diff --git a/src/hud_elements.cpp b/src/hud_elements.cpp
index bb528b30..adb29850 100644
--- a/src/hud_elements.cpp
+++ b/src/hud_elements.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "mesa/util/macros.h"
+#include "string_utils.h"
 
 // Cut from https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/pull/2943
 // Probably move to ImGui
@@ -596,8 +597,8 @@ void HudElements::sort_elements(std::pair<std::string, std::string> option){
     if (param == "frame_timing")    { ordered_functions.push_back({frame_timing, value});   }
     if (param == "media_player")    { ordered_functions.push_back({media_player, value});   }
     if (param == "graphs"){
-    stringstream ss; ss << value;
-        while (getline(ss, value, '+')) {
+        auto values = str_tokenize(value);
+        for (auto& value : values) {
             if (find(permitted_params.begin(), permitted_params.end(), value) != permitted_params.end())
                 ordered_functions.push_back({graphs, value});
             else
diff --git a/src/overlay_params.cpp b/src/overlay_params.cpp
index 46837874..d3360e2e 100644
--- a/src/overlay_params.cpp
+++ b/src/overlay_params.cpp
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ parse_string_to_keysym_vec(const char *str)
    std::vector<KeySym> keys;
    if(g_x11->IsLoaded())
    {
-      std::stringstream keyStrings(str);
-      std::string ks;
-      while (std::getline(keyStrings, ks, '+')) {
+      auto keyStrings = str_tokenize(str);
+      for (auto& ks : keyStrings) {
          trim(ks);
          KeySym xk = g_x11->XStringToKeysym(ks.c_str());
          if (xk)
@@ -140,10 +139,9 @@ static std::vector<std::uint32_t>
 parse_fps_limit(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<std::uint32_t> fps_limit;
-   std::stringstream fps_limit_strings(str);
-   std::string value;
+   auto fps_limit_strings = str_tokenize(str);
 
-   while (std::getline(fps_limit_strings, value, '+')) {
+   for (auto& value : fps_limit_strings) {
       trim(value);
 
       uint32_t as_int;
@@ -176,9 +174,9 @@ static std::vector<unsigned>
 parse_load_color(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<unsigned> load_colors;
-   std::stringstream ss(str);
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
    std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, '+')) {
+   for (auto& token : tokens) {
       trim(token);
       load_colors.push_back(std::stoi(token, NULL, 16));
    }
@@ -193,9 +191,9 @@ static std::vector<unsigned>
 parse_load_value(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<unsigned> load_value;
-   std::stringstream ss(str);
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
    std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, '+')) {
+   for (auto& token : tokens) {
       trim(token);
       load_value.push_back(std::stoi(token));
    }
@@ -207,9 +205,9 @@ static std::vector<std::string>
 parse_str_tokenize(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<std::string> data;
-   std::stringstream ss(str);
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
    std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, '+')) {
+   for (auto& token : tokens) {
       trim(token);
       data.push_back(token);
    }
@@ -260,9 +258,8 @@ static std::vector<media_player_order>
 parse_media_player_order(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<media_player_order> order;
-   std::stringstream ss(str);
-   std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, '+')) {
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
+   for (auto& token : tokens) {
       trim(token);
       std::transform(token.begin(), token.end(), token.begin(), ::tolower);
       if (token == "title")
@@ -280,10 +277,8 @@ static std::vector<std::string>
 parse_benchmark_percentiles(const char *str)
 {
    std::vector<std::string> percentiles;
-   std::stringstream percent_strings(str);
-   std::string value;
-
-   while (std::getline(percent_strings, value, '+')) {
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
+   for (auto& value : tokens) {
       trim(value);
 
       if (value == "AVG") {
@@ -321,9 +316,8 @@ static uint32_t
 parse_font_glyph_ranges(const char *str)
 {
    uint32_t fg = 0;
-   std::stringstream ss(str);
-   std::string token;
-   while (std::getline(ss, token, ',')) {
+   auto tokens = str_tokenize(str);
+   for (auto& token : tokens) {
       trim(token);
       std::transform(token.begin(), token.end(), token.begin(), ::tolower);
 
diff --git a/src/string_utils.h b/src/string_utils.h
index 3c9664e6..e7062add 100644
--- a/src/string_utils.h
+++ b/src/string_utils.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define MANGOHUD_STRING_UTILS_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -109,6 +110,23 @@ static float parse_float(const std::string& s, std::size_t* float_len = nullptr)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static std::vector<std::string> str_tokenize(const std::string& s, const std::string&& delims = ",:+")
+{
+   std::vector<std::string> v;
+   size_t old_n = 0, new_n = 0;
+
+   while (old_n < s.size()){
+      new_n = s.find_first_of(delims, old_n);
+      auto c = s.substr(old_n, new_n - old_n);
+      if (old_n != new_n)
+         v.push_back(c);
+      if (new_n == std::string::npos)
+          break;
+      old_n = new_n + 1;
+   }
+   return v;
+}
+
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #endif //MANGOHUD_STRING_UTILS_H