diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/Brew.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/Brew.java
index 8e395fe..12e74e5 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/Brew.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/Brew.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.bukkit.potion.PotionType;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -752,6 +753,9 @@ public class Brew {
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			P.p.errorLog("IO Error while loading Brew");
 			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+			P.p.errorLog("Failed to load Brew, has the data key 'BrewDataSeed' in the data.yml been changed?");
+			e.printStackTrace();
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -836,12 +840,12 @@ public class Brew {
 	}
 
 	public static void writeSeed(ConfigurationSection section) {
-		section.set("seed", saveSeed);
+		section.set("BrewDataSeed", saveSeed);
 	}
 
 	public static void loadSeed(ConfigurationSection section) {
-		if (section.contains("seed")) {
-			saveSeed = section.getLong("seed");
+		if (section.contains("BrewDataSeed")) {
+			saveSeed = section.getLong("BrewDataSeed");
 		} else {
 			while (saveSeed == 0) {
 				saveSeed = new SecureRandom().nextLong();
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
index 6f07ec5..7ac1cf4 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ public class P extends JavaPlugin {
 
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (InvalidKeyException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
 		} finally {
 			try {
 				data.close();
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORScrambleStream.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORScrambleStream.java
index da669c5..c573b84 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORScrambleStream.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORScrambleStream.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.dre.brewery.lore;
 
-
 import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ public class XORScrambleStream extends FilterOutputStream {
 			xorStream = new SeedInputStream(seed ^ id);
 			out.write((byte) (id >> 8));
 			out.write((byte) id);
+			write(209); // parity/sanity
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORUnscrambleStream.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORUnscrambleStream.java
index 44e49a6..a7a6ed5 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORUnscrambleStream.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/lore/XORUnscrambleStream.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.dre.brewery.lore;
 import java.io.FilterInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 
 public class XORUnscrambleStream extends FilterInputStream {
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ public class XORUnscrambleStream extends FilterInputStream {
 		this.seed = seed;
 	}
 
-	public void start() throws IOException {
+	public void start() throws IOException, InvalidKeyException {
 		running = true;
 		if (xorStream == null) {
 			short id = (short) (in.read() << 8 | in.read());
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ public class XORUnscrambleStream extends FilterInputStream {
 				return;
 			}
 			xorStream = new SeedInputStream(seed ^ id);
+			if (read() != 209) { // Parity/Sanity
+				throw new InvalidKeyException("Could not read scrambled data, is the seed wrong?");
+			}
 		}
 	}