diff --git a/docs/scarpet/Full.md b/docs/scarpet/Full.md
index 87375758..1fbefde5 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/Full.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/Full.md
@@ -1579,12 +1579,14 @@ join('-','foo')  => foo
 join('-', 'foo', 'bar')  => foo-bar
 </pre>
 
-### `split(delim, expr)`
+### `split(delim?, expr)`
 
-Splits a string undr `expr` by `delim` which can be a regular expression
+Splits a string under `expr` by `delim` which can be a regular expression. If no delimiter is specified, it splits
+by characters.
 
 <pre>
-split('',foo)  => [f, o, o]
+split('foo') => [f, o, o]
+split('','foo')  => [f, o, o]
 split('.','foo.bar')  => []
 split('\\.','foo.bar')  => [foo, bar]
 </pre>
diff --git a/docs/scarpet/language/Containers.md b/docs/scarpet/language/Containers.md
index 1dcd4fb1..1f4759d9 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/language/Containers.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/language/Containers.md
@@ -155,12 +155,14 @@ join('-','foo')  => foo
 join('-', 'foo', 'bar')  => foo-bar
 </pre>
 
-### `split(delim, expr)`
+### `split(delim?, expr)`
 
-Splits a string undr `expr` by `delim` which can be a regular expression
+Splits a string under `expr` by `delim` which can be a regular expression. If no delimiter is specified, it splits
+by characters.
 
 <pre>
-split('',foo)  => [f, o, o]
+split('foo') => [f, o, o]
+split('','foo')  => [f, o, o]
 split('.','foo.bar')  => []
 split('\\.','foo.bar')  => [foo, bar]
 </pre>
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/language/DataStructures.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/language/DataStructures.java
index 42bdfdfa..c61f5d42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/language/DataStructures.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/language/DataStructures.java
@@ -52,10 +52,24 @@ public class DataStructures {
             return new StringValue(toJoin.stream().map(Value::getString).collect(Collectors.joining(delimiter)));
         });
 
-        expression.addBinaryFunction("split", (d, v) ->
+        expression.addFunction("split", (lv) ->
         {
-            String delimiter = d.getString();
-            String hwat = v.getString();
+            String delimiter;
+            String hwat;
+            if (lv.size() == 1)
+            {
+                hwat = lv.get(0).getString();
+                delimiter = "";
+            }
+            else if (lv.size() == 2)
+            {
+                delimiter = lv.get(0).getString();
+                hwat = lv.get(1).getString();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new InternalExpressionException("'split' takes 1 or 2 arguments");
+            }
             try
             {
                 return ListValue.wrap(Arrays.stream(hwat.split(delimiter)).map(StringValue::new).collect(Collectors.toList()));