diff --git a/mod_pottymouth/README.md b/mod_pottymouth/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# mod_pottymouth
+
+The 'mod_pottymouth' ejabberd module aims to fill the void left by 'mod_shit'
+which has disappeared from the net. It allows individual whole words of a
+message to be filtered against a blacklist. It allows multiple blacklists
+sharded by language. To make use of this module the client must add the xml:lang
+attribute to the message xml.
+
+#### Installation
+
+On Ubuntu:
+````
+cd ~/.ejabberd-modules/sources
+clone the git repo
+cd mod_pottymouth
+ejabberdctl module_install mod_pottymouth
+ejabberdctl restart
+````
+
+module will be installed in: ~/.ejabberd-modules/mod_pottymouth
+
+#### Config
+
+The file format is as follows:
+
+````
+modules:
+    mod_pottymouth:
+        blacklists:
+            default: /home/your_user/blacklist_en.txt
+            en: /home/your_user/blacklist_en.txt
+            cn: /home/your_user/blacklist_cn.txt
+            fr: /home/your_user/blacklist_fr.txt
+````
+
+For each language (en,cn,fr,...whatever) provide a full path to a backlist file.
+The blacklist file is a plain text file with blacklisted words listed one per
+line.
+
+#### Gotchas
+
+The language will be looked up by whatever value is passed in the xml:lang
+attribute of the xml message. So, any xml:lang value to be supported will need
+a corresponding entry/blacklist in the config file. If xml:lang is missing,
+the 'default' entry in config will be used.
+
+For xml:lang attribute docs, see:
+    [http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Programming_XMPP_Clients#Sending_a_message](http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Programming_XMPP_Clients#Sending_a_message)
+
+The internal bloomfilter used to ingest the blacklists currently requires about
+4,000 entries in the blacklist to ensure acceptable error probability. (We've
+gotten around this by duplicating entries in a short list)
+
+#### Todo
+
+Look into acceptable error probabilities for shorter blacklists.
+
+#### Tip of the hat
+
+This mod makes use of the excellent 'etbloom' module:
+    [https://github.com/erlangtoolbox/etbloom](https://github.com/erlangtoolbox/etbloom)
diff --git a/mod_pottymouth/src/bloom_gen_server.erl b/mod_pottymouth/src/bloom_gen_server.erl
index 1fb098a..cd7155e 100644
--- a/mod_pottymouth/src/bloom_gen_server.erl
+++ b/mod_pottymouth/src/bloom_gen_server.erl
@@ -18,24 +18,16 @@ serverName(Lang) ->
 member({Lang, Word} = _MessageToken) ->
   gen_server:call(serverName(Lang), {member, Word}).
 
-loadWordList(BlacklistFile) ->
-  BlacklistExists = filelib:is_file(BlacklistFile),
-  if
-    BlacklistExists ->
-      {ok, S} = file:read_file(BlacklistFile);
-    true ->
-      ?ERROR_MSG("Blacklist file not found: ~p~n", [BlacklistFile]),
-      S = <<>>
-  end,
-  WordList = string:tokens(binary_to_list(S), "\n"),
-  WordList.
-
 start({Lang, BlacklistFile} = _Opts) ->
   gen_server:start_link({local, serverName(Lang)}, ?MODULE, [BlacklistFile], []).
 
+stop() ->
+  ok.
+
 init([BlacklistFile]) ->
-  WordList = loadWordList(BlacklistFile),
-  {ok, etbloom:bloom(WordList)}.
+  ?INFO_MSG("Building bloom", []),
+  Bloom = etbloom:sbf(10000000),
+  {ok, loadWordList(Bloom, BlacklistFile)}.
 
 handle_call({member, Word}, _From, Bloom) ->
   Reply = etbloom:member(Word, Bloom),
@@ -45,3 +37,19 @@ handle_cast(_Msg, State) -> {noreply, State}.
 handle_info(_Info, State) -> {noreply, State}.
 terminate(_Reason, _State) -> ok.
 code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) -> {ok, State}.
+
+loadWordList(Bloom, BlacklistFile) ->
+  BlacklistExists = filelib:is_file(BlacklistFile),
+  if
+    BlacklistExists ->
+      {ok, S} = file:open(BlacklistFile, read),
+      loadWordList(io:get_line(S, ''), Bloom, S);
+    true ->
+      ?ERROR_MSG("Blacklist file not found: ~p~n", [BlacklistFile]),
+      loadWordList(eof, Bloom, BlacklistFile)
+  end.
+
+loadWordList(eof, Bloom, _S) ->
+  Bloom;
+loadWordList(Line, Bloom, S) ->
+  loadWordList(io:get_line(S, ''), etbloom:add(lists:droplast(Line), Bloom), S).