diff --git a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StringLiteral.h b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StringLiteral.h
index aed3713fd..6c84e5a73 100644
--- a/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StringLiteral.h
+++ b/modules/common/chowdsp_data_structures/Structures/chowdsp_StringLiteral.h
@@ -27,15 +27,11 @@ namespace sl_detail
 
 /** A string-literal wrapper type. */
 template <size_t N>
-class StringLiteral
+struct StringLiteral
 {
     std::array<char, N> chars {};
     size_t actual_size = 0;
 
-    template <size_t NN, size_t MM>
-    friend constexpr StringLiteral<NN + MM> operator+ (const StringLiteral<NN>&, const StringLiteral<MM>&);
-
-public:
     constexpr StringLiteral() = default;
     constexpr StringLiteral (const StringLiteral&) = default;
     constexpr StringLiteral& operator= (const StringLiteral&) = default;
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ class StringLiteral
     }
 
     constexpr StringLiteral (const char (&str)[N]) // NOSONAR NOLINT(google-explicit-constructor)
-        : StringLiteral (str, std::integral_constant<size_t, N - 1> {})
+        : StringLiteral (str, std::integral_constant<size_t, N-1> {})
     {
     }
 
@@ -151,6 +147,24 @@ constexpr bool operator!= (const std::string_view& lhs, const StringLiteral<N>&
 {
     return ! (lhs == rhs);
 }
+
+#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 202002L) || (defined(_MSVC_LANG) && _MSVC_LANG >= 202002L)
+namespace string_literals
+{
+    template <StringLiteral sl>
+    constexpr auto operator"" _sl()
+    {
+        return sl;
+    }
+
+    template <char... str>
+    constexpr auto operator"" _sl()
+    {
+        constexpr char str_array[] { str..., '\0' };
+        return StringLiteral { str_array };
+    }
+}
+#endif
 } // namespace chowdsp
 
 JUCE_END_IGNORE_WARNINGS_MSVC
diff --git a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
index e848c1cb1..a437d5cd6 100644
--- a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/ArenaAllocatorTest.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ TEST_CASE ("Arena Allocator Test", "[common][data-structures]")
     // aligned allocation
     {
         auto* some_data = allocator.allocate<float> (1, 16);
-        REQUIRE (juce::snapPointerToAlignment (some_data, 16) == some_data);
+        REQUIRE (juce::snapPointerToAlignment (some_data, (size_t) 16) == some_data);
     }
 
     // overfull allocation
diff --git a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/IteratorsTest.cpp b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/IteratorsTest.cpp
index a72a7afd8..12b349707 100644
--- a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/IteratorsTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/IteratorsTest.cpp
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ TEST_CASE ("Zip-Multi")
     SECTION ("Filling Arrays")
     {
         const std::array<int, 6> x_int { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
-        std::array<float, 6> x_float;
-        std::array<double, 6> x_double;
+        std::array<float, 6> x_float {};
+        std::array<double, 6> x_double {};
         for (auto [int_val, float_val, double_val] : chowdsp::zip_multi (x_int, x_float, x_double))
         {
             float_val = static_cast<float> (int_val);
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ TEST_CASE ("Zip-Multi")
         }
         for (auto [int_val, float_val, double_val] : chowdsp::zip_multi (x_int, x_float, x_double))
         {
-            REQUIRE (int_val == (float) float_val);
-            REQUIRE (int_val == (double) double_val);
+            REQUIRE (juce::exactlyEqual ((float) int_val, float_val));
+            REQUIRE (juce::exactlyEqual ((double) int_val, double_val));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StringLiteralTest.cpp b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StringLiteralTest.cpp
index 1236f0960..cd2cc0088 100644
--- a/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StringLiteralTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/common_tests/chowdsp_data_structures_test/StringLiteralTest.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 #include <CatchUtils.h>
 #include <chowdsp_data_structures/chowdsp_data_structures.h>
 
+using namespace chowdsp::string_literals;
+
 TEST_CASE ("String Literal Test", "[common][data-structures]")
 {
     SECTION ("Construction")
     {
-        static constexpr auto sl1 = chowdsp::StringLiteral { "TEST" };
+        static constexpr auto sl1 = "TEST"_sl;
         STATIC_REQUIRE (sl1.data()[0] == 'T');
         STATIC_REQUIRE (std::is_same_v<std::remove_cv_t<decltype (sl1)>, chowdsp::StringLiteral<5>>);
 
@@ -76,4 +78,10 @@ TEST_CASE ("String Literal Test", "[common][data-structures]")
         const auto sl2 = sl + " BLAH!";
         REQUIRE (sl2 == "BLAH BLAH!");
     }
+
+    SECTION ("Numbers")
+    {
+        static constexpr auto fifteen = 15_sl;
+        REQUIRE (fifteen == "15"_sl);
+    }
 }