diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b5e00d6..d9435e1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,11 +14,23 @@ const intentity = require('./lib/nlu/intentity');
 const nlu = require('./lib/nlu/nlu');
 const logger = require('./lib/logger.js');
 
+function init(manifest) {
+    factory.getNLUs(manifest).then(updatedManifest => {
+        if (updatedManifest.nlu.regexp) {
+            updatedManifest.intents = require('../../res/nlu/intents');
+        }
+        handler.manifest = updatedManifest;
+        factory.createAll(updatedManifest).then(function (engines) {
+            handler.engines = engines;
+        });
+    });
+}
+
 // Server is exported for testing purposes
 module.exports = {
     handler: handler,
     server: server,
-    factory: factory,
+    init: init,
     intentity: intentity,
     nlu: nlu,
     logger: logger
diff --git a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
index 1d48a03..e385c85 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/regexp/nlu.js
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
     this.patterns = [];
   }
 
-  init(resource, force) {
+  init(resource) {
     var self = this;
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      load(self, resource, true, (err, result) => {
+      load(self, resource, (err, result) => {
         resolve(self);
       });
     });
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
 
 }
 
-function load(self, resource, force, cb) {
+function load(self, resource, cb) {
     // Load the regular expression resource
     resource.intents.forEach(intent => {
         if (intent.visibility !== 'gone') {
diff --git a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/wcs/nlu.js b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/wcs/nlu.js
index 4ce5e9f..4602f06 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/wcs/nlu.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/bundles/engines/wcs/nlu.js
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
         this.workspace = {};
     }
 
-    init(resource, force) {
+    init(resource) {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-            load(this, resource, force, (err, result) => {
+            load(this, resource, (err, result) => {
                 if (err) {
                     logger.error(err);
                     reject();
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Nlu extends Base {
     }
 }
 
-function load(self, resource, force, cb) {
+function load(self, resource, cb) {
     // Bind to existing workspace or create new one with specified content
     Object.keys(resource.workspace).forEach(language => {
         if (resource.workspace[language].workspace_id) {
diff --git a/lib/nlu/nlu.js b/lib/nlu/nlu.js
index b3b7eeb..c031a2b 100644
--- a/lib/nlu/nlu.js
+++ b/lib/nlu/nlu.js
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ class Nlu {
   /**
    * initialization function - will be called once (in the index.js file) when loading the skill
    * @param resource - this is the nlu resource configuration file (you get it by calling manifest.nlu['nlu type'])
-   * @param force - deprecated
    */
-  init(resource, force) {
+  init(resource) {
   }
 
   /**