diff --git a/gen_md.py b/gen_md.py
index ffff1f1..b07f37e 100755
--- a/gen_md.py
+++ b/gen_md.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 DESCRIPTIONS: dict[str, dict] = {}
 for k, v in descriptions_raw.items():
     rule_name = (
-        re.compile(r'carpet\.rule\.(\w+)\.(?:desc|extra\.\d+|additional)')
+        re.compile(r'rug\.rule\.(\w+)\.(?:desc|extra\.\d+|additional)')
         .search(k)
         .group(1)
     )
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/RugServer.java b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/RugServer.java
index db5cf4a..b2e0acf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/RugServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/RugServer.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import carpet.CarpetServer;
 import carpet.api.settings.CarpetRule;
 import carpet.api.settings.RuleHelper;
+import carpet.api.settings.SettingsManager;
 import carpet.script.Module;
 import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
@@ -19,10 +20,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.event.player.UseBlockCallback;
@@ -58,10 +56,10 @@
 
 public class RugServer implements CarpetExtension, ModInitializer {
     public static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger("Rug");
-
     public static final String MOD_ID = "rug";
-//    public static final String MOD_NAME;
+    public static final String MOD_NAME;
     public static final String MOD_VERSION;
+    public static SettingsManager settingsManager;
 
     private static MinecraftServer minecraftServer;
     private static Path datapackPath;
@@ -71,9 +69,9 @@ public class RugServer implements CarpetExtension, ModInitializer {
                 .getModContainer(MOD_ID)
                 .orElseThrow(RuntimeException::new)
                 .getMetadata();
-//        MOD_NAME = metadata.getName();
+        MOD_NAME = metadata.getName();
         MOD_VERSION = metadata.getVersion().getFriendlyString();
-//        settingsManager = new SettingsManager(MOD_VERSION, MOD_ID, MOD_NAME);
+        settingsManager = new SettingsManager(MOD_VERSION, MOD_ID, MOD_NAME);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -86,10 +84,17 @@ public void onInitialize() {
         CarpetServer.manageExtension(new RugServer());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public SettingsManager extensionSettingsManager() {
+        return settingsManager;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onGameStarted() {
         LOGGER.info("Rug Mod v" + MOD_VERSION + " loaded!");
 
+        // load rules into both settings managers
+        settingsManager.parseSettingsClass(RugSettings.class);
         CarpetServer.settingsManager.parseSettingsClass(RugSettings.class);
     }
 
@@ -107,8 +112,17 @@ public Map<String, String> canHasTranslations(String lang) {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             return Collections.emptyMap();
         }
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
-        return gson.fromJson(jsonData, new TypeToken<Map<String, String>>() {}.getType());
+
+        // create translation keys for both Carpet and Rug settingsManagers
+        Map<String, String> map = new Gson().fromJson(jsonData, new TypeToken<Map<String, String>>() {}.getType());
+        Map<String, String> map2 = new HashMap<>();
+        map.forEach((key, value) -> {
+            map2.put(key, value);
+            if(key.startsWith("rug.rule.")) {
+                map2.put(key.replace("rug.rule.", "carpet.rule."), value);
+            }
+        });
+        return map2;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -268,7 +282,7 @@ public static void initializeRugData(Path datapacksPath) {
             if (craftingRule == null) continue;
             String ruleName = craftingRule.name().isEmpty() ? f.getName() : craftingRule.name();
             updateCraftingRule(
-                    CarpetServer.settingsManager.getCarpetRule(ruleName),
+                    settingsManager.getCarpetRule(ruleName),
                     craftingRule.recipes(),
                     craftingRule.recipeNamespace(),
                     ruleName);
@@ -276,14 +290,16 @@ public static void initializeRugData(Path datapacksPath) {
     }
 
     private static void registerCraftingRule(String ruleName, String[] recipes, String recipeNamespace) {
-        updateCraftingRule(CarpetServer.settingsManager.getCarpetRule(ruleName), recipes, recipeNamespace, ruleName);
+        updateCraftingRule(settingsManager.getCarpetRule(ruleName), recipes, recipeNamespace, ruleName);
 
-        CarpetServer.settingsManager.registerRuleObserver((source, rule, s) -> {
+        SettingsManager.RuleObserver observer = (source, rule, s) -> {
             if (rule.name().equals(ruleName)) {
                 updateCraftingRule(rule, recipes, recipeNamespace, ruleName);
                 reload();
             }
-        });
+        };
+        settingsManager.registerRuleObserver(observer);
+        CarpetServer.settingsManager.registerRuleObserver(observer);
     }
 
     private static void updateCraftingRule(
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/MinecraftServerMixin.java b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/MinecraftServerMixin.java
index a795caa..aeabf30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/MinecraftServerMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/MinecraftServerMixin.java
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ private static void loadRugData(
             CallbackInfoReturnable<DataConfiguration> cir) {
         // if no session exists yet (still in world creation screen), then do nothing
         if (Storage.session == null) return;
-        // make Carpet load the config file early
+        // make Carpet load the config file(s) early
         CarpetServer.settingsManager.attachServer(null);
+        RugServer.settingsManager.attachServer(null);
         // initialize `RugData` datapack
         RugServer.initializeRugData(Storage.session.getDirectory(WorldSavePath.DATAPACKS));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/SettingsManagerMixin.java b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/SettingsManagerMixin.java
index 68b3640..f1dc6a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/SettingsManagerMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/rubixdev/rug/mixins/SettingsManagerMixin.java
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package de.rubixdev.rug.mixins;
 
+import carpet.api.settings.CarpetRule;
 import carpet.api.settings.SettingsManager;
 import carpet.utils.Messenger;
 import carpet.utils.Translations;
 import de.rubixdev.rug.RugServer;
 import de.rubixdev.rug.util.Storage;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.ServerCommandSource;
 import net.minecraft.util.WorldSavePath;
@@ -64,4 +69,16 @@ private ServerCommandSource catchNullServer2(MinecraftServer instance) {
         if (instance == null) return null;
         return instance.getCommandSource();
     }
+
+    @Redirect(
+            method = "loadConfigurationFromConf",
+            at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/util/Map;values()Ljava/util/Collection;"),
+            remap = false)
+    private Collection<CarpetRule<?>> skipReset(Map<String, CarpetRule<?>> instance) {
+        // Skip resetting rules to default to allow reading from both carpet.conf and rug.conf.
+        // We are only allowed to do this because carpet.conf will always be read first, which already
+        // resets all rules to their defaults. (Otherwise settings could persist between worlds)
+        // TODO: this assumes that no Rug rules are overwritten by another extension in the CarpetServer.settingsManager
+        return (Object) this == RugServer.settingsManager ? Collections.emptyList() : instance.values();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/rug/lang/en_us.yml b/src/main/resources/assets/rug/lang/en_us.yml
index 0179456..8c667e6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/rug/lang/en_us.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/rug/lang/en_us.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-carpet:
+rug:
   rule:
     anvilledBlueIce:
       desc: Custom amount of packed ice crushed by falling anvils make one blue ice.