diff --git a/font-patcher b/font-patcher
index f717e7901..479a64fb6 100755
--- a/font-patcher
+++ b/font-patcher
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
 
 # Change the script version when you edit this script:
-script_version = "4.13.1"
+script_version = "4.14.0"
 
 version = "3.2.1"
 projectName = "Nerd Fonts"
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ class font_patcher:
         self.sourceFont = font
         self.setup_version()
         self.assert_monospace()
+        self.load_config()
         self.remove_ligatures()
+        self.manipulate_hints()
         self.get_essential_references()
         self.get_sourcefont_dimensions()
         self.setup_patch_set()
@@ -769,11 +771,18 @@ class font_patcher:
         # print("Version now is {}".format(sourceFont.version))
 
 
+    def load_config(self):
+        """ Try to read the config file (if specified) """
+        if self.args.configfile:
+            if not self.config.read(self.args.configfile):
+                logger.error("Unable to read configfile")
+
+
     def remove_ligatures(self):
         # let's deal with ligatures (mostly for monospaced fonts)
         # Usually removes 'fi' ligs that end up being only one cell wide, and 'ldot'
-        if self.args.configfile and self.config.read(self.args.configfile):
-            if self.args.removeligatures:
+        if self.args.removeligatures:
+            if self.args.configfile:
                 logger.info("Removing ligatures from configfile `Subtables` section")
                 ligature_subtables = json.loads(self.config.get("Subtables", "ligatures"))
                 for subtable in ligature_subtables:
@@ -783,10 +792,29 @@ class font_patcher:
                         logger.debug("Successfully removed subtable: %s", subtable)
                     except Exception:
                         logger.error("Failed to remove subtable: %s", subtable)
-        elif self.args.removeligatures:
-            logger.error("Unable to read configfile, unable to remove ligatures")
+            else:
+                logger.error("No configfile, unable to remove ligatures")
 
 
+    def manipulate_hints(self):
+        """ Redo the hinting on some problematic glyphs """
+        if not self.args.configfile:
+            return
+        redo = json.loads(self.config.get("Hinting", "re_hint"))
+        if not len(redo):
+            return
+        logger.debug("Working on {} rehinting rules".format(len(redo)))
+        count = 0
+        for gname in self.sourceFont:
+            for regex in redo:
+                if re.fullmatch(regex, gname):
+                    glyph = self.sourceFont[gname]
+                    glyph.autoHint()
+                    glyph.autoInstr()
+                    count += 1
+                    break
+        logger.info("Rehinted {} glyphs".format(count))
+
     def assert_monospace(self):
         # Check if the sourcefont is monospaced
         width_mono, offending_char = is_monospaced(self.sourceFont)
diff --git a/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaCode/config.cfg b/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaCode/config.cfg
index e9dff85dc..03900dfd3 100644
--- a/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaCode/config.cfg
+++ b/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaCode/config.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 [Config]
 commandline: --makegroups 4
+[Hinting]
+re_hint: [
+    ".*hyphen.*\\.(liga|seq)",
+    ".*equal.*\\.(liga|seq)",
+    ".*numbersign.*\\.(liga|seq)" ]
diff --git a/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaMono/config.cfg b/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaMono/config.cfg
index e9dff85dc..03900dfd3 100644
--- a/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaMono/config.cfg
+++ b/src/unpatched-fonts/CascadiaMono/config.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 [Config]
 commandline: --makegroups 4
+[Hinting]
+re_hint: [
+    ".*hyphen.*\\.(liga|seq)",
+    ".*equal.*\\.(liga|seq)",
+    ".*numbersign.*\\.(liga|seq)" ]