@@ -362,7 +376,7 @@ parse_font_glyph_ranges(const char *str)
 #define parse_cpu_load_color(s) parse_load_color(s)
 #define parse_gpu_load_value(s) parse_load_value(s)
 #define parse_cpu_load_value(s) parse_load_value(s)
-#define parse_blacklist(s) parse_str(s)
+#define parse_blacklist(s) parse_str_tokenize(s)
 
 static bool
 parse_help(const char *str)
diff --git a/src/overlay_params.h b/src/overlay_params.h
index 5666b2b2..b2e325b6 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.h
+++ b/src/overlay_params.h
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ struct overlay_params {
    std::string pci_dev;
    std::string media_player_name;
    std::string cpu_text, gpu_text;
-   std::string blacklist;
+   //std::string blacklist;
+   std::vector<std::string> blacklist;
    unsigned log_interval;
    std::vector<media_player_order> media_player_order;
    std::vector<std::string> benchmark_percentiles;
diff --git a/src/vulkan.cpp b/src/vulkan.cpp
index 3dadf2a8..0dbe195c 100644
--- a/src/vulkan.cpp
+++ b/src/vulkan.cpp
@@ -2082,11 +2082,8 @@ static VkResult overlay_CreateInstance(
    parse_overlay_config(&instance_data->params, getenv("MANGOHUD_CONFIG"));
 
    //check for blacklist item in the config file
-   std::stringstream ss(instance_data->params.blacklist);
-   std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, ',')) {
-      trim(token);
-      add_blacklist(token);
+   for (auto& item : instance_data->params.blacklist) {
+      add_blacklist(item);
    }
 
    if (!is_blacklisted()) {