diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/say.dm b/code/__DEFINES/say.dm
index 9403eca2da..d04004c659 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/say.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/say.dm
@@ -87,12 +87,15 @@
 
 //Don't set this very much higher then 1024 unless you like inviting people in to dos your server with message spam
 #define MAX_MESSAGE_LEN			4096		//Citadel edit: What's the WORST that could happen?
-#define MAX_FLAVOR_LEN			4096		
+#define MAX_FLAVOR_LEN			4096
 #define MAX_TASTE_LEN			40 //lick... vore... ew...
 #define MAX_NAME_LEN			42
 #define MAX_BROADCAST_LEN		512
 #define MAX_CHARTER_LEN			80
 
+// Is something in the IC chat filter? This is config dependent.
+#define CHAT_FILTER_CHECK(T) (config.ic_filter_regex && findtext(T, config.ic_filter_regex))
+
 // Audio/Visual Flags. Used to determine what sense are required to notice a message.
 #define MSG_VISUAL (1<<0)
 #define MSG_AUDIBLE (1<<1)
diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/configuration.dm
index 32da3b5938..5d7de05598 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/configuration.dm
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	var/motd
 	// var/policy
 
-	// var/static/regex/ic_filter_regex
+	var/static/regex/ic_filter_regex
 
 /datum/controller/configuration/proc/admin_reload()
 	if(IsAdminAdvancedProcCall())
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	loadmaplist(CONFIG_MAPS_FILE)
 	LoadMOTD()
 	// LoadPolicy()
-	// LoadChatFilter()
+	LoadChatFilter()
 
 	if (Master)
 		Master.OnConfigLoad()
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Example config:
 				continue
 			runnable_modes[M] = probabilities[M.config_tag]
 	return runnable_modes
-/*
+
 /datum/controller/configuration/proc/LoadChatFilter()
 	var/list/in_character_filter = list()
 	if(!fexists("[directory]/in_character_filter.txt"))
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ Example config:
 			continue
 		in_character_filter += REGEX_QUOTE(line)
 	ic_filter_regex = in_character_filter.len ? regex("\\b([jointext(in_character_filter, "|")])\\b", "i") : null
-*/
+
 //Message admins when you can.
 /datum/controller/configuration/proc/DelayedMessageAdmins(text)
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(GLOBAL_PROC, /proc/message_admins, text), 0)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index 9646796802..7ca2234081 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	var/static/list/one_character_prefix = list(MODE_HEADSET = TRUE, MODE_ROBOT = TRUE, MODE_WHISPER = TRUE)
 
 	var/ic_blocked = FALSE
-	/*
-	if(client && !forced && config.ic_filter_regex && findtext(message, config.ic_filter_regex))
+
+	if(client && !forced && CHAT_FILTER_CHECK(message))
 		//The filter doesn't act on the sanitized message, but the raw message.
 		ic_blocked = TRUE
-	*/
+
 	if(sanitize)
 		message = trim(copytext_char(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	if(!message || message == "")
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	if(ic_blocked)
 		//The filter warning message shows the sanitized message though.
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='warning'>That message contained a word prohibited in IC chat! Consider reviewing the server rules.\n<span replaceRegex='show_filtered_ic_chat'>\"[message]\"</span></span>")
+		SSblackbox.record_feedback("tally", "ic_blocked_words", 1, lowertext(config.ic_filter_regex.match))
 		return
 
 	var/datum/saymode/saymode = SSradio.saymodes[talk_key]
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	var/obj/item/bodypart/rightarm = get_bodypart(BODY_ZONE_R_ARM)
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_MUTE) && get_selected_language() != /datum/language/signlanguage)
 		return 0
-	
+
 	if (get_selected_language() == /datum/language/signlanguage)
 		var/left_disabled = FALSE
 		var/right_disabled = FALSE