diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 433edab..d797166 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ npm start
 
 ## Changelog
 
+### 0.7.3
+
+* Fix crash when fetched messages is empty
+* Update docs
+* Update dependencies
+
 ### 0.7.2
 
 * Fix @everyone replacement
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 4704ef2..f02a3e4 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Markov, {
   MarkovGenerateOptions,
   MarkovResult,
   MarkovConstructorOptions,
+  MarkovImportExport,
 } from 'markov-strings';
 
 import * as schedule from 'node-schedule';
@@ -110,15 +111,15 @@ function regenMarkov(): void {
     markovDB.splice(removeIndex, 1);
   });
   deletionCache = [];
-  const markov = new Markov(markovDB, markovOpts);
+  const markov = new Markov(markovOpts);
   fileObj.messages = markovDB;
   // console.log("WRITING THE FOLLOWING DATA:")
   // console.log(fileObj)
   fs.writeFileSync('config/markovDB.json', JSON.stringify(fileObj), 'utf-8');
   fileObj.messages = [];
   messageCache = [];
-  markov.buildCorpus();
-  fs.writeFileSync('config/markov.json', JSON.stringify(markov));
+  markov.addData(markovDB);
+  fs.writeFileSync('config/markov.json', JSON.stringify(markov.export()));
   console.log('Done regenerating Markov corpus.');
 }
 
@@ -267,11 +268,11 @@ function generateResponse(message: Discord.Message, debug = false, tts = message
     maxTries: MAX_TRIES,
   };
 
-  const fsMarkov = new Markov([''], markovOpts);
-  const markovFile = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('config/markov.json', 'utf-8')) as Markov;
-  fsMarkov.corpus = markovFile.corpus;
-  fsMarkov.startWords = markovFile.startWords;
-  fsMarkov.endWords = markovFile.endWords;
+  const fsMarkov = new Markov();
+  const markovFile = JSON.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync('config/markov.json', 'utf-8')
+  ) as MarkovImportExport;
+  fsMarkov.import(markovFile);
 
   try {
     const myResult = fsMarkov.generate(options) as MarkbotMarkovResult;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3cc3ba5..2d8331d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markbot",
-  "version": "0.7.2",
+  "version": "0.7.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -1193,7 +1193,8 @@
     "lodash": {
       "version": "4.17.19",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.19.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JNvd8XER9GQX0v2qJgsaN/mzFCNA5BRe/j8JN9d+tWyGLSodKQHKFicdwNYzWwI3wjRnaKPsGj1XkBjx/F96DQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-JNvd8XER9GQX0v2qJgsaN/mzFCNA5BRe/j8JN9d+tWyGLSodKQHKFicdwNYzWwI3wjRnaKPsGj1XkBjx/F96DQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "lodash.unescape": {
       "version": "4.0.1",
@@ -1213,11 +1214,18 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "markov-strings": {
-      "version": "2.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markov-strings/-/markov-strings-2.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bJDOilLc7fUllWmGj0kZ6sJ0vAnP4IOkZ/KfYSduhKmKwW3iljvs8ffn2JsozZysmYvNkLPZLIAeoytfV7Cz9w==",
+      "version": "3.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markov-strings/-/markov-strings-3.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/Cf6m7iIK1JWtvOemZ9eRUpKvebm+m6uXMTzszOJrRO3rkmdCqoS/EO9d4/3aFPnYEIHkopcF4C7W+k1zTDjnw==",
       "requires": {
-        "lodash": "^4.17.14"
+        "lodash": "^4.17.20"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "lodash": {
+          "version": "4.17.20",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.20.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PlhdFcillOINfeV7Ni6oF1TAEayyZBoZ8bcshTHqOYJYlrqzRK5hagpagky5o4HfCzzd1TRkXPMFq6cKk9rGmA=="
+        }
       }
     },
     "mime-db": {
@@ -2086,4 +2094,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a0dcca..99326b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "markbot",
-  "version": "0.7.2",
+  "version": "0.7.3",
   "description": "A conversational Markov chain bot for Discord",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
     "discord.js": "^12.3.1",
     "erlpack": "^0.1.3",
-    "markov-strings": "^2.1.0",
+    "markov-strings": "^3.0.1",
     "node-schedule": "^1.3.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.16",
     "zlib-sync": "^0.1.7"
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
   "eslintIgnore": [
     "**/*.js"
   ]
-}
+}
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