diff --git a/src/admin/appservice/commands.rs b/src/admin/appservice/commands.rs
index 7d6378f3..6d661308 100644
--- a/src/admin/appservice/commands.rs
+++ b/src/admin/appservice/commands.rs
@@ -11,19 +11,25 @@ pub(super) async fn register(&self) -> Result<RoomMessageEventContent> {
 		));
 	}
 
-	let appservice_config = self.body[1..self.body.len().checked_sub(1).unwrap()].join("\n");
-	let parsed_config = serde_yaml::from_str::<Registration>(&appservice_config);
+	let appservice_config_body = self.body[1..self.body.len().checked_sub(1).unwrap()].join("\n");
+	let parsed_config = serde_yaml::from_str::<Registration>(&appservice_config_body);
 	match parsed_config {
-		Ok(yaml) => match self.services.appservice.register_appservice(yaml).await {
-			Ok(id) => Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain(format!(
-				"Appservice registered with ID: {id}."
+		Ok(registration) => match self
+			.services
+			.appservice
+			.register_appservice(&registration, &appservice_config_body)
+			.await
+		{
+			Ok(()) => Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain(format!(
+				"Appservice registered with ID: {}",
+				registration.id
 			))),
 			Err(e) => Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain(format!(
 				"Failed to register appservice: {e}"
 			))),
 		},
 		Err(e) => Ok(RoomMessageEventContent::text_plain(format!(
-			"Could not parse appservice config: {e}"
+			"Could not parse appservice config as YAML: {e}"
 		))),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/service/appservice/mod.rs b/src/service/appservice/mod.rs
index 4a20b130..a55d6534 100644
--- a/src/service/appservice/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/appservice/mod.rs
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ impl crate::Service for Service {
 
 impl Service {
 	/// Registers an appservice and returns the ID to the caller
-	pub async fn register_appservice(&self, yaml: Registration) -> Result<String> {
+	pub async fn register_appservice(&self, registration: &Registration, appservice_config_body: &str) -> Result {
 		//TODO: Check for collisions between exclusive appservice namespaces
 		self.registration_info
 			.write()
 			.await
-			.insert(yaml.id.clone(), yaml.clone().try_into()?);
+			.insert(registration.id.clone(), registration.clone().try_into()?);
 
-		let id = yaml.id.as_str();
-		let yaml = serde_yaml::to_string(&yaml)?;
-		self.db.id_appserviceregistrations.insert(id, yaml);
+		self.db
+			.id_appserviceregistrations
+			.insert(&registration.id, appservice_config_body);
 
-		Ok(id.to_owned())
+		Ok(())
 	}
 
 	/// Remove an appservice registration