diff --git a/src/config.d.sample b/src/config.d.sample
index 2ecce45..d4eba96 100644
--- a/src/config.d.sample
+++ b/src/config.d.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import std.regex;
+
 const string url_root = "/";
 
 const string site_title = "This is a Title";
@@ -5,9 +7,17 @@ const string site_subtitle = "but this is a subtitle";
 
 const bool nav_tree_vert = false;
 
-string[string] handlers;
+string[StaticRegex!char] handlers;
 
 void init_handlers() {
-  handlers["(.*).md"] = "contrib/Markdown.pl";
-  handlers["changelog"] = "changelog.sh";
+  handler!("(.*).md").add("contrib/Markdown.pl");
+  handler!("changelog").add("changelog.sh");
+}
+
+template handler(string pattern) {
+  void add(string h) {
+    try {
+      handlers[ctRegex!(pattern)] = h;
+    } catch (std.regex.Exception re) { return; }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/web.d b/src/web.d
index b2e17b5..e0b2073 100755
--- a/src/web.d
+++ b/src/web.d
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ bool dirExists(string path)  { try { if (isDir(path))  return true; else return
 void do_content(string url) {
   html_push("<div id=\"main-copy\"" ~ (nav_tree_vert? " class=\"main-copy-side-bar\"" : "")  ~ ">");
   // first, see if we have something that wants to handle url outright
-  foreach (string rstr, string h; handlers) {
+  foreach (StaticRegex!char reg, string h; handlers) {
     try {
-      if (match(url, regex(rstr, ""))) {
+      if (match(url, reg)) {
         html(shell(dweb_root ~ "/bin/" ~ h ~ " " ~ url));
         html_pop("</div>");
         return;
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ void do_content(string url) {
     if (isDir(f)) continue;
     string name = baseName(f); name = name[0] == '@' ? name[1..$] : name;
     if (stripExtension(name) == baseName(url)) {
-      foreach (string rstr, string h; handlers) { 
+      foreach (StaticRegex!char reg, string h; handlers) { 
         try {
-          if (match(name, regex(rstr, ""))) {
+          if (match(name, reg)) {
             html(shell(dweb_root ~ "/bin/" ~ h ~ " " ~ f));
             html_pop("</div>");
             return;