diff --git a/src/storm/utility/string.cpp b/src/storm/utility/string.cpp
index 536bacf24..7eca8b754 100644
--- a/src/storm/utility/string.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/utility/string.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace storm {
     namespace utility {
         namespace string {
 
-            SimilarStrings::SimilarStrings(std::string reference, double similarityFactor, bool caseSensitive) : reference(reference), similarityFactor(similarityFactor), caseSensitive(caseSensitive), cmp([](std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const& lhs, std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const& rhs) { return lhs.first > rhs.first; }), distances(cmp) {
+            SimilarStrings::SimilarStrings(std::string reference, double similarityFactor, bool caseSensitive) : reference(reference), similarityFactor(similarityFactor), caseSensitive(caseSensitive) {
                 // intentionally left empty.
             }
             
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ namespace storm {
             }
             
             std::vector<std::string> SimilarStrings::toList() const {
-                auto distancesCopy = distances;
                 std::vector<std::string> result;
-                while (!distancesCopy.empty()) {
-                    result.push_back(distancesCopy.top().second);
-                    distancesCopy.pop();
+                for (auto const& dist : distances) {
+                    result.push_back(dist.second);
                 }
                 return result;
             }
@@ -37,11 +35,10 @@ namespace storm {
                 } else if (size == 1) {
                     return "Did you mean " + result + "?";
                 } else {
-                    return "Did you mean any of [" + result + "]?";
+                    return "Did you mean any of [ " + result + " ]?";
                 }
             }
             
-            
             uint64_t levenshteinDistance(std::string const& lhs, std::string const& rhs, bool caseSensitive) {
                 std::vector<std::vector<uint64_t>> d(lhs.size() + 1, std::vector<uint64_t>(rhs.size() + 1, 0ull));
                 for (uint64_t row = 1; row < d.size(); ++row) {
diff --git a/src/storm/utility/string.h b/src/storm/utility/string.h
index 6b44992c5..1b749e9bf 100644
--- a/src/storm/utility/string.h
+++ b/src/storm/utility/string.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
-#include <functional>
-#include <queue>
+#include <set>
 
 namespace storm {
     namespace utility {
@@ -40,8 +39,13 @@ namespace storm {
                 std::string reference;
                 double similarityFactor;
                 bool caseSensitive;
-                std::function<bool (std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const&, std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const&)> cmp;
-                std::priority_queue<std::pair<uint64_t, std::string>, std::vector<std::pair<uint64_t, std::string>>, decltype(cmp)> distances;
+                
+                struct comp {
+                    bool operator() (std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const& lhs, std::pair<uint64_t, std::string> const& rhs) const {
+                        return lhs.first < rhs.first ? true : (lhs.first == rhs.first && lhs.second < rhs.second);
+                    }
+                };
+                std::set<std::pair<uint64_t, std::string>, comp> distances;
             };
             
             /*!