diff --git a/chat.proto b/chat.proto
index 1cc083a..4ac1da6 100644
--- a/chat.proto
+++ b/chat.proto
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ message Table {                                             // `autogenpb:nomute
 
 enum Who {
         NOONE  = 0;
-        GEMINI = 1;
+        REGEX = 1;
         USER = 2;
 }
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index b68af0f..bdfa08e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// write to ~/.config/gemini/ unless ENV{GEMINI_HOME} is set
+// write to ~/.config/regex/ unless ENV{REGEX_HOME} is set
 func (all *Chats) ConfigSave() error {
-	if os.Getenv("GEMINI_HOME") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("REGEX_HOME") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/gemini")
-		os.Setenv("GEMINI_HOME", fullpath)
+		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/regex")
+		os.Setenv("REGEX_HOME", fullpath)
 	}
 	if all == nil {
 		log.Warn("chatpb all == nil")
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (all *Chats) ConfigSave() error {
 			data, err = cleanChats.Marshal() // Retry with the clean object
 			if err == nil {
 				log.Info("chatpb.ConfigSave() pb.Marshal() worked after validation len", len(cleanChats.Chats), "chats")
-				configWrite("gemini.pb", data)
+				configWrite("regex.pb", data)
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func (all *Chats) ConfigSave() error {
 	}
 
 	// --- Backup Logic ---
-	filename := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GEMINI_HOME"), "gemini.pb")
+	filename := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("REGEX_HOME"), "regex.pb")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filename); err == nil {
 		// File exists, so back it up.
 		dir := filepath.Dir(filename)
 		timestamp := time.Now().Format("20060102-150405")
-		backupFilename := fmt.Sprintf("gemini.%s.pb", timestamp)
+		backupFilename := fmt.Sprintf("regex.%s.pb", timestamp)
 		backupPath := filepath.Join(dir, backupFilename)
 		if err := os.Rename(filename, backupPath); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("Could not backup config file:", err)
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ func (all *Chats) ConfigSave() error {
 	}
 	// --- End Backup Logic ---
 
-	if err := configWrite("gemini.pb", data); err != nil {
+	if err := configWrite("regex.pb", data); err != nil {
 		log.Infof("chatpb.ConfigSave() failed len(Chats)=%d bytes=%d", len(cleanChats.Chats), len(data))
 		return err
 	}
-	configWrite("gemini.text", []byte(cleanChats.FormatTEXT()))
+	configWrite("regex.text", []byte(cleanChats.FormatTEXT()))
 	log.Infof("chatpb.ConfigSave() worked len(Chats)=%d bytes=%d", len(cleanChats.Chats), len(data))
 	return nil
 }
@@ -96,29 +96,29 @@ func (all *Chats) tryValidate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// load the gemini.pb file. I shouldn't really matter if this
+// load the regex.pb file. I shouldn't really matter if this
 // fails. the file should be autogenerated. This is used
 // locally just for speed
 func (all *Chats) ConfigLoad() error {
-	if os.Getenv("GEMINI_HOME") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("REGEX_HOME") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/gemini")
-		os.Setenv("GEMINI_HOME", fullpath)
+		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/regex")
+		os.Setenv("REGEX_HOME", fullpath)
 	}
 	var data []byte
 	var err error
 
-	cfgname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GEMINI_HOME"), "gemini.pb")
+	cfgname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("REGEX_HOME"), "regex.pb")
 	if data, err = loadFile(cfgname); err != nil {
 		// something went wrong loading the file
 		// all.sampleConfig() // causes nil panic
 		return err
 	}
-	// this means the gemini.pb file exists and was read
+	// this means the regex.pb file exists and was read
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		// todo: add default data here since it's blank? // might cause nil panic?
-		all.AddGeminiComment("I like astronomy")
-		log.Info(errors.New("chatpb.ConfigLoad() gemini.pb is empty"))
+		all.AddRegexComment("I like astronomy")
+		log.Info(errors.New("chatpb.ConfigLoad() regex.pb is empty"))
 		return nil
 	}
 	err = all.Unmarshal(data)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func loadFile(fullname string) ([]byte, error) {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(fullname)
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		// if file does not exist, just return nil. this
-		// will cause ConfigLoad() to try the next config file like "gemini.text"
+		// will cause ConfigLoad() to try the next config file like "regex.text"
 		// because the user might want to edit the .config by hand
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func loadFile(fullname string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GEMINI_HOME"), filename)
+	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("REGEX_HOME"), filename)
 
 	cfgfile, err := os.OpenFile(fullname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 	defer cfgfile.Close()
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
 		log.Warn("open config file :", err)
 		return err
 	}
-	if filename == "gemini.text" {
+	if filename == "regex.text" {
 		// add header
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this file is automatically re-generated from gemini.pb, however,\n"))
+		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this file is automatically re-generated from regex.pb, however,\n"))
 		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# if you want to edit it by hand, you can:\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# stop gemini; remove gemini.pb; edit gemini.text; start gemini\n"))
+		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# stop regex; remove regex.pb; edit regex.text; start regex\n"))
 		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this will cause the default behavior to fallback to parsing this file for the config\n"))
 		cfgfile.Write([]byte("\n"))
 		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this file is intended to be used to customize settings on what\n"))
diff --git a/example.go b/example.go
index 8c0ba38..e496463 100644
--- a/example.go
+++ b/example.go
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import (
 func ExampleChat() *Chats {
 	conversation := NewChats()
 
-	conversation.AddGeminiComment("funny")
+	conversation.AddRegexComment("funny")
 
 	/*
-		gchat := conversation.AddGeminiComment("funny")
+		gchat := conversation.AddRegexComment("funny")
 		snip := new(CodeSnippet)
 		snip.Filename = "log/snip1.txt"
 		gchat.Snippets = append(gchat.Snippets, snip)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func ExampleChat() *Chats {
 
 	conversation.AddUserComment("yes")
 
-	conversation.AddGeminiComment("I like astronomy")
+	conversation.AddRegexComment("I like astronomy")
 
 	dump := conversation.FormatTEXT()
 
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 5c8a630..5385944 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
-func (c *Chats) AddGeminiComment(s string) *ChatEntry {
+func (c *Chats) AddRegexComment(s string) *ChatEntry {
 	log.Info("FIX")
 	return nil
 }