diff --git a/include/hyprutils/animation/AnimatedVariable.hpp b/include/hyprutils/animation/AnimatedVariable.hpp
index 668661b..3909cb5 100644
--- a/include/hyprutils/animation/AnimatedVariable.hpp
+++ b/include/hyprutils/animation/AnimatedVariable.hpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Hyprutils {
 
             /* Equivalent to create, except that it allows animated variables to be UP's */
             void create2(const int typeInfo, CAnimationManager* pAnimationManager, Memory::CWeakPointer<CGenericAnimatedVariable<VarType, AnimationContext>> pSelf,
-                        const VarType& initialValue) {
+                         const VarType& initialValue) {
                 m_Begun = initialValue;
                 m_Value = initialValue;
                 m_Goal  = initialValue;
diff --git a/include/hyprutils/string/VarList2.hpp b/include/hyprutils/string/VarList2.hpp
index 04b0faa..7d79f48 100644
--- a/include/hyprutils/string/VarList2.hpp
+++ b/include/hyprutils/string/VarList2.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace Hyprutils {
     namespace String {
@@ -15,7 +16,24 @@ namespace Hyprutils {
                 @param removeEmpty remove empty args from argv
                 @param allowEscape whether to allow escaping the delimiter
             */
-            CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo = 0, const char delim = ',', const bool removeEmpty = false, const bool allowEscape = true);
+            explicit CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo = 0, const char delim = ',', const bool removeEmpty = false, const bool allowEscape = true);
+
+            /** Split string into arg list
+                Prefer this over CConstVarList / CVarList, this is better.
+
+                Warning: passing a string_view will make this list assume sv is kept alive as long as this vl is alive.
+
+                @param lastArgNo stop splitting after argv reaches maximum size, last arg will contain rest of unsplit args
+                @param delim if delimiter is 's', use std::isspace
+                @param removeEmpty remove empty args from argv
+                @param allowEscape whether to allow escaping the delimiter
+            */
+            explicit CVarList2(std::string_view in, const size_t lastArgNo = 0, const char delim = ',', const bool removeEmpty = false, const bool allowEscape = true);
+
+            /**
+                Same as CVarList2(std::string_view, ...)
+            */
+            explicit CVarList2(const char* in, const size_t lastArgNo = 0, const char delim = ',', const bool removeEmpty = false, const bool allowEscape = true);
 
             ~CVarList2() = default;
 
@@ -42,7 +60,10 @@ namespace Hyprutils {
             }
 
           private:
-            std::string                   m_inString;
+            void                          construct(std::string_view in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape);
+
+            std::string                   m_inStringCopy;
+            std::string_view              m_inString;
             std::vector<std::string>      m_copyStrings;
             std::vector<std::string_view> m_args;
         };
diff --git a/src/string/VarList2.cpp b/src/string/VarList2.cpp
index 9f845ae..4734694 100644
--- a/src/string/VarList2.cpp
+++ b/src/string/VarList2.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,20 @@
 
 using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 
-CVarList2::CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape) : m_inString(std::move(in)) {
+CVarList2::CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape) :
+    m_inStringCopy(std::move(in)), m_inString(m_inStringCopy) {
+    construct(m_inString, lastArgNo, delim, removeEmpty, allowEscape);
+}
+
+CVarList2::CVarList2(std::string_view in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape) : m_inString(in) {
+    construct(m_inString, lastArgNo, delim, removeEmpty, allowEscape);
+}
+
+CVarList2::CVarList2(const char* in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape) : m_inString(in) {
+    construct(m_inString, lastArgNo, delim, removeEmpty, allowEscape);
+}
+
+void CVarList2::construct(std::string_view in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim, const bool removeEmpty, const bool allowEscape) {
     if (m_inString.empty())
         return;
 
@@ -57,7 +70,7 @@ CVarList2::CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim,
                 m_args.emplace_back(ARG);
         } else {
             // we escaped something, fixup the string, add to copies, then emplace
-            std::string cpy = m_inString.substr(argBegin, i - argBegin);
+            std::string cpy = std::string{m_inString.substr(argBegin, i - argBegin)};
             for (size_t i = 0; i < escapedIndices.size(); ++i) {
                 cpy = cpy.substr(0, escapedIndices[i] - i) + cpy.substr(escapedIndices[i] - i + 1);
             }
@@ -80,7 +93,7 @@ CVarList2::CVarList2(std::string&& in, const size_t lastArgNo, const char delim,
                 m_args.emplace_back(ARG);
         } else {
             // we escaped something, fixup the string, add to copies, then emplace
-            std::string cpy = m_inString.substr(argBegin, m_inString.size() - argBegin);
+            std::string cpy = std::string{m_inString.substr(argBegin, m_inString.size() - argBegin)};
             for (size_t i = 0; i < escapedIndices.size(); ++i) {
                 cpy = cpy.substr(0, escapedIndices[i] - i) + cpy.substr(escapedIndices[i] - i + 1);
             }