diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/PlayingRotateCommands.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/PlayingRotateCommands.cs
index b2e8115f..e454809a 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/PlayingRotateCommands.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Administration/Commands/PlayingRotateCommands.cs
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Administration
             {
                 _log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
-                using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-                {
-                    var conf = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate();
-                    RotatingStatusMessages = conf.RotatingStatusMessages;
-                    RotatingStatuses = conf.RotatingStatuses;
-                }
+                RotatingStatusMessages = NadekoBot.BotConfig.RotatingStatusMessages;
+                RotatingStatuses = NadekoBot.BotConfig.RotatingStatuses;
 
                 var t = Task.Run(async () =>
                 {
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Commands/AnimalRacing.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Commands/AnimalRacing.cs
index 9acd88e4..8c5b0243 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Commands/AnimalRacing.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Commands/AnimalRacing.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Gambling
 
                     using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
                     {
-                        animals = new ConcurrentQueue<string>(uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate().RaceAnimals.Select(ra => ra.Icon).Shuffle());
+                        animals = new ConcurrentQueue<string>(NadekoBot.BotConfig.RaceAnimals.Select(ra => ra.Icon).Shuffle());
                     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Gambling.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Gambling.cs
index bbff2239..401f6995 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Gambling.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Gambling/Gambling.cs
@@ -20,14 +20,9 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Gambling
 
         static Gambling()
         {
-            using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-            {
-                var conf = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate();
-
-                CurrencyName = conf.CurrencyName;
-                CurrencySign = conf.CurrencySign;
-                CurrencyPluralName = conf.CurrencyPluralName;
-            }
+            CurrencyName = NadekoBot.BotConfig.CurrencyName;
+            CurrencyPluralName = NadekoBot.BotConfig.CurrencyPluralName;
+            CurrencySign = NadekoBot.BotConfig.CurrencySign;
         }
 
         public static long GetCurrency(ulong id)
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Commands/PlantAndPickCommands.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Commands/PlantAndPickCommands.cs
index 015b4328..29a996fc 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Commands/PlantAndPickCommands.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Commands/PlantAndPickCommands.cs
@@ -38,32 +38,17 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Games
 
             private static ConcurrentHashSet<ulong> usersRecentlyPicked { get; } = new ConcurrentHashSet<ulong>();
 
-            private static float chance { get; }
-            private static int cooldown { get; }
             private static Logger _log { get; }
 
             static PlantPickCommands()
             {
                 _log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
-                var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-
 
 #if !GLOBAL_NADEKO
                 NadekoBot.Client.MessageReceived += PotentialFlowerGeneration;
 #endif
-
-                using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-                {
-                    var conf = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate();
-                    var x =
-                    generationChannels = new ConcurrentHashSet<ulong>(NadekoBot.AllGuildConfigs
-                        .SelectMany(c => c.GenerateCurrencyChannelIds.Select(obj => obj.ChannelId)));
-                    chance = conf.CurrencyGenerationChance;
-                    cooldown = conf.CurrencyGenerationCooldown;
-                }
-
-                sw.Stop();
-                _log.Debug($"Loaded in {sw.Elapsed.TotalSeconds:F2}s");
+                generationChannels = new ConcurrentHashSet<ulong>(NadekoBot.AllGuildConfigs
+                    .SelectMany(c => c.GenerateCurrencyChannelIds.Select(obj => obj.ChannelId)));
             }
 
             private static async void PotentialFlowerGeneration(SocketMessage imsg)
@@ -84,10 +69,10 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Games
                     var lastGeneration = lastGenerations.GetOrAdd(channel.Id, DateTime.MinValue);
                     var rng = new NadekoRandom();
 
-                    if (DateTime.Now - TimeSpan.FromSeconds(cooldown) < lastGeneration) //recently generated in this channel, don't generate again
+                    if (DateTime.Now - TimeSpan.FromSeconds(NadekoBot.BotConfig.CurrencyGenerationCooldown) < lastGeneration) //recently generated in this channel, don't generate again
                         return;
 
-                    var num = rng.Next(1, 101) + chance * 100;
+                    var num = rng.Next(1, 101) + NadekoBot.BotConfig.CurrencyGenerationChance * 100;
 
                     if (num > 100)
                     {
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Games.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Games.cs
index 3278518e..10d652b4 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Games.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Games/Games.cs
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Games
     [NadekoModule("Games", ">")]
     public partial class Games : DiscordModule
     {
-        private IEnumerable<string> _8BallResponses {
-            get {
-                using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-                {
-                    return uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate().EightBallResponses.Select(ebr => ebr.Text);
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        private static IEnumerable<string> _8BallResponses { get; } = NadekoBot.BotConfig.EightBallResponses.Select(ebr => ebr.Text);
 
 
         [NadekoCommand, Usage, Description, Aliases]
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Help/Help.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Help/Help.cs
index 87f31de0..4fee9ae6 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Help/Help.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Help/Help.cs
@@ -15,26 +15,10 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Help
     [NadekoModule("Help", "-")]
     public partial class Help : DiscordModule
     {
-        private static string helpString { get; }
+        private static string helpString { get; } = NadekoBot.BotConfig.HelpString;
         public static string HelpString => String.Format(helpString, NadekoBot.Credentials.ClientId, NadekoBot.ModulePrefixes[typeof(Help).Name]);
 
-        public static string DMHelpString { get; }
-
-        static Help()
-        {
-
-            //todo don't cache this, just query db when someone wants -h
-            using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-            {
-                var config = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate();
-                helpString = config.HelpString;
-                DMHelpString = config.DMHelpString;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public Help() : base()
-        {
-        }
+        public static string DMHelpString { get; } = NadekoBot.BotConfig.DMHelpString;
 
         [NadekoCommand, Usage, Description, Aliases]
         public async Task Modules()
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Utility/Commands/Remind.cs b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Utility/Commands/Remind.cs
index 58660bce..7d371c22 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Utility/Commands/Remind.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/Modules/Utility/Commands/Remind.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ namespace NadekoBot.Modules.Utility
                 using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
                 {
                     reminders = uow.Reminders.GetAll().ToList();
-
-                    RemindMessageFormat = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate().RemindMessageFormat;
                 }
+                RemindMessageFormat = NadekoBot.BotConfig.RemindMessageFormat;
 
                 foreach (var r in reminders)
                 {
diff --git a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
index 9f72a07f..a0bce533 100644
--- a/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
+++ b/src/NadekoBot/NadekoBot.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot
         public static bool Ready { get; private set; }
 
         public static IEnumerable<GuildConfig> AllGuildConfigs { get; }
+        public static BotConfig BotConfig { get; }
 
         static NadekoBot()
         {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ namespace NadekoBot
             using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
             {
                 AllGuildConfigs = uow.GuildConfigs.GetAllGuildConfigs();
+                BotConfig = uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate();
             }
         }
 
@@ -98,10 +100,9 @@ namespace NadekoBot
             _log.Info("Connected");
 
             //load commands and prefixes
-            using (var uow = DbHandler.UnitOfWork())
-            {
-                ModulePrefixes = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, string>(uow.BotConfig.GetOrCreate().ModulePrefixes.OrderByDescending(mp => mp.Prefix.Length).ToDictionary(m => m.ModuleName, m => m.Prefix));
-            }
+
+            ModulePrefixes = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, string>(NadekoBot.BotConfig.ModulePrefixes.OrderByDescending(mp => mp.Prefix.Length).ToDictionary(m => m.ModuleName, m => m.Prefix));
+
             // start handling messages received in commandhandler
             await CommandHandler.StartHandling().ConfigureAwait(false);