diff --git a/src/settings/mod.rs b/src/settings/mod.rs
index b2a74ff..8ed524c 100644
--- a/src/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/src/settings/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ use log::{error, info};
 pub mod utils;
 use utils::SettingsType;
 
+pub mod regex_wrapper;
+use regex_wrapper::Regex;
+
 /// Current version of the ruleset. It will help determine if the ruleset is
 /// outdated or from a more recent version of the software than the one being in
 /// use.
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
     /// a regex to be matched while the second represents the change
     /// to be made to the input data.
     #[serde(default)]
-    rules: Vec<(String, String)>,
+    pub rules: Vec<(Regex, Regex)>,
 }
 
 /// Representation inside the crate of LangEvolve’s settings.
diff --git a/src/settings/regex_wrapper.rs b/src/settings/regex_wrapper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b186943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings/regex_wrapper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// extern crate serde;
+// extern crate regex;
+// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+// #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+// #[serde(transparent)]
+// pub struct Regex(regex::Regex);
+
+// #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+// #[serde(remote = "regex::Regex")]
+// pub struct RegexDef{
+//     #[serde(getter = "regex::Regex::to_string")]
+//     r: String
+// }
+use std::{fmt, ops};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Regex(regex::Regex);
+
+impl Regex {
+    pub fn new(s: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(regex::Regex::new(s).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        self.0.as_str()
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+        self.0.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Deref for Regex {
+    type Target = regex::Regex;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &regex::Regex {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for Regex {
+    fn deserialize<D>(de: D) -> Result<Regex, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        use serde::de::{Error, Visitor};
+
+        struct RegexVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for RegexVisitor {
+            type Value = Regex;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                f.write_str("a regular expression pattern")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_str<E: Error>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Regex, E> {
+                regex::Regex::new(v)
+                    .map(Regex)
+                    .map_err(|err| E::custom(err.to_string()))
+            }
+        }
+
+        de.deserialize_str(RegexVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
+use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
+impl Serialize for Regex {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_str(self.0.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for Regex {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.0.to_string() == other.0.to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for Regex {}