diff --git a/lib/StartSdk.ts b/lib/StartSdk.ts
index b5d97d9..dee1f03 100644
--- a/lib/StartSdk.ts
+++ b/lib/StartSdk.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import {
   ActionResult,
   BackupOptions,
   DeepPartial,
-  Address,
 } from "./types"
-import * as regexes from "./util/regexes"
+import * as patterns from "./util/patterns"
 import { Utils } from "./util/utils"
 import { DependencyConfig } from "./dependencyConfig/DependencyConfig"
 import { BackupSet, Backups } from "./backup/Backups"
@@ -52,8 +51,6 @@ import {
   SetInterfaces,
   setupInterfaces,
 } from "./interfaces/setupInterfaces"
-import { AddressReceipt } from "./interfaces/AddressReceipt"
-import { Host } from "./interfaces/Host"
 
 // prettier-ignore
 type AnyNeverCond<T extends any[], Then, Else> = 
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ export class StartSdk<Manifest extends SDKManifest, Store, Vault> {
         of: healthCheck,
         runHealthScript,
       },
-      regexes,
+      patterns,
       setupActions: (...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any, any>[]) =>
         setupActions<Store, Vault>(...createdActions),
       setupBackups: (...args: SetupBackupsParams<Manifest>) =>
diff --git a/lib/util/getNetworkInterface.ts b/lib/util/getNetworkInterface.ts
index df1973e..f3d3e7b 100644
--- a/lib/util/getNetworkInterface.ts
+++ b/lib/util/getNetworkInterface.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  Address,
-  Effects,
-  EnsureStorePath,
-  HostName,
-  NetworkInterface,
-  hostName,
-} from "../types"
+import { Address, Effects, HostName, NetworkInterface } from "../types"
 import * as regexes from "./regexes"
 
 export type UrlString = string
@@ -72,10 +65,10 @@ export const filledAddress = (
     ...address,
     hostnames,
     get onionHostnames() {
-      return hostnames.filter(regexes.onionHost.test)
+      return hostnames.filter(regexes.torHostname.test)
     },
     get localHostnames() {
-      return hostnames.filter(regexes.localHost.test)
+      return hostnames.filter(regexes.localHostname.test)
     },
     get ipHostnames() {
       return hostnames.filter(either(regexes.ipv4.test, regexes.ipv6.test))
@@ -96,10 +89,10 @@ export const filledAddress = (
       return hostnames.map(toUrl)
     },
     get onionUrls() {
-      return hostnames.filter(regexes.onionHost.test).map(toUrl)
+      return hostnames.filter(regexes.torHostname.test).map(toUrl)
     },
     get localUrls() {
-      return hostnames.filter(regexes.localHost.test).map(toUrl)
+      return hostnames.filter(regexes.localHostname.test).map(toUrl)
     },
     get ipUrls() {
       return hostnames
diff --git a/lib/util/getNetworkInterfaces.ts b/lib/util/getNetworkInterfaces.ts
index 5fc4fbf..f56321a 100644
--- a/lib/util/getNetworkInterfaces.ts
+++ b/lib/util/getNetworkInterfaces.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { Address, Effects, EnsureStorePath, HostName, hostName } from "../types"
-import * as regexes from "./regexes"
+import { Effects, HostName } from "../types"
 import {
   HostId,
   NetworkInterfaceFilled,
diff --git a/lib/util/patterns.ts b/lib/util/patterns.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..775fc4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/patterns.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { Pattern } from "../config/configTypes"
+import * as regexes from "./regexes"
+
+export const ipv6: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.ipv6.toString(),
+  description: "Must be a valid IPv6 address",
+}
+
+export const ipv4: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.ipv4.toString(),
+  description: "Must be a valid IPv4 address",
+}
+
+export const hostname = {
+  regex: regexes.hostname.toString(),
+  description: "Must be a valid hostname",
+}
+
+export const localHostname: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.localHostname.toString(),
+  description: 'Must be a valid ".local" hostname',
+}
+
+export const torHostname: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.torHostname.toString(),
+  description: 'Must be a valid Tor (".onion") hostname',
+}
+
+export const url: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.url.toString(),
+  description: "Must be a valid URL",
+}
+
+export const localUrl: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.localUrl.toString(),
+  description: 'Must be a valid ".local" URL',
+}
+
+export const torUrl: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.torUrl.toString(),
+  description: 'Must be a valid Tor (".onion") URL',
+}
+
+export const ascii: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.ascii.toString(),
+  description:
+    "May only contain ASCII characters. See https://www.w3schools.com/charsets/ref_html_ascii.asp",
+}
+
+export const email: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.email.toString(),
+  description: "Must be a valid email address",
+}
+
+export const base64: Pattern = {
+  regex: regexes.base64.toString(),
+  description:
+    "May only contain base64 characters. See https://base64.guru/learn/base64-characters",
+}
diff --git a/lib/util/regexPatterns.ts b/lib/util/regexPatterns.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 26e9eba..0000000
--- a/lib/util/regexPatterns.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import { Pattern } from "../config/configTypes"
-import * as regexes from "./regexes"
-export const ipv6: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.ipv6.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-
-export const ipv4: Pattern = { regex: regexes.ipv4.toString(), description: "" }
-
-export const url: Pattern = { regex: regexes.url.toString(), description: "" }
-
-export const local: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.local.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-
-export const localHost: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.localHost.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-export const onion: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.onion.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-
-export const onionHost: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.onionHost.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-export const ascii: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.ascii.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-export const email: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.email.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
-export const base64: Pattern = {
-  regex: regexes.base64.toString(),
-  description: "",
-}
diff --git a/lib/util/regexes.ts b/lib/util/regexes.ts
index 55b5a84..3af48f8 100644
--- a/lib/util/regexes.ts
+++ b/lib/util/regexes.ts
@@ -6,19 +6,23 @@ export const ipv6 =
 export const ipv4 =
   /(\b25[0-5]|\b2[0-4][0-9]|\b[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)){3}/
 
+export const hostname =
+  /^(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])$/
+
+export const localHostname = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.local/
+
+export const torHostname = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.onion/
+
 // https://ihateregex.io/expr/url/
 export const url =
   /(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()!@:%_\+.~#?&\/\/=]*)/
 
-export const local =
+export const localUrl =
   /(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.local\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()!@:%_\+.~#?&\/\/=]*)/
 
-export const localHost = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.local/
-
-export const onion =
+export const torUrl =
   /(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.onion\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()!@:%_\+.~#?&\/\/=]*)/
 
-export const onionHost = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.onion/
 // https://ihateregex.io/expr/ascii/
 export const ascii = /^[ -~]*$/