diff --git a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/build.gradle b/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/build.gradle
index 168ff897..d3e1c67f 100644
--- a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/build.gradle
+++ b/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
-dependencies {
-    shadow "org.spongepowered:spongeapi:8.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+import org.spongepowered.gradle.plugin.config.PluginLoaders
+import org.spongepowered.plugin.metadata.model.PluginDependency
 
+plugins {
+	id 'org.spongepowered.gradle.plugin' version '2.0.0'
+}
+
+sponge {
+	apiVersion("8.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+	license("MIT")
+	loader {
+		name(PluginLoaders.JAVA_PLAIN)
+		version("1.0")
+	}
+	plugin("bluemap") {
+		displayName("bluemap")
+		entrypoint("de.bluecolored.bluemap.sponge8.SpongePlugin")
+		description("A 3d-map of your Minecraft worlds view-able in your browser using three.js (WebGL)")
+		contributor("Blue (TBlueF, Lukas Rieger)") {
+			description("Lead Developer")
+		}
+		dependency("spongeapi") {
+			loadOrder(PluginDependency.LoadOrder.AFTER)
+			version("8.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+			optional(false)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+dependencies {
 	implementation group: 'org.bstats', name: 'bstats-sponge', version: '2.2.1'
 
 	implementation (project(':BlueMapCommon')) {
diff --git a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/sponge8/SpongePlugin.java b/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/sponge8/SpongePlugin.java
index b491d9c9..55f21cb1 100644
--- a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/sponge8/SpongePlugin.java
+++ b/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/sponge8/SpongePlugin.java
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ public void onRegisterCommands(final RegisterCommandEvent<Command.Raw> event) {
 
     @Listener
     public void onServerStart(StartedEngineEvent<Server> evt) {
-        asyncExecutor = evt.game().asyncScheduler().createExecutor(pluginContainer);
-        syncExecutor = evt.engine().scheduler().createExecutor(pluginContainer);
+        asyncExecutor = evt.game().asyncScheduler().executor(pluginContainer);
+        syncExecutor = evt.engine().scheduler().executor(pluginContainer);
 
         //start updating players
         Task task = Task.builder()
diff --git a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json b/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 599c8356..00000000
--- a/implementations/sponge-8.0.0/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugins.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "plugins": [
-        {
-            "loader": "java_plain",
-            "id": "bluemap",
-            "name": "BlueMap",
-            "version": "${version}",
-            "main-class": "de.bluecolored.bluemap.sponge8.SpongePlugin",
-            "description": "A 3d-map of your Minecraft worlds view-able in your browser using three.js (WebGL)",
-            "links": {
-                "homepage": "https://bluecolo.red/bluemap",
-                "source": "https://github.com/BlueMap-Minecraft/BlueMap",
-                "issues": "https://github.com/BlueMap-Minecraft/BlueMap/issues"
-            },
-            "contributors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Blue (TBlueF, Lukas Rieger)",
-                    "description": "Lead Developer"
-                }
-            ],
-            "dependencies": [
-                {
-                    "id": "spongeapi",
-                    "version": "8.0.0",
-                    "load-order": "AFTER",
-                    "optional": false
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ]
-}