diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8552c1..c5ecf30 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ _deps
 .vscode
 build/
 doxygen/
-doxygen-awesome-css/
\ No newline at end of file
+doxygen-awesome-css/
+.cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa8cdf9..70e8099 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ set_target_properties(
 
 target_link_libraries(hyprlang PkgConfig::deps)
 
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
-  # for std::expected. probably evil. Arch's clang is very outdated tho...
-  target_compile_options(hyprlang PUBLIC -std=gnu++2b -D__cpp_concepts=202002L
-                                         -Wno-macro-redefined)
-  add_compile_options(-stdlib=libc++)
-  add_link_options(-stdlib=libc++)
-  message(STATUS "Using clang++ to compile hyprlang")
-endif()
-
 add_library(hypr::hyprlang ALIAS hyprlang)
 install(TARGETS hyprlang)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index be14282..a918a2a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.3
+0.6.0
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 5abff22..f10b776 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1721324102,
-        "narHash": "sha256-WAZ0X6yJW1hFG6otkHBfyJDKRpNP5stsRqdEuHrFRpk=",
+        "lastModified": 1733502241,
+        "narHash": "sha256-KAUNC4Dgq8WQjYov5auBw/usaHixhacvb7cRDd0AG/k=",
         "owner": "hyprwm",
         "repo": "hyprutils",
-        "rev": "962582a090bc233c4de9d9897f46794280288989",
+        "rev": "104117aed6dd68561be38b50f218190aa47f2cd8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1721138476,
-        "narHash": "sha256-+W5eZOhhemLQxelojLxETfbFbc19NWawsXBlapYpqIA=",
+        "lastModified": 1734119587,
+        "narHash": "sha256-AKU6qqskl0yf2+JdRdD0cfxX4b9x3KKV5RqA6wijmPM=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "ad0b5eed1b6031efaed382844806550c3dcb4206",
+        "rev": "3566ab7246670a43abd2ffa913cc62dad9cdf7d5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 959d3cf..bf45f9a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         inputs.hyprutils.overlays.default
         (final: prev: {
           hyprlang = final.callPackage ./nix/default.nix {
-            stdenv = final.gcc13Stdenv;
+            stdenv = final.gcc14Stdenv;
             version = version + "+date=" + (mkDate (self.lastModifiedDate or "19700101")) + "_" + (self.shortRev or "dirty");
           };
           hyprlang-with-tests = final.hyprlang.override {doCheck = true;};
diff --git a/include/hyprlang.hpp b/include/hyprlang.hpp
index 739206a..bdcec2e 100644
--- a/include/hyprlang.hpp
+++ b/include/hyprlang.hpp
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 #ifndef HYPRLANG_HPP
 #define HYPRLANG_HPP
 
+#include <typeindex>
 #include <any>
-#include <memory>
 #include <string>
-#include <fstream>
+#include <ostream>
 #include <vector>
+#include <print>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <expected>
 
 class CConfigImpl;
@@ -459,6 +461,87 @@ namespace Hyprlang {
         void         retrieveKeysForCat(const char* category, const char*** out, size_t* len);
         CParseResult parseRawStream(const std::string& stream);
     };
+
+    /*!
+        Templated wrapper for Hyprlang values. Much more straightforward to use.
+
+        \since 0.6.0
+    */
+    template <typename T>
+    class CSimpleConfigValue {
+      public:
+        CSimpleConfigValue(CConfig* const pConfig, const char* val) {
+            const auto VAL = pConfig->getConfigValuePtr(val);
+
+            if (!VAL) {
+                std::println("CSimpleConfigValue: value not found");
+                abort();
+            }
+
+            // NOLINTNEXTLINE
+            p_ = VAL->getDataStaticPtr();
+
+#ifdef HYPRLAND_DEBUG
+            // verify type
+            const auto ANY  = VAL->getValue();
+            const auto TYPE = std::type_index(ANY.type());
+
+            // exceptions
+            const bool STRINGEX = (typeid(T) == typeid(std::string) && TYPE == typeid(Hyprlang::STRING));
+            const bool CUSTOMEX = (typeid(T) == typeid(Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE) && (TYPE == typeid(Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE*) || TYPE == typeid(void*) /* dunno why it does this? */));
+
+            if (typeid(T) != TYPE && !STRINGEX && !CUSTOMEX) {
+                std::println("CSimpleConfigValue: Mismatched type in CConfigValue<T>, got {} but has {}", typeid(T).name(), TYPE.name());
+                abort();
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+
+        T* ptr() const {
+            return *(T* const*)p_;
+        }
+
+        T operator*() const {
+            return *ptr();
+        }
+
+      private:
+        void* const* p_ = nullptr;
+    };
+
+    template <>
+    inline std::string* CSimpleConfigValue<std::string>::ptr() const {
+        std::print("Impossible to implement ptr() of CConfigValue<std::string>");
+        abort();
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    template <>
+    inline std::string CSimpleConfigValue<std::string>::operator*() const {
+        return std::string{*(Hyprlang::STRING*)p_};
+    }
+
+    template <>
+    inline Hyprlang::STRING* CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::STRING>::ptr() const {
+        return (Hyprlang::STRING*)p_;
+    }
+
+    template <>
+    inline Hyprlang::STRING CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::STRING>::operator*() const {
+        return *(Hyprlang::STRING*)p_;
+    }
+
+    template <>
+    inline Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE* CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE>::ptr() const {
+        return *(Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE* const*)p_;
+    }
+
+    template <>
+    inline Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE>::operator*() const {
+        std::print("Impossible to implement operator* of CConfigValue<Hyprlang::CUSTOMTYPE>, use ptr()");
+        abort();
+        return *ptr();
+    }
 };
 
 #ifndef HYPRLANG_INTERNAL
diff --git a/src/config.hpp b/src/config.hpp
index f81bc3e..61072b8 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <memory>
 
 static const char* MULTILINE_SPACE_CHARSET = " \t";
 
diff --git a/tests/parse/main.cpp b/tests/parse/main.cpp
index 521376d..52d3154 100755
--- a/tests/parse/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/parse/main.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** envp) {
         EXPECT(ignoreKeyword, "aaa");
         EXPECT(useKeyword, "yes");
 
+        // Test templated wrapper
+        auto T1 = Hyprlang::CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::INT>(&config, "testInt");
+        auto T2 = Hyprlang::CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::FLOAT>(&config, "testFloat");
+        auto T3 = Hyprlang::CSimpleConfigValue<Hyprlang::SVector2D>(&config, "testVec");
+        auto T4 = Hyprlang::CSimpleConfigValue<std::string>(&config, "testString");
+        EXPECT(*T1, 123);
+        EXPECT(*T2, 123.456F);
+        EXPECT(*T3, EXP);
+        EXPECT(*T4, "Hello World! # This is not a comment!");
+
         // test static values
         std::cout << " → Testing static values\n";
         static auto* const PTESTINT = config.getConfigValuePtr("testInt")->getDataStaticPtr();