diff --git a/src/engine/Enum.java b/src/engine/Enum.java
index 43d8f499..a7a5257c 100644
--- a/src/engine/Enum.java
+++ b/src/engine/Enum.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /*
  * MagicBane engine enumeration class.
diff --git a/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java b/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
index 9d3fa882..61161c62 100644
--- a/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ import engine.Enum;
 import engine.net.NetMsgHandler;
 import engine.server.login.LoginServer;
 import engine.server.world.WorldServer;
+import jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.regexp.joni.ast.StringNode;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public enum ConfigManager {
 
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ public enum ConfigManager {
 
     MB_LOGIN_PORT,
     MB_LOGIN_AUTOREG,
+    MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX,
+
     MB_MAJOR_VER,
     MB_MINOR_VER,
 
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ public enum ConfigManager {
     public static NetMsgHandler handler;
     public static WorldServer worldServer;
     public static LoginServer loginServer;
+    public static Map<ConfigManager, Pattern> regex = new HashMap<>();
 
     // Called at bootstrap: ensures that all config values are loaded.
 
@@ -103,6 +108,10 @@ public enum ConfigManager {
                 return false;
             }
 
+            // compile regex here
+
+            regex.put(MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX, Pattern.compile(MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX.getValue()));
+
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/util/MiscUtils.java b/src/engine/util/MiscUtils.java
index 550d21f5..cb42e93c 100644
--- a/src/engine/util/MiscUtils.java
+++ b/src/engine/util/MiscUtils.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 package engine.util;
 
+import engine.gameManager.ConfigManager;
 import engine.server.MBServerStatics;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public class MiscUtils {
 				|| (firstName.length() < MBServerStatics.MIN_NAME_LENGTH)) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		return (!firstNameRegex.matcher(firstName).matches());
+		    return (!ConfigManager.regex.get(ConfigManager.MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX).matcher(firstName).matches());
 	}
 
 	public static boolean checkIfLastNameInvalid(String lastName) {