diff --git a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
index fe16f50cf..173a23d44 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         for (int i = 0; i < bytes.size(); i++)
         {
             const int b = static_cast<int>(bytes.at(i));
-            h.append(intToHex(b, 2));
+            h += intToHex(b, 2);
         }
         return h;
     }
@@ -398,6 +398,24 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         if (set.isEmpty()) { return QStringLiteral(""); }
         return set.toList().join(separator);
     }
+
+    QMap<QString, QString> parseIniValues(const QString &data)
+    {
+        QMap<QString, QString> map;
+        QList<QStringRef> lines = splitLinesRefs(data);
+        for (const QStringRef &l : lines)
+        {
+            if (l.isEmpty()) { continue; }
+            const int i = l.indexOf("=");
+            if (i < 0 || i >= l.length() + 1) { continue; }
+
+            const QString key = l.left(i).trimmed().toString();
+            const QString value = l.mid(i + 1).toString();
+            if (value.isEmpty()) { continue; }
+            map.insert(key, value);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
 } // ns
 
 //! \endcond
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
index 631eb62c5..6f1526452 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/stringutils.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QTextStream>
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QSet>
+#include <QMap>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <string>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return s.trimmed();
     }
 
+    //! Obtain ini file like values, e.g. foo=bar
+    BLACKMISC_EXPORT QMap<QString, QString> parseIniValues(const QString &data);
+
     //! Is 0-9 char, isDigit allows a bunch of more characters
     inline bool is09(const QChar &c) { return c >= u'0' && c <= u'9'; }