diff --git a/src/commands/utils.rs b/src/commands/utils.rs
index 1e26275..6907530 100644
--- a/src/commands/utils.rs
+++ b/src/commands/utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
 use crate::{
     commands::{respond_embed, respond_err, respond_ok},
     structures::RepositoryDetails,
@@ -269,8 +271,8 @@ pub async fn add_repo(
     #[description = "The owner of the repository."] owner: String,
     #[description = "The respository name."] repository: String,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let key_regex = Regex::new(r"[a-z+]+$").unwrap();
-    let repo_details_regex = Regex::new(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)*$").unwrap();
+    let key_regex = get_key_regex();
+    let repo_details_regex = get_repo_details_regex();
     if !key_regex.is_match(&key) {
         respond_err(
             &ctx,
@@ -403,3 +405,13 @@ fn rm_repo(ctx: &Context<'_>, key: &str) {
 
     rwlock_guard.issue_prefixes.remove(key);
 }
+
+fn get_key_regex() -> &'static Regex {
+    static REGEX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+    REGEX.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"[a-z+]+$").unwrap())
+}
+
+fn get_repo_details_regex() -> &'static Regex {
+    static REGEX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+    REGEX.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)*$").unwrap())
+}
diff --git a/src/events/code.rs b/src/events/code.rs
index baf4463..56fc8da 100644
--- a/src/events/code.rs
+++ b/src/events/code.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use regex::{Match, Regex};
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::{path::Path, sync::OnceLock};
 
 use poise::serenity_prelude::{self as serenity, Colour, Context, CreateEmbed, Message};
 
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ struct FileReference<'a> {
 
 impl FileReference<'_> {
     pub fn try_from_str(text: &str) -> Option<Vec<FileReference>> {
-        let r =
-            Regex::new(r"https://github.com/(.+?)/(.+?)/blob/(.+?)/(.+?)#L([0-9]+)(?:-L([0-9]+))?")
-                .expect("Expected url regex");
+        let r = get_file_reference_regex();
 
         let files: Vec<FileReference> = r
             .captures_iter(text)
@@ -156,3 +154,11 @@ impl FileReference<'_> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn get_file_reference_regex() -> &'static Regex {
+    static REGEX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+    REGEX.get_or_init(|| {
+        Regex::new(r"https://github.com/(.+?)/(.+?)/blob/(.+?)/(.+?)#L([0-9]+)(?:-L([0-9]+))?")
+            .unwrap()
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/events/issues/mod.rs b/src/events/issues/mod.rs
index 7be18ab..7c072c5 100644
--- a/src/events/issues/mod.rs
+++ b/src/events/issues/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{sync::OnceLock, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::{commands::interaction_err, structures::Embeddable, Data};
 
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ async fn issue_embeds(data: &Data, message: &Message) -> Option<Vec<CreateEmbed>
     let client = octocrab::instance();
     let ratelimit = client.ratelimit();
 
-    // TODO: stop compiling this every time.
-    let regex = Regex::new(r" ?([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)?#([0-9]+) ?").expect("Expected numbers regex");
+    let regex = get_issue_regex();
 
     let custom_repos = { data.state.read().unwrap().issue_prefixes.clone() };
 
@@ -197,3 +196,8 @@ async fn issue_embeds(data: &Data, message: &Message) -> Option<Vec<CreateEmbed>
         Some(embeds)
     }
 }
+
+fn get_issue_regex() -> &'static Regex {
+    static REGEX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
+    REGEX.get_or_init(|| Regex::new(r" ?([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)?#([0-9]+) ?").unwrap())
+}