diff --git a/src/components/Automod.ts b/src/components/Automod.ts
index 45b5077..c428c9b 100644
--- a/src/components/Automod.ts
+++ b/src/components/Automod.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import Logger from '../helpers/Logger.js';
 export default class Automoderator {
   private static logPrefix:string = 'Automod';
   private static lockQuery:Set<Discord.Snowflake> = new Set();
-  static scanMsg =(message:Discord.Message)=>message.content.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/[!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};':"\\|,.<>\/?\n?0-9]|ing\b|ed\b|es\b|er\b|$/g, '').split(' ').join('');
+  static scanMsg =(message:Discord.Message)=>message.content.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/[!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};':"\\|,.<>\/?\n?0-9]|ing\b|ed\b|es\b|er\b/g, '').split('').join('');
   static async repeatedMessages(client:TClient, message:Discord.Message, action:'mute'|'ban'|'softban', thresholdTime:number, thresholdAmount:number, type:string, duration:string, reason:string) {
     const now = Date.now();
 
diff --git a/src/models/prohibitedWords.ts b/src/models/prohibitedWords.ts
index 10f1969..494ad84 100644
--- a/src/models/prohibitedWords.ts
+++ b/src/models/prohibitedWords.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import DatabaseServer from '../components/DatabaseServer.js';
-import {Model, DataTypes} from '@sequelize/core';
+import {Model, DataTypes, Op} from '@sequelize/core';
 
 class prohibitedWords extends Model {
   declare public word: string;
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ export class ProhibitedWordsSvc {
     })
     this.model.sync();
   }
-  findWord = async(word:string)=>await this.model.findByPk(word);
+  findWord = async(word:string)=>{
+    const words = word.split(' ');
+    for (const w of words) {
+      const found = await this.model.findOne({where: {word: {[Op.eq]: w}}});
+      if (found) return true;
+    }
+  }
   getAllWords = async()=>await this.model.findAll();
   insertWord = async(word:string)=>await this.model.create({word});
   removeWord = async(word:string)=>await this.model.destroy({where: {word}})