diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 2578d2c2..dea01686 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -135,3 +135,5 @@ def getTitle(library_dict):
 def randomString(size = 8, chars = string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
     return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for x in range(size))
 
+def splitString(str, split_on = ','):
+    return [x.strip() for x in str.split(split_on)]
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/core/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/core/main.py
index f965b92a..bc8bd860 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/core/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/core/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from couchpotato.api import addApiView, addNonBlockApiView
 from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.request import jsonified, getParam
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 from couchpotato.core.settings.model import Notification as Notif
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class CoreNotifier(Notification):
 
         ids = None
         if getParam('ids'):
-            ids = [x.strip() for x in getParam('ids').split(',')]
+            ids = splitString(getParam('ids'))
 
         db = get_session()
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class CoreNotifier(Notification):
         q = db.query(Notif)
 
         if limit_offset:
-            splt = [x.strip() for x in limit_offset.split(',')]
+            splt = splitString(limit_offset)
             limit = splt[0]
             offset = 0 if len(splt) is 1 else splt[1]
             q = q.limit(limit).offset(offset)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymyandroid/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymyandroid/main.py
index 299d475c..cc6ef662 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymyandroid/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymyandroid/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 import pynma
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ class NotifyMyAndroid(Notification):
         if self.isDisabled(): return
 
         nma = pynma.PyNMA()
-        keys = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('api_key').split(',')]
+        keys = splitString(self.conf('api_key'))
         nma.addkey(keys)
         nma.developerkey(self.conf('dev_key'))
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymywp/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymywp/main.py
index fafffd55..3258e85f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymywp/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/notifymywp/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 from pynmwp import PyNMWP
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ class NotifyMyWP(Notification):
     def notify(self, message = '', data = {}, listener = None):
         if self.isDisabled(): return
 
-        keys = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('api_key').split(',')]
+        keys = splitString(self.conf('api_key'))
         p = PyNMWP(keys, self.conf('dev_key'))
 
         response = p.push(application = self.default_title, event = message, description = message, priority = self.conf('priority'), batch_mode = len(keys) > 1)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
index f59de608..30759716 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import tryUrlencode
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
 import base64
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
     def notify(self, message = '', data = {}, listener = None):
         if self.isDisabled(): return
 
-        hosts = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('host').split(",")]
+        hosts = splitString(self.conf('host'))
         successful = 0
         for host in hosts:
             if self.send({'command': 'ExecBuiltIn', 'parameter': 'Notification(CouchPotato, %s)' % message}, host):
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/movie/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/movie/main.py
index cee17f40..821eea18 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/movie/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/movie/main.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from couchpotato.api import addApiView
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent, fireEventAsync, addEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode, simplifyString
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.request import getParams, jsonified, getParam
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import getImdb
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import getImdb, splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.plugins.base import Plugin
 from couchpotato.core.settings.model import Library, LibraryTitle, Movie
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class MoviePlugin(Plugin):
             .options(joinedload_all('files'))
 
         if limit_offset:
-            splt = [x.strip() for x in limit_offset.split(',')]
+            splt = splitString(limit_offset)
             limit = splt[0]
             offset = 0 if len(splt) is 1 else splt[1]
             q2 = q2.limit(limit).offset(offset)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class MoviePlugin(Plugin):
 
         db = get_session()
 
-        for id in getParam('id').split(','):
+        for id in splitString(getParam('id')):
             movie = db.query(Movie).filter_by(id = id).first()
 
             if movie:
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class MoviePlugin(Plugin):
 
         available_status = fireEvent('status.get', 'available', single = True)
 
-        ids = [x.strip() for x in params.get('id').split(',')]
+        ids = splitString(params.get('id'))
         for movie_id in ids:
 
             m = db.query(Movie).filter_by(id = movie_id).first()
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class MoviePlugin(Plugin):
 
         params = getParams()
 
-        ids = [x.strip() for x in params.get('id').split(',')]
+        ids = splitString(params.get('id'))
         for movie_id in ids:
             self.delete(movie_id, delete_from = params.get('delete_from', 'all'))
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/subtitle/main.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/subtitle/main.py
index 3a66a8bc..fc0a3904 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/subtitle/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/subtitle/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from couchpotato import get_session
 from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent, fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.plugins.base import Plugin
 from couchpotato.core.settings.model import Library, FileType
@@ -67,4 +68,4 @@ class Subtitle(Plugin):
         return False
 
     def getLanguages(self):
-        return [x.strip() for x in self.conf('languages').split(',')]
+        return splitString(self.conf('languages'))
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
index 0fd91bf0..5b421c9c 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent, fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import tryUrlencode
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import tryInt, tryFloat, splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.providers.movie.base import MovieProvider
 import json
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
                 'released': movie.get('Released', ''),
                 'year': year if isinstance(year, (int)) else None,
                 'plot': movie.get('Plot', ''),
-                'genres': movie.get('Genre', '').split(','),
-                'directors': movie.get('Director', '').split(','),
-                'writers': movie.get('Writer', '').split(','),
-                'actors': movie.get('Actors', '').split(','),
+                'genres': splitString(movie.get('Genre', '')),
+                'directors': splitString(movie.get('Director', '')),
+                'writers': splitString(movie.get('Writer', '')),
+                'actors': splitString(movie.get('Actors', '')),
             }
         except:
             log.error('Failed parsing IMDB API json: %s', traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/newznab/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/newznab/main.py
index 5485c63b..e86c79b2 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/newznab/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/newznab/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from couchpotato.core.event import fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import tryUrlencode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.rss import RSS
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import cleanHost, splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.providers.nzb.base import NZBProvider
 from couchpotato.environment import Env
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ class Newznab(NZBProvider, RSS):
 
     def getHosts(self):
 
-        uses = [x.strip() for x in str(self.conf('use')).split(',')]
-        hosts = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('host').split(',')]
-        api_keys = [x.strip() for x in self.conf('api_key').split(',')]
+        uses = splitString(str(self.conf('use')))
+        hosts = splitString(self.conf('host'))
+        api_keys = splitString(self.conf('api_key'))
 
         list = []
         for nr in range(len(hosts)):