diff --git a/cleanup.py b/cleanup.py
index b587e4a..b871642 100644
--- a/cleanup.py
+++ b/cleanup.py
@@ -89,9 +89,40 @@ class CleanerAgent:
 		return (t,[])
 		
 		
+
+#this is for all the runtime changes (counting Trouble Maker as HyunA for charts etc)		
+class CollectorAgent:
+	
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.updateRules()
+	
+	def updateRules(self):
+		raw = utilities.parseAllTSV("rules","string","string","string")
+		self.rules_countas = {b:c for [a,b,c] in raw if a=="countas"}
+		self.rules_include = {} #Twice the memory, double the performance! (Yes, we're saving redundant information here, but it's not unelegant if it's within a closed object!)
+		for a in self.rules_countas:
+			self.rules_include[self.rules_countas[a]] = self.rules_include.setdefault(self.rules_countas[a],[]) + [a]
+	
+	# this agent needs to be aware of the current id assignment in the main program. but unelegant, but the best way i can think of	
+	def updateIDs(self,artistlist):
+		self.rules_countas_id = {artistlist.index(a):artistlist.index(self.rules_countas[a]) for a in self.rules_countas}
+		#self.rules_include_id = {artistlist.index(a):artistlist.index(self.rules_include[a]) for a in self.rules_include}
+		#this needs to take lists into account
 		
+	def getCredited(self,artist):
+		if artist in self.rules_countas_id:
+			return self.rules_countas_id[artist]
+		if artist in self.rules_countas:
+			return self.rules_countas[artist]
+		else:
+			return artist
+	
 		
-		
+	def getCreditedList(self,artists):
+		updatedArtists = []
+		for artist in artists:
+			updatedArtists.append(self.getCredited(artist))
+		return list(set(updatedArtists))
 		
 		
 		
diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index 2fd8053..6e12851 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ TRACKS = []	# Format: tuple(frozenset(artist_ref,...),title)
 timestamps = set()
 
 c = CleanerAgent()
+sovereign = CollectorAgent()
 clients = []
 
 lastsync = 0
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ def runserver(DATABASE_PORT):
 	#reload()
 	#buildh()
 	build_db()
+	sovereign.updateIDs(ARTISTS)
 
 	loadAPIkeys()
 
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ def db_aggregate(by,since=0,to=9999999999):
 		charts = {}
 		for s in [scr for scr in SCROBBLES if since < scr[1] < to]:
 			artists = TRACKS[s[0]][0]
-			for a in artists:
+			for a in sovereign.getCreditedList(artists):
 				# this either creates the new entry or increments the existing one
 				charts[a] = charts.setdefault(a,0) + 1