diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 175efda..fa64631 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.artillexstudios</groupId>
     <artifactId>AxTrade</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.0</version>
+    <version>1.7.1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>AxTrade</name>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.artillexstudios.axapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>axapi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.315</version>
+            <version>1.4.329</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <classifier>all</classifier>
         </dependency>
@@ -270,4 +270,11 @@
             <scope>system</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>Artillex-Studios</id>
+            <url>https://repo.artillex-studios.com/releases/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/artillexstudios/axtrade/utils/BlackListUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/artillexstudios/axtrade/utils/BlackListUtils.java
index 27bbec4..f62fdf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/artillexstudios/axtrade/utils/BlackListUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/artillexstudios/axtrade/utils/BlackListUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.artillexstudios.axtrade.utils;
 
+import com.artillexstudios.axapi.libs.boostedyaml.boostedyaml.block.implementation.Section;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ public class BlackListUtils {
 
     public static boolean isBlackListed(@Nullable ItemStack it) {
         if (it == null) return false;
-        for (String s : CONFIG.getSection("blacklisted-items").getRoutesAsStrings(false)) {
+        final Section section = CONFIG.getSection("blacklisted-items");
+        if (section == null) return false;
+        for (String s : section.getRoutesAsStrings(false)) {
             if (CONFIG.getString("blacklisted-items." + s + ".material") != null) {
                 if (!it.getType().toString().equalsIgnoreCase(CONFIG.getString("blacklisted-items." + s + ".material"))) continue;
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/guis.yml b/src/main/resources/guis.yml
index 6078982..3550147 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/guis.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/guis.yml
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ decoration-example:
   name: " "
 
 # do not change this
-version: 2
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 1
\ No newline at end of file