diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6874460493317..6a0298cafda16 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221028022635-635fad46ea34
+	github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221102084932-9db5a595e205
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/tetratelabs/proxy-wasm-go-sdk v0.20.1-0.20221031045735-89d180d022a5
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.0.0-pre.3 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221019024206-cb67ada4b0ad // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 760d7d2be66ed..a9acc040bd682 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221028022635-635fad46ea34 h1:kh70ZE9Df1xhebrqhwkCqV0bKkr/mjXwyDEYPBmgEJ4=
-github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221028022635-635fad46ea34/go.mod h1:+ypLPFkX5j1GwKi+rqRZ57W3lSHReBdeVLh0o8qirI4=
+github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221102084932-9db5a595e205 h1:5oYLLd58Pxm2WCEsEpub6+/ikEcvFNKPu6ZPpfGn6xY=
+github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 v3.0.0-20221102084932-9db5a595e205/go.mod h1:SMJQI/wT4xkDyCPnt6LN3q8bnci/VXhq7IglfW5isOM=
 github.com/corazawaf/libinjection-go v0.1.1 h1:N/SMuy9Q4wPL72pU/OsoYjIIjfvUbsVwHf8A3tWMLKg=
 github.com/corazawaf/libinjection-go v0.1.1/go.mod h1:OP4TM7xdJ2skyXqNX1AN1wN5nNZEmJNuWbNPOItn7aw=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhso
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 h1:6zppjxzCulZykYSLyVDYbneBfbaBIQPYMevg0bEwv2s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221019024206-cb67ada4b0ad h1:Zx6wVVDwwNJFWXNIvDi7o952w3/1ckSwYk/7eykRmjM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20221019024206-cb67ada4b0ad/go.mod h1:RpDiru2p0u2F0lLpEoqnP2+7xs0ifAuOcJ442g6GU2s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20221010170243-090e33056c14 h1:k5II8e6QD8mITdi+okbbmR/cIyEbeXLBhy5Ha4nevyc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.1.0 h1:hZ/3BUoy5aId7sCpA/Tc5lt8DkFgdVS2onTpJsZ/fl0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Cx3nUiGt4eDBEyega/BKRp+/AlGL8hYe7U9odMt2Cco=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0 h1:kunALQeHf1/185U1i0GOB/fy1IPRDDpuoOOqRReG57U=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12 h1:VveCTK38A2rkS8ZqFY25HIDFscX5X9OoEhJd3quQmXU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
diff --git a/internal/bodyprocessors/xml.go b/internal/bodyprocessors/xml.go
index 71a47f1e337cc..75a636b4d051f 100644
--- a/internal/bodyprocessors/xml.go
+++ b/internal/bodyprocessors/xml.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/rules"
 )
 
-type xmlBodyProcessor struct {
-}
+type xmlBodyProcessor struct{}
+
+var (
+	_ bodyprocessors.BodyProcessor = &xmlBodyProcessor{}
+)
 
 func (*xmlBodyProcessor) ProcessRequest(reader io.Reader, vars rules.TransactionVariables, _ bodyprocessors.Options) error {
 	values, contents, err := readXML(reader)
@@ -61,10 +64,6 @@ func readXML(reader io.Reader) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	return attrs, content, nil
 }
 
-var (
-	_ bodyprocessors.BodyProcessor = &xmlBodyProcessor{}
-)
-
 func Register() {
 	bodyprocessors.Register("xml", func() bodyprocessors.BodyProcessor {
 		return &xmlBodyProcessor{}
diff --git a/internal/operators/operators.go b/internal/operators/operators.go
index 3ee747f628633..9249e4758c5cd 100644
--- a/internal/operators/operators.go
+++ b/internal/operators/operators.go
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ package operators
 
 import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/operators"
-	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3/rules"
 )
 
 func Register() {
-	operators.Register("detectSQLi", func() rules.Operator { return &detectSQLi{} })
-	operators.Register("detectXSS", func() rules.Operator { return &detectXSS{} })
-	operators.Register("rx", func() rules.Operator { return &rx{} })
-	operators.Register("pm", func() rules.Operator { return &pm{} })
-	operators.Register("pmFromFile", func() rules.Operator { return &pmFromFile{} })
+
+	operators.Register("detectSQLi", newDetectSQLi)
+	operators.Register("detectXSS", newDetectXSS)
+	operators.Register("rx", newRX)
+	operators.Register("pm", newPM)
+	operators.Register("pmFromFile", newPMFromFile)
 }
diff --git a/internal/operators/pm.go b/internal/operators/pm.go
index bb827c75c693a..6236750c6de42 100644
--- a/internal/operators/pm.go
+++ b/internal/operators/pm.go
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ type pm struct {
 
 var _ rules.Operator = (*pm)(nil)
 
-func (o *pm) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error {
-	o.m = ahocorasick.NewMatcher(strings.Split(options.Arguments, " "))
-	return nil
+func newPM(options rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
+	return &pm{m: ahocorasick.NewMatcher(strings.Split(options.Arguments, " "))}, nil
 }
 
 func (o *pm) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
diff --git a/internal/operators/pm_from_file.go b/internal/operators/pm_from_file.go
index 849b63b23e549..2b6af3ec6b460 100644
--- a/internal/operators/pm_from_file.go
+++ b/internal/operators/pm_from_file.go
@@ -15,18 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/internal/ahocorasick"
 )
 
-type pmFromFile struct {
-	m ahocorasick.Matcher
-}
-
-var _ rules.Operator = (*pmFromFile)(nil)
-
-func (o *pmFromFile) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error {
+func newPMFromFile(options rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
 	path := options.Arguments
 
 	data, err := loadFromFile(path, options.Path, options.Root)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	var lines []string
@@ -43,10 +37,5 @@ func (o *pmFromFile) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error {
 		lines = append(lines, strings.ToLower(l))
 	}
 
-	o.m = ahocorasick.NewMatcher(lines)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (o *pmFromFile) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
-	return pmEvaluate(o.m, tx, value)
+	return &pm{m: ahocorasick.NewMatcher(lines)}, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/operators/rx.go b/internal/operators/rx.go
index 9bb86ed30c38c..f40b72934e78a 100644
--- a/internal/operators/rx.go
+++ b/internal/operators/rx.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ type rx struct {
 
 var _ rules.Operator = (*rx)(nil)
 
-func (o *rx) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error {
+func newRX(options rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
+	o := &rx{}
 	data := options.Arguments
 
 	if data == `(?:\$(?:\((?:\(.*\)|.*)\)|\{.*})|\/\w*\[!?.+\]|[<>]\(.*\))` {
@@ -29,8 +30,12 @@ func (o *rx) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	re, err := re2.Compile(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	o.re = re
-	return err
+	return o, err
 }
 
 func (o *rx) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
diff --git a/internal/operators/sqli.go b/internal/operators/sqli.go
index 900dd4d8403cb..6e6072cbdc5df 100644
--- a/internal/operators/sqli.go
+++ b/internal/operators/sqli.go
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/internal/injection"
 )
 
-type detectSQLi struct {
-}
+type detectSQLi struct{}
 
 var _ rules.Operator = (*detectSQLi)(nil)
 
-func (o *detectSQLi) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error { return nil }
+func newDetectSQLi(rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
+	return &detectSQLi{}, nil
+}
 
 func (o *detectSQLi) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
 	res, fp := injection.IsSQLi(value)
diff --git a/internal/operators/xss.go b/internal/operators/xss.go
index dbac8d189c750..8476d23faacac 100644
--- a/internal/operators/xss.go
+++ b/internal/operators/xss.go
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/corazawaf/coraza-proxy-wasm/internal/injection"
 )
 
-type detectXSS struct {
-}
+type detectXSS struct{}
 
 var _ rules.Operator = (*detectXSS)(nil)
 
-func (o *detectXSS) Init(options rules.OperatorOptions) error { return nil }
+func newDetectXSS(rules.OperatorOptions) (rules.Operator, error) {
+	return &detectXSS{}, nil
+}
 
 func (o *detectXSS) Evaluate(tx rules.TransactionState, value string) bool {
 	return injection.IsXSS(value)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 46ddfb9dbd1dc..9d2a57121303f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (ctx *httpContext) handleInterruption(phase string, interruption *ctypes.In
 
 func logError(error ctypes.MatchedRule) {
 	msg := error.ErrorLog(0)
-	switch error.Rule.Severity {
+	switch error.Rule().Severity() {
 	case ctypes.RuleSeverityEmergency:
 		proxywasm.LogCritical(msg)
 	case ctypes.RuleSeverityAlert: