diff --git a/lorebot/botfunc.go b/lorebot/botfunc.go
index d3e594f..18941f1 100644
--- a/lorebot/botfunc.go
+++ b/lorebot/botfunc.go
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/unixvoid/glogger"
 	"gopkg.in/redis.v5"
 )
 
-func loreQuery(searchTerm string, redisClient *redis.Client) (string, error) {
-	val, err := redisClient.Get(searchTerm).Result()
+func loreQuery(searchTerm string, redisClient *redis.Client) ([]string, error) {
+	val, err := redisClient.Sort(searchTerm, redis.Sort{Order: "ALPHA"}).Result()
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.New("String not found.")
+		return nil, errors.New("String not found.")
 	} else {
 		return val, nil
 	}
 }
 
 func loreCheck(searchTerm, searchType string, redisClient *redis.Client) (string, error) {
-	searchString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", searchType, searchTerm, "content")
-	val, err := redisClient.Get(searchString).Result()
+	val, err := redisClient.HGet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", searchType, searchTerm), "content").Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.New("String not found.")
 	} else {
@@ -34,26 +34,26 @@ func loreNewString(nick, newString, newType string, redisClient *redis.Client) e
 
 	t := time.Now()
 
-	// set created date
-	attribute := "cdate"
-	date := t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
-	setstring := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", newType, command, attribute)
-	redisClient.Set(setstring, date, 0)
-
-	// set owner
-	attribute = "owner"
-	setstring = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", newType, command, attribute)
-	redisClient.Set(setstring, nick, 0)
+	// create a timestamp to use
+	cdate := t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
 
-	// set content
-	attribute = "content"
-	setstring = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", newType, command, attribute)
-	redisClient.Set(setstring, content, 0)
+	// create the redis hash
+	_, err := redisClient.HMSet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", newType, command), map[string]string{
+		"content": string(content),
+		"cdate":   cdate,
+		"owner":   nick,
+	}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		glogger.Error.Println("error setting redis hash")
+		return errors.New("error setting redis hash")
+	}
 
-	// append to index
-	appendIndex := fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:added", newType)
-	appendString := fmt.Sprintf(" %s", command)
-	redisClient.Append(appendIndex, appendString)
+	// add lore to index
+	err = redisClient.SAdd(fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:added", newType), command).Err()
+	if err != nil {
+		glogger.Error.Println("error updating redis index")
+		return errors.New("error updating redis index")
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -61,43 +61,34 @@ func loreNewString(nick, newString, newType string, redisClient *redis.Client) e
 func loreRmString(nick, rmString, rmType string, redisClient *redis.Client) error {
 	t := time.Now()
 
-	// remove content
-	keyString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", rmType, rmString, "content")
-	redisClient.Del(keyString)
-	//redisClient.Set(keyString, "--LORE HAS BEEN REMOVED--", 0)
-
-	// set "removed by"
-	attribute := "rmby"
-	setstring := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", rmType, rmString, attribute)
-	redisClient.Set(setstring, nick, 0)
-
-	// set removed date
-	attribute = "rmdate"
-	date := t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
-	setstring = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", rmType, rmString, attribute)
-	redisClient.Set(setstring, date, 0)
-
-	// append to deleted index
-	appendIndex := fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:removed", rmType)
-	appendString := fmt.Sprintf(" %s", rmString)
-	redisClient.Append(appendIndex, appendString)
-
-	// remove from added index
-	queryString := fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:added", rmType)
-	tmpIndex, _ := loreQuery(queryString, redisClient)
-	// add a space to the beginning of string to replace
-	formattedString := fmt.Sprintf(" %s ", rmString)
-	// find and replace
-	newIndex := strings.Replace(tmpIndex, formattedString, " ", -1)
-	redisClient.Set(queryString, newIndex, 0)
+	// remove redis hash containing lore and metadata
+	redisClient.Del(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", rmType, rmString))
+
+	// create a timestamp to use
+	rmdate := t.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")
+
+	// create the redis hash
+	_, err := redisClient.HMSet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", rmType, rmString), map[string]string{
+		"rmdate": rmdate,
+		"rmby":   nick,
+	}).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		glogger.Error.Println("error setting redis hash")
+		return errors.New("error setting redis hash")
+	}
+
+	// add lore to index
+	redisClient.SAdd(fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:removed", rmType))
+
+	// remove lore form added index
+	redisClient.SRem(fmt.Sprintf("index:%s:added", rmType))
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 func loreAttrQuery(queryString, queryType, queryAttr string, redisClient *redis.Client) (string, error) {
-	searchString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", queryType, queryAttr, queryString)
+	val, err := redisClient.HGet(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", queryType, queryAttr), queryString).Result()
 
-	val, err := redisClient.Get(searchString).Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.New("String not found.")
 	} else {
diff --git a/lorebot/lorebot.go b/lorebot/lorebot.go
index 1271a5a..420f3bd 100644
--- a/lorebot/lorebot.go
+++ b/lorebot/lorebot.go
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ func listhandler(redisClient *redis.Client, rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEve
 		glogger.Error.Println(err)
 		println(err)
 	}
-	fCommand := strings.Replace(command, " ", "\n", -1)
-	fCommand = strings.Replace(fCommand, "\n", "", 1)
+	fCommand := strings.Join(command, "\n")
 
 	// initialize buffer
 	bodyBuf := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -314,8 +313,8 @@ func listhandler(redisClient *redis.Client, rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEve
 
 func lorestatus(rtm *slack.RTM, ev *slack.MessageEvent, redisClient *redis.Client) {
 	command, _ := loreQuery("index:lore:added", redisClient)
-	loreammount := strings.Count(command, " ")
-	status := fmt.Sprintf("the lore db has %d entries", loreammount-1)
+	loreammount := len(command)
+	status := fmt.Sprintf("the lore db has %d entries", loreammount)
 	rtm.SendMessage(rtm.NewOutgoingMessage(status, ev.Channel))
 }