diff --git a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
index abcb19f..b02c85a 100644
--- a/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
+++ b/peach-lib/src/config_manager.rs
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ pub fn save_peach_config_to_disc(
 }
 
 // helper functions for serializing and deserializing PeachConfig values from disc
-pub fn save_config_value(key: &str, value: String) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
+pub fn save_config_value(key: &str, value: &str) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
     // get current config from disc
     let mut peach_config = load_peach_config_from_disc()?;
 
     // insert new key/value
-    peach_config.insert(key.to_string(), value);
+    peach_config.insert(key.to_string(), value.to_string());
 
     // save hte modified hashmap to disc
     save_peach_config_to_disc(peach_config)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub fn set_peach_dyndns_config(
 pub fn set_external_domain(
     new_external_domain: &str,
 ) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
-    save_config_value("EXTERNAL_DOMAIN", new_external_domain.to_string())
+    save_config_value("EXTERNAL_DOMAIN", new_external_domain)
 }
 
 pub fn get_peachcloud_domain() -> Result<Option<String>, PeachError> {
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ pub fn set_dyndns_enabled_value(
     enabled_value: bool,
 ) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
     match enabled_value {
-        true => save_config_value("DYN_ENABLED", "true".to_string()),
-        false => save_config_value("DYN_ENABLED", "false".to_string()),
+        true => save_config_value("DYN_ENABLED", "true"),
+        false => save_config_value("DYN_ENABLED", "false"),
     }
 }
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ pub fn get_dyndns_enabled_value() -> Result<bool, PeachError> {
 pub fn set_admin_password_hash(
     password_hash: String,
 ) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
-    save_config_value("ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH", password_hash)
+    save_config_value("ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH", &password_hash)
 }
 
 pub fn get_admin_password_hash() -> Result<String, PeachError> {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub fn get_admin_password_hash() -> Result<String, PeachError> {
 pub fn set_temporary_password_hash(
     password_hash: String,
 ) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>, PeachError> {
-    save_config_value("TEMPORARY_PASSWORD_HASH", password_hash)
+    save_config_value("TEMPORARY_PASSWORD_HASH", &password_hash)
 }
 
 pub fn get_temporary_password_hash() -> Result<String, PeachError> {
@@ -287,6 +287,6 @@ pub fn get_ssb_admin_ids() -> Result<Vec<String>, PeachError> {
 // takes in a Vec<String> and saves SSB_ADMIN_IDS as a json string representation of this vec
 pub fn save_ssb_admin_ids(ssb_admin_ids: Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<String>, PeachError> {
     let ssb_admin_ids_as_json_str = serde_json::to_string(&ssb_admin_ids)?;
-    save_config_value("SSB_ADMIN_IDS", ssb_admin_ids_as_json_str)?;
+    save_config_value("SSB_ADMIN_IDS", &ssb_admin_ids_as_json_str)?;
     Ok(ssb_admin_ids)
 }