diff --git a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.cpp b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.cpp
index d6bf734ea..009b9c0f9 100644
--- a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.cpp
+++ b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <any>
+#include <Utils/StringHelper.h>
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 using json = nlohmann::json;
@@ -16,18 +17,9 @@ Mercury::Mercury(std::string path) : path_(std::move(path)) {
 	this->reload();
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& s, const char delimiter) {
-    std::vector<std::string> result;
-    std::stringstream ss(s);
-    std::string item;
-    while (getline(ss, item, delimiter)) {
-        result.push_back(item);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 std::string Mercury::formatNestedKey(const std::string& key) {
-	const std::vector<std::string> dots = split(key, '.');
+    std::vector<std::string> dots = StringHelper::Split(key, ".");
+
     std::string tmp;
     if (dots.size() > 1)
         for (const auto& dot : dots) {
@@ -40,7 +32,7 @@ std::string Mercury::formatNestedKey(const std::string& key) {
 }
 
 json Mercury::nested(const std::string& key) {
-    std::vector<std::string> dots = split(key, '.');
+    std::vector<std::string> dots = StringHelper::Split(key, ".");
     if (!this->vjson.is_object())
         return this->vjson;
     json gjson = this->vjson.unflatten();
diff --git a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.h b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.h
index 5c2646d36..92cb2097e 100644
--- a/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.h
+++ b/libultraship/libultraship/Lib/Mercury/Mercury.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "../nlohmann/json.hpp"
 
+static const std::string mercuryRGBAObjectType = "RGBA";
+
 class Mercury {
 protected:
     std::string path_;
diff --git a/soh/soh/Enhancements/debugconsole.cpp b/soh/soh/Enhancements/debugconsole.cpp
index ba866b062..73c54b742 100644
--- a/soh/soh/Enhancements/debugconsole.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/Enhancements/debugconsole.cpp
@@ -568,20 +568,18 @@ void DebugConsole_LoadCVars() {
         switch (value.type()) {
             case nlohmann::detail::value_t::array:
                 break;
-            case nlohmann::detail::value_t::string:
-                if (StringHelper::StartsWith(value.get<std::string>(), "#")) 
-                {
-                    uint32_t val = std::stoul(&value.get<std::string>().c_str()[1], nullptr, 16);
+            case nlohmann::detail::value_t::object:
+                if (value["Type"].get<std::string>() == mercuryRGBAObjectType) {
                     Color_RGBA8 clr;
-                    clr.r = val >> 24;
-                    clr.g = val >> 16;
-                    clr.b = val >> 8;
-                    clr.a = val & 0xFF;
-
-                    CVar_SetRGBA(item.key().c_str(), clr);
+                    clr.r = value["R"].get<uint8_t>();
+                    clr.g = value["G"].get<uint8_t>();
+                    clr.b = value["B"].get<uint8_t>();
+                    clr.a = value["A"].get<uint8_t>();
                 }
-                else
-                    CVar_SetString(item.key().c_str(), value.get<std::string>().c_str());
+
+                break;
+            case nlohmann::detail::value_t::string:
+                CVar_SetString(item.key().c_str(), value.get<std::string>().c_str());
                 break;
             case nlohmann::detail::value_t::boolean:
                 CVar_SetS32(item.key().c_str(), value.get<bool>());
@@ -618,10 +616,13 @@ void DebugConsole_SaveCVars()
             pConf->setFloat(key, cvar.second->value.valueFloat);
         else if (cvar.second->type == CVarType::RGBA)
         {
+            auto keyStr = key.c_str();
             Color_RGBA8 clr = cvar.second->value.valueRGBA;
-            uint32_t val = (clr.r << 24) + (clr.g << 16) + (clr.b << 8) + clr.a;
-            std::string str = StringHelper::Sprintf("#%08X", val);
-            pConf->setString(key, str);
+            pConf->setUInt(StringHelper::Sprintf("%s.R", keyStr), clr.r);
+            pConf->setUInt(StringHelper::Sprintf("%s.G", keyStr), clr.r);
+            pConf->setUInt(StringHelper::Sprintf("%s.B", keyStr), clr.r);
+            pConf->setUInt(StringHelper::Sprintf("%s.A", keyStr), clr.r);
+            pConf->setString(StringHelper::Sprintf("%s.Type", keyStr), mercuryRGBAObjectType);
         }
     }