diff --git a/src/core/jsonutil.h b/src/core/jsonutil.h
index 44b70fd6..bee07c92 100644
--- a/src/core/jsonutil.h
+++ b/src/core/jsonutil.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static nlohmann::json parse_jsonc(std::string& s)
     return j;
 }
 
-template <template <class> class T>
-static void commasplit(const std::string& s, T<std::string>& l)
+template <template <typename...> class T>
+void commasplit(const std::string& s, T<std::string>& l)
 {
     auto sta = s.find_first_not_of(' '); // ltrim
     auto end = s.find(',');
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void commasplit(const std::string& s, T<std::string>& l)
         l.push_back(s.substr(sta, end - sta));
 }
 
-template <template <class> class T = std::list>
+template <template <typename...> class T>
 static T<std::string> commasplit(const std::string& s)
 {
     T<std::string> lst;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static T<std::string> commasplit(const std::string& s)
     return lst;
 }
 
-template <template <class> class T = std::list>
+template <template <typename...> class T>
 static T<std::string> commasplit(std::string&& s)
 {
     std::string tmp = s;
diff --git a/src/core/luaitem.cpp b/src/core/luaitem.cpp
index 881eed36..045f4e51 100644
--- a/src/core/luaitem.cpp
+++ b/src/core/luaitem.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ bool LuaItem::Lua_NewIndex(lua_State *L, const char *key) {
     } else if (strcmp(key,"IconMods")==0) {
         // NOTE: these are applied on top of .Icon ImageReference
         std::string s = luaL_checkstring(L,-1);
-        auto mods = commasplit(s);
+        auto mods = commasplit<std::list>(s);
         if (_extraImgMods != mods) {
             _extraImgMods = mods;
             parseFullImg();
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void LuaItem::parseFullImg()
         _imgMods = _extraImgMods;
     } else {
         _img = _fullImg.substr(0, pos);
-        _imgMods = commasplit(_fullImg.substr(pos + 1));
+        _imgMods = commasplit<std::list>(_fullImg.substr(pos + 1));
         _imgMods.insert(_imgMods.end(), _extraImgMods.begin(), _extraImgMods.end());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/trackerview.cpp b/src/ui/trackerview.cpp
index 9921290e..e0e49cb6 100644
--- a/src/ui/trackerview.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/trackerview.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Item* TrackerView::makeItem(int x, int y, int width, int height, const ::BaseIte
                 f = img;
             } else {
                 f = img.substr(0, p);
-                filters = imageModsToFilters(_tracker, commasplit(img.substr(p + 1)));
+                filters = imageModsToFilters(_tracker, commasplit<std::list>(img.substr(p + 1)));
             }
             std::string s;
             _tracker->getPack()->ReadFile(f, s);
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void TrackerView::updateDisplay(const std::string& itemid)
                 f = img;
             } else {
                 f = img.substr(0, p);
-                filters = imageModsToFilters(_tracker, commasplit(img.substr(p + 1)));
+                filters = imageModsToFilters(_tracker, commasplit<std::list>(img.substr(p + 1)));
             }
             std::string s;
             _tracker->getPack()->ReadFile(f, s);
diff --git a/test/jsonutil/test_commasplit.cpp b/test/jsonutil/test_commasplit.cpp
index 4b8392d1..3b49125f 100644
--- a/test/jsonutil/test_commasplit.cpp
+++ b/test/jsonutil/test_commasplit.cpp
@@ -11,30 +11,30 @@ using namespace std;
 // only trailing empty fields should be dropped
 
 TEST(CommaSplitTest, Empty) {
-    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit(""),
+    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit<list>(""),
               list<string>({}));
 }
 
 TEST(CommaSplitTest, TrailingComma) {
     // Trailing empty values should be dropped
-    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit("a,"),
+    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit<list>("a,"),
               list<string>({"a"}));
 }
 
 TEST(CommaSplitTest, LeadingEmpty) {
     // Leading empty values should be kept
-    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit(",b"),
+    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit<list>(",b"),
               list<string>({"", "b"}));
 }
 
 TEST(CommaSplitTest, MiddleEmpty) {
     // Empty values in the middle should be kept
-    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit("a,,b"),
+    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit<list>("a,,b"),
               list<string>({"a", "", "b"}));
 }
 
 TEST(CommaSplitTest, TrailingWhitespace) {
     // If trailing whitespace results in trailing comma, it should behave the same as TrailingComma
-    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit("a, "),
+    EXPECT_EQ(commasplit<list>("a, "),
               list<string>({"a"}));
 }