diff --git a/lib/channel.js b/lib/channel.js
index 0c5b9bd3..503eb1ab 100644
--- a/lib/channel.js
+++ b/lib/channel.js
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ function Channel(name) {
         motd: "", // Raw MOTD text
         html: "" // Filtered MOTD text (XSS removed; \n replaced by <br>)
     };
-    self.filters = DEFAULT_FILTERS;
+    self.filters = [];
+    DEFAULT_FILTERS.forEach(function (f) {
+        var filt = new Filter(f.name, f.source, f.flags, f.replace);
+        self.updateFilter(filt);
+    });
     self.emotes = [];
     self.logger = new Logger.Logger(path.join(__dirname, "../chanlogs",
                                     self.uniqueName + ".log"));