diff --git a/slsSupportLib/include/ToString.h b/slsSupportLib/include/ToString.h
index b2f63138e..f5784f3d2 100644
--- a/slsSupportLib/include/ToString.h
+++ b/slsSupportLib/include/ToString.h
@@ -170,4 +170,13 @@ ToString(const T &obj) {
     return obj.str();
 }
 
+/** 
+ * Call ToString with a string, causes copy but might be needed
+ * in generic code. 
+ */
+template <>
+inline std::string ToString<std::string>(const std::string& s){
+    return s;
+}
+
 } // namespace sls
diff --git a/slsSupportLib/tests/test-ToString.cpp b/slsSupportLib/tests/test-ToString.cpp
index 42f60309b..0c295ce09 100644
--- a/slsSupportLib/tests/test-ToString.cpp
+++ b/slsSupportLib/tests/test-ToString.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ TEST_CASE("Convert types with str method"){
     REQUIRE(ToString(sls::IpAddr{}) == "0.0.0.0");
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("String to string", "[support]"){
+    std::string s = "hej";
+    REQUIRE(ToString(s) == "hej");
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("vector of strings"){
     std::vector<std::string> vec{"5", "s"};
     REQUIRE(ToString(vec) == "[5, s]");
@@ -104,4 +109,7 @@ TEST_CASE("vector of strings"){
     std::vector<std::string> vec2{"some", "strange", "words", "75"};
     REQUIRE(ToString(vec2) == "[some, strange, words, 75]");
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+