diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e2fbccb..a615ff6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "opaque-debug",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.7.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7404febffaa47dac81aa44dba71523c9d069b1bdc50a77db41195149e17f68e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -132,7 +141,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "futures",
  "matrix-sdk",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
+ "serde_regex",
  "serde_yaml",
  "systemd",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1439,7 +1450,10 @@ version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9251239e129e16308e70d853559389de218ac275b515068abc96829d05b948a"
 dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
  "regex-syntax",
+ "thread_local",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1774,6 +1788,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_regex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8136f1a4ea815d7eac4101cfd0b16dc0cb5e1fe1b8609dfd728058656b7badf"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eb687c7..8004b32 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 futures = "0.3"
+regex = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [ "full" ] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
 url = { version = "2.2", features = [ "serde" ] }
+serde_regex = "1"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0"
 systemd = "0.8"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 0a06c3a..0a4e40b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use matrix_sdk::identifiers::RoomId;
+use regex::Regex;
 use serde::de::{self, MapAccess, Visitor};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 use std::fmt;
@@ -27,15 +28,24 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 /// Holds a single unit's configuration.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(from = "SerializedUnit")]
 pub struct Unit {
     /// Can be serialized from a string only instead of a map.
     pub name: String,
     /// Regex to filter each line read from the unit's logs.
-    pub filter: Option<String>, // FIXME: regex
+    #[serde(with = "serde_regex")]
+    pub filter: Option<Regex>,
 }
 
+impl PartialEq for Unit {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.name == other.name
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for Unit {}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 struct SerializedUnit(#[serde(deserialize_with = "unit_name_or_struct")] Unit);