diff --git a/include/vstd/StringUtils.h b/include/vstd/StringUtils.h
index b6d3ac8e4..181f1f9a6 100644
--- a/include/vstd/StringUtils.h
+++ b/include/vstd/StringUtils.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ VCMI_LIB_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace vstd
 {
 
-	DLL_LINKAGE std::vector<std::string> split(std::string s, std::string separators);
-	DLL_LINKAGE std::pair<std::string, std::string> splitStringToPair(std::string input, char separator);
+	DLL_LINKAGE std::vector<std::string> split(std::string s, const std::string& separators);
+	DLL_LINKAGE std::pair<std::string, std::string> splitStringToPair(const std::string& input, char separator);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/vstd/StringUtils.cpp b/lib/vstd/StringUtils.cpp
index 51499078c..3d86609f8 100644
--- a/lib/vstd/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/lib/vstd/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ VCMI_LIB_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 namespace vstd
 {
 
-	DLL_LINKAGE std::vector<std::string> split(std::string s, std::string separators)
+	DLL_LINKAGE std::vector<std::string> split(std::string s, const std::string& separators)
 	{
 		std::vector<std::string> result;
 		boost::split(result, s, boost::is_any_of(separators));
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	DLL_LINKAGE std::pair<std::string, std::string> splitStringToPair(std::string input, char separator)
+	DLL_LINKAGE std::pair<std::string, std::string> splitStringToPair(const std::string& input, char separator)
 	{
 		std::pair<std::string, std::string> ret;
 		size_t splitPos = input.find(separator);