diff --git a/acls.go b/acls.go
index 26368362..80660e5a 100644
--- a/acls.go
+++ b/acls.go
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func excludeCorrectlyTaggedNodes(
 	out := []Machine{}
 	tags := []string{}
 	for tag, ns := range aclPolicy.TagOwners {
-		if containsString(ns, namespace) {
+		if contains(ns, namespace) {
 			tags = append(tags, tag)
 		}
 	}
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func excludeCorrectlyTaggedNodes(
 
 		found := false
 		for _, t := range hi.RequestTags {
-			if containsString(tags, t) {
+			if contains(tags, t) {
 				found = true
 
 				break
diff --git a/cmd/headscale/cli/nodes.go b/cmd/headscale/cli/nodes.go
index 7a6b818a..1f8ed4bd 100644
--- a/cmd/headscale/cli/nodes.go
+++ b/cmd/headscale/cli/nodes.go
@@ -372,12 +372,12 @@ func nodesToPtables(
 			tags += "," + tag
 		}
 		for _, tag := range machine.InvalidTags {
-			if !containsString(machine.ForcedTags, tag) {
+			if !contains(machine.ForcedTags, tag) {
 				tags += "," + pterm.LightRed(tag)
 			}
 		}
 		for _, tag := range machine.ValidTags {
-			if !containsString(machine.ForcedTags, tag) {
+			if !contains(machine.ForcedTags, tag) {
 				tags += "," + pterm.LightGreen(tag)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go b/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
index de369baa..7ea61df5 100644
--- a/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -565,9 +566,9 @@ func GetFileMode(key string) fs.FileMode {
 	return fs.FileMode(mode)
 }
 
-func containsString(ss []string, s string) bool {
-	for _, v := range ss {
-		if v == s {
+func contains[T string](ts []T, t T) bool {
+	for _, v := range ts {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(v,t) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/machine.go b/machine.go
index 2b5da37c..d23f61f4 100644
--- a/machine.go
+++ b/machine.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (machine Machine) isExpired() bool {
 
 func containsAddresses(inputs []string, addrs []string) bool {
 	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		if containsString(inputs, addr) {
+		if contains(inputs, addr) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ func (h *Headscale) EnableRoutes(machine *Machine, routeStrs ...string) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, newRoute := range newRoutes {
-		if !containsIPPrefix(machine.GetAdvertisedRoutes(), newRoute) {
+		if !contains(machine.GetAdvertisedRoutes(), newRoute) {
 			return fmt.Errorf(
 				"route (%s) is not available on node %s: %w",
 				machine.Name,
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index af267eb3..44110428 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -223,16 +224,6 @@ func (h *Headscale) getUsedIPs() (*netaddr.IPSet, error) {
 	return ipSet, nil
 }
 
-func containsString(ss []string, s string) bool {
-	for _, v := range ss {
-		if v == s {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return false
-}
-
 func tailNodesToString(nodes []*tailcfg.Node) string {
 	temp := make([]string, len(nodes))
 
@@ -282,9 +273,9 @@ func stringToIPPrefix(prefixes []string) ([]netaddr.IPPrefix, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func containsIPPrefix(prefixes []netaddr.IPPrefix, prefix netaddr.IPPrefix) bool {
-	for _, p := range prefixes {
-		if prefix == p {
+func contains[T string | netaddr.IPPrefix](ts []T, t T) bool {
+	for _, v := range ts {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(v, t) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}