diff --git a/automessage.go b/automessage.go
index 077328b..939351a 100644
--- a/automessage.go
+++ b/automessage.go
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-irc/irc"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 var cronParser = cron.NewParser(cron.SecondOptional | cron.Minute | cron.Hour | cron.Dom | cron.Month | cron.Dow)
 
 type autoMessage struct {
+	UUID string `hash:"-" yaml:"uuid"`
+
 	Channel   string `yaml:"channel"`
 	Message   string `yaml:"message"`
 	UseAction bool   `yaml:"use_action"`
@@ -101,13 +103,15 @@ func (a *autoMessage) CountMessage(channel string) {
 }
 
 func (a *autoMessage) ID() string {
-	sum := sha256.New()
+	if a.UUID != "" {
+		return a.UUID
+	}
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(sum, "channel:%q", a.Channel)
-	fmt.Fprintf(sum, "message:%q", a.Message)
-	fmt.Fprintf(sum, "action:%v", a.UseAction)
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("sha256:%x", sum.Sum(nil))
+	h, err := hashstructure.Hash(a, hashstructure.FormatV2, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(errors.Wrap(err, "hashing automessage"))
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("hashstructure:%x", h)
 }
 
 func (a *autoMessage) IsValid() bool {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 394d0dd..c64dad6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Luzifer/rconfig/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/go-irc/irc v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f125eef..ae9ef63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrk
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v0.0.0-20171004221916-a61a99592b77/go.mod h1:kRemZodwjscx+RGhAo8eIhFbs2+BFgRtFPeD/KE+zxI=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0/go.mod h1:kRemZodwjscx+RGhAo8eIhFbs2+BFgRtFPeD/KE+zxI=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZXFpozHsX6DPmq2I0TCekCxypsnAUbP2oI0UX1GXzOo=
+github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2 h1:vGKWl0YJqUNxE8d+h8f6NJLcCJrgbhC4NcD46KavDd4=
+github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:MG3aRVU/N29oo/V/IhBX8GR/zz4kQkprJgF2EVszyDE=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 h1:fmNYVwqnSfB9mZU6OS2O6GsXM+wcskZDuKQzvN1EDeE=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
diff --git a/rule.go b/rule.go
index 592aafa..494802a 100644
--- a/rule.go
+++ b/rule.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
@@ -11,11 +10,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2/str"
 	"github.com/go-irc/irc"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 type Rule struct {
+	UUID string `hash:"-" yaml:"uuid"`
+
 	Actions []*RuleAction `yaml:"actions"`
 
 	Cooldown        *time.Duration `yaml:"cooldown"`
@@ -42,19 +44,15 @@ type Rule struct {
 }
 
 func (r Rule) MatcherID() string {
-	out := sha256.New()
-
-	for _, e := range []*string{
-		ptrStr(strings.Join(r.MatchChannels, "|")),
-		r.MatchEvent,
-		r.MatchMessage,
-	} {
-		if e != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, *e)
-		}
+	if r.UUID != "" {
+		return r.UUID
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("sha256:%x", out.Sum(nil))
+	h, err := hashstructure.Hash(r, hashstructure.FormatV2, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(errors.Wrap(err, "hashing automessage"))
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("hashstructure:%x", h)
 }
 
 func (r *Rule) matches(m *irc.Message, event *string) bool {