--- a/src/core/strings.cc	Thu Apr 02 01:09:09 2026 -0400
+++ b/src/core/strings.cc	Sat Jul 25 14:22:44 2026 -0400
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@
 	return ToUtf8String(session.config.locale.GetLocale().toLower(ToQString(string)));
 }
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+# pragma GCC diagnostic push
+# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#endif
 std::wstring ToWstring(const std::string &string)
 {
 	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> converter("", L"");
@@ -155,13 +159,6 @@
 	return wstr;
 }
 
-std::wstring ToWstring(const QString &string)
-{
-	std::wstring arr(string.size(), L'\0');
-	string.toWCharArray(&arr.front());
-	return arr;
-}
-
 std::string ToUtf8String(const std::wstring &wstring)
 {
 	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> converter("", L"");
@@ -179,6 +176,16 @@
 	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char32_t>, char32_t> converter;
 	return converter.from_bytes(string);
 }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+# pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
+std::wstring ToWstring(const QString &string)
+{
+	std::wstring arr(string.size(), L'\0');
+	string.toWCharArray(&arr.front());
+	return arr;
+}
 
 std::string ToUtf8String(const QString &string)
 {
@@ -231,9 +238,9 @@
 
 bool ToBool(const std::string &str, bool def)
 {
-	std::istringstream s(Strings::ToLower(str));
-	s >> std::boolalpha >> def;
-	return def;
+	std::string l = Strings::ToLower(str);
+
+	return (l == "true") ? true : (l == "false") ? false : def;
 }
 
 template<typename T>