diff --git a/Options.py b/Options.py
index ff8ad11c5a5..f19c042f332 100644
--- a/Options.py
+++ b/Options.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from schema import And, Optional, Or, Schema
 
-from Utils import get_fuzzy_results, is_iterable_of_str
+from Utils import get_fuzzy_results, is_iterable_except_str
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from BaseClasses import PlandoOptions
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ class OptionList(Option[typing.List[typing.Any]], VerifyKeys):
     default: typing.Union[typing.List[typing.Any], typing.Tuple[typing.Any, ...]] = ()
     supports_weighting = False
 
-    def __init__(self, value: typing.Iterable[str]):
+    def __init__(self, value: typing.Iterable[typing.Any]):
         self.value = list(deepcopy(value))
         super(OptionList, self).__init__()
 
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ def from_text(cls, text: str):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_any(cls, data: typing.Any):
-        if is_iterable_of_str(data):
+        if is_iterable_except_str(data):
             cls.verify_keys(data)
             return cls(data)
         return cls.from_text(str(data))
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ def from_text(cls, text: str):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_any(cls, data: typing.Any):
-        if is_iterable_of_str(data):
+        if is_iterable_except_str(data):
             cls.verify_keys(data)
             return cls(data)
         return cls.from_text(str(data))
diff --git a/Utils.py b/Utils.py
index cea6405a38b..3c63b42ccbd 100644
--- a/Utils.py
+++ b/Utils.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ def is_kivy_running():
         import ctypes
         style = 0x10 if error else 0x0
         return ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(0, text, title, style)
-    
+
     # fall back to tk
     try:
         import tkinter
@@ -969,11 +969,8 @@ def __len__(self):
         return sum(len(iterable) for iterable in self.iterable)
 
 
-def is_iterable_of_str(obj: object) -> TypeGuard[typing.Iterable[str]]:
-    """ but not a `str` (because technically, `str` is `Iterable[str]`) """
+def is_iterable_except_str(obj: object) -> TypeGuard[typing.Iterable[typing.Any]]:
+    """ `str` is `Iterable`, but that's not what we want """
     if isinstance(obj, str):
         return False
-    if not isinstance(obj, typing.Iterable):
-        return False
-    obj_it: typing.Iterable[object] = obj
-    return all(isinstance(v, str) for v in obj_it)
+    return isinstance(obj, typing.Iterable)