diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/plex/Plex.java b/src/main/java/dev/plex/Plex.java
index 8d356e4..e127af2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/plex/Plex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/plex/Plex.java
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ public class Plex extends JavaPlugin
         PlexLog.log("Punishment System initialized");
 
         commandBlockerManager = new CommandBlockerManager();
-        getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, () -> commandBlockerManager.syncCommands());
+        // todo: make this a service lmao --v
+        getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncDelayedTask(this, () -> {
+            commandBlockerManager.syncCommands();
+            PlexLog.log("Command Blocker commands loaded");
+        });
         PlexLog.log("Command Blocker initialized");
 
         generateWorlds();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CmdBlockerListener.java b/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CmdBlockerListener.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5576ae3..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CmdBlockerListener.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package dev.plex.listener.impl;
-
-import dev.plex.cache.DataUtils;
-import dev.plex.cmdblocker.BaseCommand;
-import dev.plex.cmdblocker.MatchCommand;
-import dev.plex.cmdblocker.RegexCommand;
-import dev.plex.listener.PlexListener;
-import dev.plex.player.PlexPlayer;
-import dev.plex.util.PlexUtils;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
-import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
-import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
-
-public class CmdBlockerListener extends PlexListener
-{
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST)
-    public void onPlayerCommandPreprocess(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event)
-    {
-        if (!plugin.getCommandBlockerManager().loadedYet)
-        {
-            event.setCancelled(true);
-            return;
-        }
-        Player player = event.getPlayer();
-        String message = event.getMessage().substring(1);
-        for (BaseCommand blockedCommand : plugin.getCommandBlockerManager().getBlockedCommands()) {
-            if (DataUtils.getPlayer(player.getUniqueId()).getRankFromString().ordinal() > blockedCommand.getRank().ordinal())
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-            boolean isBlocked = false;
-            if (blockedCommand instanceof RegexCommand regexCommand)
-            {
-                if (regexCommand.getRegex().matcher(message).matches())
-                {
-                    isBlocked = true;
-                }
-            }
-            else if(blockedCommand instanceof MatchCommand matchCommand)
-            {
-                if (message.equalsIgnoreCase(matchCommand.getMessage()) || message.toLowerCase().startsWith(matchCommand.getMessage().toLowerCase() + " "))
-                {
-                    isBlocked = true;
-                }
-            }
-            if (isBlocked)
-            {
-                event.setCancelled(true);
-                player.sendMessage(MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(PlexUtils.messageString("blockedCommandColor") + blockedCommand.getMessage()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CommandListener.java b/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CommandListener.java
index b393952..9b6270c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CommandListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/plex/listener/impl/CommandListener.java
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package dev.plex.listener.impl;
 
+import dev.plex.cache.DataUtils;
 import dev.plex.cache.player.PlayerCache;
+import dev.plex.cmdblocker.BaseCommand;
+import dev.plex.cmdblocker.MatchCommand;
+import dev.plex.cmdblocker.RegexCommand;
 import dev.plex.listener.PlexListener;
+import dev.plex.util.PlexUtils;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
@@ -23,5 +29,44 @@ public class CommandListener extends PlexListener
                 pl.sendMessage(ChatColor.GRAY + player.getName() + ": " + command);
             }
         });
+
+        if (!plugin.getCommandBlockerManager().loadedYet)
+        {
+            event.setCancelled(true);
+            return;
+        }
+        Player player = event.getPlayer();
+        String message = event.getMessage().substring(1);
+        for (BaseCommand blockedCommand : plugin.getCommandBlockerManager().getBlockedCommands()) {
+            if (DataUtils.getPlayer(player.getUniqueId()).getRankFromString().ordinal() > blockedCommand.getRank().ordinal())
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            boolean isBlocked = false;
+            if (blockedCommand instanceof RegexCommand regexCommand)
+            {
+                System.out.println(regexCommand.getRegex());
+                System.out.println(message);
+                System.out.println(regexCommand.getRegex().matcher(message).results());
+                if (regexCommand.getRegex().matcher(message).matches())
+                {
+                    isBlocked = true;
+                }
+            }
+            else if(blockedCommand instanceof MatchCommand matchCommand)
+            {
+                if (message.equalsIgnoreCase(matchCommand.getMatch()) || message.toLowerCase().startsWith(matchCommand.getMatch().toLowerCase() + " "))
+                {
+                    isBlocked = true;
+                }
+            }
+            if (isBlocked)
+            {
+                System.out.println("BLOCKED?!??!???!!!");
+                event.setCancelled(true);
+                player.sendMessage(MiniMessage.miniMessage().deserialize(PlexUtils.messageString("blockedCommandColor") + blockedCommand.getMessage()));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }