diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/AI.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/AI.py
index 23a1c3c..a4d4fda 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/AI.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/AI.py
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ class SpiceBot_AI():
         for plugin_dir in set(sopel_modules.__path__):
             configsdir = os.path.join(plugin_dir, "SpiceBot_Configs")
             aimldir = os.path.join(configsdir, "aiml")
-            for aimlfile in os.listdir(aimldir):
-                aiml_filename = os.path.join(aimldir, aimlfile)
-                try:
-                    self.aiml_kernel.learn(aiml_filename)
-                    self.dict['counts'] += 1
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logs.log('SpiceBot_AI', "Error loading %s: %s (%s)" % ('aiml', e, aiml_filename))
+            aimlstarter = os.path.join(aimldir, "std-startup.xml")
+            try:
+                self.aiml_kernel.learn(aimlstarter)
+                self.aiml_kernel.respond("LOAD AIML B")
+                self.dict['counts'] += 1
+            except Exception as e:
+                logs.log('SpiceBot_AI', "Error loading %s: %s (%s)" % ('aiml', e, aimlstarter))
         logs.log('SpiceBot_AI', "Found " + str(self.dict['counts']) + " " + 'aiml' + " commands.", True)
 
     def on_message(self, message):
diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/ai.aiml b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/aiml/ai.aiml
similarity index 100%
rename from sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/ai.aiml
rename to sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/aiml/ai.aiml
diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/std-startup.xml b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/std-startup.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d7c1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot_Configs/aiml/std-startup.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<aiml version="1.0.1" encoding="UTF-8">
+    <!-- std-startup.xml -->
+
+    <!-- Category is an atomic AIML unit -->
+    <category>
+
+        <!-- Pattern to match in user input -->
+        <!-- If user enters "LOAD AIML B" -->
+        <pattern>LOAD AIML B</pattern>
+
+        <!-- Template is the response to the pattern -->
+        <!-- This learn an aiml file -->
+        <template>
+            <learn>aiml/*</learn>
+            <!-- All aiml files are relative to the run dir and must be subdirs,
+                 E.g. ./aiml/alice/one.aiml, ./aiml/custom/mine.aiml -->
+
+        </template>
+
+    </category>
+
+</aiml>