diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/donator_groupings.dm b/code/__DEFINES/donator_groupings.dm
index 4b210609f2..855b9927f5 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/donator_groupings.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/donator_groupings.dm
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_1_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_1_donators
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_2_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_2_donators
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_3_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_3_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_1_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_1_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_2_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_2_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_3_CONFIG_PATH /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_3_donators
 
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_1_CONFIG_SUBPATH keyed_list/donator_group/tier_1_donators
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_2_CONFIG_SUBPATH keyed_list/donator_group/tier_2_donators
-#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_3_CONFIG_SUBPATH keyed_list/donator_group/tier_3_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_1_CONFIG_SUBPATH multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_1_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_2_CONFIG_SUBPATH multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_2_donators
+#define DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_3_CONFIG_SUBPATH multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_3_donators
 
 #define TIER_1_DONATORS CONFIG_GET(DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_1_CONFIG_SUBPATH)
 #define TIER_2_DONATORS CONFIG_GET(DONATOR_GROUP_TIER_2_CONFIG_SUBPATH)
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
index 4406655375..be9f7e116b 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/config_entry.dm
@@ -211,3 +211,27 @@
 
 /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/vv_edit_var(var_name, var_value)
 	return var_name != "splitter" && ..()
+
+//snowflake for donator things being on one line smh
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag
+	vv_VAS = FALSE
+	abstract_type = /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag
+	config_entry_value = list()
+	var/delimiter = "|"
+
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/vv_edit_var(var_name, var_value)
+	if(var_name == NAMEOF(src, delimiter))
+		return FALSE
+	return ..()
+
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/ValidateAndSet(str_val)
+	if(!VASProcCallGuard(str_val))
+		return FALSE
+	str_val = trim(str_val)
+	var/list/keys = splittext(str_val, delimiter)
+	for(var/i in keys)
+		config_entry_value[process_key(i)] = TRUE
+	return length(keys)? TRUE : FALSE
+
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/proc/process_key(key)
+	return trim(key)
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
index b74d5f5839..bb7b5a54c3 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/donator.dm
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group
-	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT
-	value_mode = VALUE_MODE_FLAG
-	abstract_type = /datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group
+	abstract_type = /datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group
 
 //If we're in the middle of a config load, only do the regeneration afterwards to prevent this from wasting a massive amount of CPU for list regenerations.
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/ValidateAndSet(str_val, during_load)
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/ValidateAndSet(str_val, during_load)
 	. = ..()
-	if(. && during_load)
+	if(. && !during_load)
 		regenerate_donator_grouping_list()
 
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/OnPostload()
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/process_key(key)
+	return ckey(key)
+
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/OnPostload()
 	. = ..()
 	regenerate_donator_grouping_list()
 
 //This is kinda weird in that the config entries are defined here but all the handling/calculations are in __HELPERS/donator_groupings.dm
 
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_1_donators
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_1_donators
 
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_2_donators
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_2_donators
 
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/donator_group/tier_3_donators
+/datum/config_entry/multi_keyed_flag/donator_group/tier_3_donators