diff --git a/Fabric/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/fabric/FabricHexConfig.java b/Fabric/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/fabric/FabricHexConfig.java
index 4680f8c1a..a49ab760f 100644
--- a/Fabric/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/fabric/FabricHexConfig.java
+++ b/Fabric/src/main/java/at/petrak/hexcasting/fabric/FabricHexConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.util.Mth;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static at.petrak.hexcasting.api.mod.HexConfig.anyMatchResLoc;
@@ -199,7 +200,12 @@ public static final class Server implements HexConfig.ServerConfigAccess, Config
 
         // TODO: hook this up to the config, change Jankery, test, also test scroll injects on fabric
         @ConfigEntry.Gui.Tooltip
-        private List<ResourceLocation> loreInjections = HexLootHandler.DEFAULT_LORE_INJECTS;
+        private List<String> loreInjectionsRaw = HexLootHandler.DEFAULT_LORE_INJECTS
+                .stream()
+                .map(ResourceLocation::toString)
+                .toList();
+        @ConfigEntry.Gui.Excluded
+        private transient List<ResourceLocation> loreInjections;
         @ConfigEntry.Gui.Tooltip
         private double loreChance = HexLootHandler.DEFAULT_LORE_CHANCE;
 
@@ -222,6 +228,16 @@ public void validatePostLoad() throws ValidationException {
                 throw new ValidationException("Bad parsing of scroll injects", e);
             }
 
+            this.loreInjections = new ArrayList<>();
+            try {
+                for (var table : this.loreInjectionsRaw) {
+                    ResourceLocation loc = new ResourceLocation(table);
+                    this.loreInjections.add(loc);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new ValidationException("Bad parsing of lore injects", e);
+            }
+
             this.loreChance = Mth.clamp(this.loreChance, 0.0, 1.0);
         }