diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index e4a918271..cd45ddcf5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
     engine.setScriptConsoleMode (variables["script-console"].as<bool>());
     engine.setStartupScript (variables["script-run"].as<std::string>());
     engine.setWarningsMode (variables["script-warn"].as<int>());
-    engine.setScriptBlacklist (variables["script-blacklist"].as<StringsVector>());
+    engine.setScriptBlacklist (string::toStdStringVector(variables["script-blacklist"].as<StringsVector>()));
     engine.setScriptBlacklistUse (variables["script-blacklist-use"].as<bool>());
     engine.setSaveGameFile (variables["load-savegame"].as<std::string>());
 
diff --git a/components/files/configurationmanager.cpp b/components/files/configurationmanager.cpp
index c50303d97..c7ac976d6 100644
--- a/components/files/configurationmanager.cpp
+++ b/components/files/configurationmanager.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ std::string EscapeHashString::processString(const std::string & str)
 	return temp;
 }
 
+
+std::vector<std::string> EscapeHashString::toStdStringVector(const std::vector<EscapeHashString> & vec)
+{
+	std::vector<std::string> temp = std::vector<std::string>();
+	for (std::vector<EscapeHashString>::const_iterator it = vec.begin(); it != vec.end(); ++it)
+	{
+		temp.push_back(it->toStdString());
+	}
+	return temp;
+}
+
 EscapeHashString::EscapeHashString()
 {
 }
@@ -269,6 +280,11 @@ EscapeHashString::EscapeHashString(InputIterator first, InputIterator last) : st
 {
 }
 
+std::string EscapeHashString::toStdString() const
+{
+	return std::string(* this);
+}
+
 const boost::filesystem::path& ConfigurationManager::getGlobalPath() const
 {
     return mFixedPath.getGlobalConfigPath();
diff --git a/components/files/configurationmanager.hpp b/components/files/configurationmanager.hpp
index 7ef7d6fae..47ecc9eb2 100644
--- a/components/files/configurationmanager.hpp
+++ b/components/files/configurationmanager.hpp
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class EscapeHashString : public std::string
 {
 	public:
 		static std::string processString(const std::string & str);
+		static std::vector<std::string> toStdStringVector(const std::vector<EscapeHashString> & vec);
 
 		EscapeHashString();
 		EscapeHashString(const std::string & str);
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ class EscapeHashString : public std::string
 		EscapeHashString(size_t n, char c);
 		template <class InputIterator>
 		EscapeHashString(InputIterator first, InputIterator last);
+
+		std::string toStdString() const;
 };
 
 } /* namespace Cfg */