diff --git a/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp b/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
index f4b044fe..634f45ab 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ struct StringMaker<T*> {
     }
 };
 
+template<typename T>
+std::string toString( T const& value ) {
+    return StringMaker<T>::convert( value );
+}
+
 template<typename T>
 struct StringMaker<std::vector<T> > {
     static std::string convert( std::vector<T> const& v ) {
@@ -125,10 +130,7 @@ namespace Detail {
 /// that and writes {?}.
 /// Overload (not specialise) this template for custom typs that you don't want
 /// to provide an ostream overload for.
-template<typename T>
-std::string toString( T const& value ) {
-    return StringMaker<T>::convert( value );
-}
+
 
 // Built in overloads