diff --git a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/classresources/GetCustomHeads.java b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/classresources/GetCustomHeads.java
index f0f2e43..1ceb9c6 100644
--- a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/classresources/GetCustomHeads.java
+++ b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/classresources/GetCustomHeads.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property;
 import com.mojang.authlib.properties.PropertyMap;
 import me.rockyhawk.commandpanels.CommandPanels;
 import me.rockyhawk.commandpanels.ioclasses.legacy.MinecraftVersions;
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
@@ -68,6 +69,13 @@ public class GetCustomHeads {
         }
 
         try {
+            //send debug message
+            if(plugin.debug.consoleDebug){
+                plugin.getServer().getConsoleSender().sendMessage(plugin.tex.colour(plugin.tag +
+                        ChatColor.WHITE +
+                        "Attempting to Download & Cache Head Texture for " + name));
+            }
+
             // Fetch the player UUID from the Mojang API
             URL uuidUrl = new URL("https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/" + name);
             URLConnection uuidConnection = uuidUrl.openConnection();
diff --git a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/interactives/Commandpanelrefresher.java b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/interactives/Commandpanelrefresher.java
index b2e40d7..6beb5da 100644
--- a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/interactives/Commandpanelrefresher.java
+++ b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/interactives/Commandpanelrefresher.java
@@ -52,15 +52,18 @@ public class Commandpanelrefresher implements Listener {
             }
         }
 
+        //calculate the animate value if there is a custom value in the panel
+        int animatevaluetemp = -1;
+        if(pn.getConfig().contains("animatevalue")){
+            animatevaluetemp = Integer.parseInt(pn.getConfig().getString("animatevalue"));
+        }
+        final int animatevalue = animatevaluetemp;
+
         new BukkitRunnable(){
             int c = 0;
             int animatecount = 0;
             @Override
             public void run() {
-                int animatevalue = -1;
-                if(pn.getConfig().contains("animatevalue")){
-                    animatevalue = Integer.parseInt(pn.getConfig().getString("animatevalue"));
-                }
                 //counter counts to refresh delay (in seconds) then restarts
                 if(c < refreshDelay){
                     c+=1;