diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d964dc80..2a3a1579 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -834,6 +834,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy-regex"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e723bd417b2df60a0f6a2b6825f297ea04b245d4ba52b5a22cb679bdf58b05fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy-regex-proc_macros",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy-regex-proc_macros"
+version = "3.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f0a1d9139f0ee2e862e08a9c5d0ba0470f2aa21cd1e1aa1b1562f83116c725f"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "syn 2.0.29",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1666,6 +1689,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ddsfile",
  "env_logger",
  "glam",
+ "lazy-regex",
  "log",
  "obj",
  "pollster",
@@ -1673,7 +1697,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rbx_dom_weak",
  "rbx_reflection_database",
  "rbx_xml",
- "regex",
  "wgpu",
  "winit",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 961c5f9a..5138640a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ bytemuck = { version = "1.13.1", features = ["derive"] }
 ddsfile = "0.5.1"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 glam = "0.24.1"
+lazy-regex = "3.0.2"
 log = "0.4.20"
 obj = "0.10.2"
 pollster = "0.3.0"
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ rbx_binary = "0.7.1"
 rbx_dom_weak = "2.5.0"
 rbx_reflection_database = "0.2.7"
 rbx_xml = "0.13.1"
-regex = "1.9.5"
 wgpu = "0.17.0"
 winit = "0.28.6"
 
diff --git a/src/load_roblox.rs b/src/load_roblox.rs
index 880f1c20..0972fabe 100644
--- a/src/load_roblox.rs
+++ b/src/load_roblox.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct RobloxAssetIdParseErr;
 impl std::str::FromStr for RobloxAssetId {
 	type Err=RobloxAssetIdParseErr;
 	fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>{
-		let regman=regex::Regex::new(r"(\d+)$").unwrap();
+		let regman=lazy_regex::regex!(r"(\d+)$");
 		if let Some(captures) = regman.captures(s) {
 			if captures.len()==2{//captures[0] is all captures concatenated, and then each individual capture
 				if let Ok(id) = captures[0].parse::<u64>() {