diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/ChatImplementation.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/ChatImplementation.java
index 9cd371d..af4afe8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/ChatImplementation.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/ChatImplementation.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.alttd.chat;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.Config;
 import com.alttd.chat.database.DatabaseConnection;
 import com.alttd.chat.managers.ChatUserManager;
+import com.alttd.chat.managers.RegexManager;
 import net.luckperms.api.LuckPerms;
 import net.luckperms.api.LuckPermsProvider;
 import net.luckperms.api.model.group.Group;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public class ChatImplementation implements ChatAPI{
         databaseConnection = getDataBase();
 
         ChatUserManager.initialize(); // loads all the users from the db and adds them.
+        RegexManager.initRegex(); // load the filters and regexes from config
     }
 
     public static ChatAPI get() {
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/util/Regex.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/managers/RegexManager.java
similarity index 96%
rename from velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/util/Regex.java
rename to api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/managers/RegexManager.java
index 7115b16..9132b0f 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/util/Regex.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/managers/RegexManager.java
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package com.alttd.chat.util;
+package com.alttd.chat.managers;
 
 import com.alttd.chat.config.Config;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.RegexConfig;
-import com.alttd.chat.config.ServerConfig;
 import com.alttd.chat.objects.RegexType;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import ninja.leaping.configurate.ConfigurationNode;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-public class Regex {
+public class RegexManager {
 
     // todo move this to API!
     private static final HashMap<Pattern, ArrayList<String>> cancelRegex = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Regex.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
similarity index 76%
rename from api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Regex.java
rename to api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
index e968c8d..7f1c4a6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/Regex.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 package com.alttd.chat.objects;
 
-public class Regex {
+public class ChatFilter {
 
     private final String regex;
     private final RegexType type;
     private String replacement = "";
 
-    public Regex(String regex, RegexType type) {
+    public ChatFilter(String regex, RegexType type) {
         this.regex = regex;
         this.type = type;
     }
 
-    public Regex(String regex, RegexType type, String replacement) {
+    public ChatFilter(String regex, RegexType type, String replacement) {
         this.regex = regex;
         this.type = type;
         this.replacement = replacement;