diff --git a/rules.go b/rules.go
index 7b7fb8d..1482a8b 100644
--- a/rules.go
+++ b/rules.go
@@ -73,3 +73,53 @@ func resetMsgParsingRules() error {
 	return nil
 
 }
+
+func loadMsgParsingRules() (m map[int]MessageParsingRule, err error) {
+	var (
+		id          int32
+		priority    int32
+		descn       string
+		rule        string
+		msgTypeID64 int64
+		chatID64    int64
+		userID64    int64
+	)
+
+	log.Println("Loading message parsing rules...")
+	m = make(map[int]MessageParsingRule)
+	count := int(0)
+
+	defer func() {
+		if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
+			log.Println("Error parsing rules : ", rec)
+			err = errors.New("panic")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	rules, err := db.Query(`SELECT r.id, r.prio, r.descn, r.rule, r.msg_type_id, r.chat_id, r.user_id FROM msg_rules r ORDER BY r.prio DESC;`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return m, err
+	}
+	defer rules.Close()
+
+	for rules.Next() {
+		err = rules.Scan(&id, &priority, &descn, &rule, &msgTypeID64, &chatID64, &userID64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return m, err
+		}
+		i := new(MessageParsingRule)
+		i.ID = id
+		i.Priority = priority
+		i.Description = descn
+		i.Rule = rule
+		i.MsgTypeID64 = msgTypeID64
+		i.ChatID64 = chatID64
+		i.SenderUserID64 = userID64
+		i.re = regexp.MustCompile(rule)
+		m[count] = *i
+		//		log.Printf("New rule : %s\n", rule)
+		count++
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}