diff --git a/plugins/BadWords.py b/plugins/BadWords.py
index 4f7d9615b..37e5d0652 100644
--- a/plugins/BadWords.py
+++ b/plugins/BadWords.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class LastModifiedSetOfStrings(registry.SpaceSeparatedListOfStrings):
         registry.SpaceSeparatedListOfStrings.setValue(self, v)
 
 conf.registerPlugin('BadWords')
-conf.registerChannelValue(conf.supybot.plugins.BadWords, 'words',
+conf.registerGlobalValue(conf.supybot.plugins.BadWords, 'words',
     LastModifiedSetOfStrings([], """Determines what words are
     considered to be 'bad' so the bot won't say them."""))