diff --git a/GUI/extenwindow.cpp b/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
index 7d25cf1..b143edb 100644
--- a/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/extenwindow.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <QDropEvent>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QUrl>
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QMessageBox>
 
 extern const char* EXTENSIONS;
 extern const char* INVALID_EXTENSION;
diff --git a/GUI/extenwindow.h b/GUI/extenwindow.h
index 4f54450..685796a 100644
--- a/GUI/extenwindow.h
+++ b/GUI/extenwindow.h
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ private:
 
 	Ui::ExtenWindow* ui;
 };
+
+inline HMODULE LoadLibraryOnce(std::wstring fileName) { if (HMODULE module = GetModuleHandleW(fileName.c_str())) return module; return LoadLibraryW(fileName.c_str()); }
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index 2cbd529..a60cc24 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "host/util.h"
 #include <shellapi.h>
-#include <QFormLayout>
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QPushButton>
-#include <QCheckBox>
-#include <QSpinBox>
-#include <QListWidget>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
-#include <QMessageBox>
-#include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 
 extern const char* ATTACH;
@@ -454,12 +446,12 @@ void MainWindow::FindHooks()
 		if (!dialog.exec()) return;
 		QByteArray pattern = QByteArray::fromHex(patternInput.text().replace("??", QString::number(XX, 16)).toUtf8());
 		memcpy(sp.pattern, pattern.data(), sp.length = min(pattern.size(), 25));
-		try { filter = std::wregex(S(filterInput.text())); } catch (std::regex_error) {}
+		try { filter = S(filterInput.text()); } catch (std::regex_error) {}
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		// sp.length is 0 in this branch, so default will be used
-		filter = cjkCheckbox.isChecked() ? std::wregex(L"[\\u3000-\\ua000]{4,}") : std::wregex(L"[\\u0020-\\u1000]{4,}");
+		filter = std::wregex(cjkCheckbox.isChecked() ? L"[\\u3000-\\ua000]{4,}" : L"[\\u0020-\\u1000]{4,}");
 	}
 
 	auto hooks = std::make_shared<QString>();
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.h b/GUI/mainwindow.h
index 4baaaac..58664f5 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.h
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extenwindow.h"
 #include "host/host.h"
-#include <QSettings>
 
 namespace Ui
 {
diff --git a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
index 47a21b8..36d36eb 100644
--- a/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
+++ b/extensions/extrawindow.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
+#include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extension.h"
 #include "ui_extrawindow.h"
 #include "defs.h"
-#include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QColorDialog>
-#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QMenu>
-#include <QFormLayout>
-#include <QLineEdit>
-#include <QSpinBox>
-#include <QPushButton>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
-#include <QSettings>
 
 extern const char* EXTRA_WINDOW_INFO;
 extern const char* TOPMOST;
@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ bool ProcessSentence(std::wstring& sentence, SentenceInfo sentenceInfo)
 {
 	if (!sentenceInfo["current select"]) return false;
 
-	QString qSentence = QString::fromStdWString(sentence);
+	QString qSentence = S(sentence);
 	if (!window.settings.value(SHOW_ORIGINAL).toBool()) qSentence = qSentence.section('\n', qSentence.count('\n') / 2 + 1);
 
 	QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&window, [=] { window.ui.display->setText(qSentence); });
diff --git a/extensions/lua.cpp b/extensions/lua.cpp
index 4d1d4c7..c9925d1 100644
--- a/extensions/lua.cpp
+++ b/extensions/lua.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-#include "extension.h"
+#include "qtcommon.h"
+#include "extension.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <fstream>
-#include <QMainWindow>
-#include <QLayout>
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
-#include <QPushButton>
 
 extern const char* LUA_INTRO;
 extern const char* LOAD_LUA_SCRIPT;
diff --git a/extensions/network.cpp b/extensions/network.cpp
index 66e68e0..5899b18 100644
--- a/extensions/network.cpp
+++ b/extensions/network.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void Unescape(std::wstring& text)
 			if (text[i + 1] == L'r') text[i + 1] = 0x200b; // for some reason \r gets displayed as a newline
 			if (text[i + 1] == L'n') text[i + 1] = L'\n';
 			if (text[i + 1] == L't') text[i + 1] = L'\t';
+			if (text[i + 1] == L'\\') ++i;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/regexfilter.cpp b/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
index a9a4f86..b9cff0d 100644
--- a/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
+++ b/extensions/regexfilter.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extension.h"
 #include "ui_regexfilter.h"
 
@@ -22,12 +23,12 @@ public:
 	}
 
 private:
-	void setRegex(QString newRegex)
+	void setRegex(QString regex)
 	{
 		std::lock_guard l(m);
-		try { regex = newRegex.toStdWString(); }
+		try { ::regex = S(regex); }
 		catch (std::regex_error) { return ui.output->setText(INVALID_REGEX); }
-		ui.output->setText(QString(CURRENT_FILTER).arg(newRegex));
+		ui.output->setText(QString(CURRENT_FILTER).arg(regex));
 	}
 
 	Ui::FilterWindow ui;
diff --git a/extensions/threadlinker.cpp b/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
index 365bc36..c284bdf 100644
--- a/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
+++ b/extensions/threadlinker.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
+#include "qtcommon.h"
 #include "extension.h"
-#include <QMainWindow>
-#include <QLayout>
-#include <QPushButton>
-#include <QListWidget>
-#include <QInputDialog>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 
 extern const char* THREAD_LINKER;
diff --git a/GUI/qtcommon.h b/include/qtcommon.h
similarity index 65%
rename from GUI/qtcommon.h
rename to include/qtcommon.h
index 5d6f42c..ad3fe7e 100644
--- a/GUI/qtcommon.h
+++ b/include/qtcommon.h
@@ -4,12 +4,22 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QHash>
-#include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QDir>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QMainWindow>
+#include <QDialog>
+#include <QLayout>
+#include <QFormLayout>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QCheckBox>
+#include <QSpinBox>
+#include <QListWidget>
+#include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QInputDialog>
 
 struct QTextFile : QFile { QTextFile(QString name, QIODevice::OpenMode mode) : QFile(name) { open(mode | QIODevice::Text); } };
 inline std::wstring S(const QString& S) { return { S.toStdWString() }; }
 inline QString S(const std::wstring& S) { return QString::fromStdWString(S); }
-inline HMODULE LoadLibraryOnce(std::wstring fileName) { if (HMODULE module = GetModuleHandleW(fileName.c_str())) return module; return LoadLibraryW(fileName.c_str()); }