diff --git a/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/npc/entity/HumanController.java b/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/npc/entity/HumanController.java
index 02e714e99..5d79a2dc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/npc/entity/HumanController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/npc/entity/HumanController.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.citizensnpcs.npc.entity;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingDeque;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import net.citizensnpcs.api.CitizensAPI;
 import net.citizensnpcs.api.event.DespawnReason;
 import net.citizensnpcs.api.npc.NPC;
 import net.citizensnpcs.api.util.Colorizer;
+import net.citizensnpcs.api.util.Messaging;
 import net.citizensnpcs.npc.AbstractEntityController;
 import net.citizensnpcs.util.NMS;
 import net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R4.PlayerInteractManager;
@@ -122,8 +124,8 @@ public class HumanController extends AbstractEntityController {
         private GameProfile fillProfileProperties(YggdrasilAuthenticationService auth, GameProfile profile,
                 boolean requireSecure) throws Exception {
             URL url = HttpAuthenticationService.constantURL(new StringBuilder()
-                    .append("https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/")
-                    .append(UUIDTypeAdapter.fromUUID(profile.getId())).toString());
+            .append("https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/")
+            .append(UUIDTypeAdapter.fromUUID(profile.getId())).toString());
             url = HttpAuthenticationService.concatenateURL(url,
                     new StringBuilder().append("unsigned=").append(!requireSecure).toString());
             MinecraftProfilePropertiesResponse response = (MinecraftProfilePropertiesResponse) MAKE_REQUEST.invoke(
@@ -148,6 +150,10 @@ public class HumanController extends AbstractEntityController {
             GameProfile skinProfile = null;
             Property cached = TEXTURE_CACHE.get(realUUID);
             if (cached != null) {
+                if (Messaging.isDebugging()) {
+                    Messaging
+                    .debug("Using cached skin texture for NPC " + npc.getName() + " UUID " + npc.getUniqueId());
+                }
                 skinProfile = new GameProfile(UUID.fromString(realUUID), "");
                 skinProfile.getProperties().put("textures", cached);
             } else {
@@ -168,6 +174,11 @@ public class HumanController extends AbstractEntityController {
                 Property textures = Iterables.getFirst(skinProfile.getProperties().get("textures"), null);
                 if (textures.getValue() == null || textures.getSignature() == null)
                     return;
+
+                if (Messaging.isDebugging()) {
+                    Messaging.debug("Fetched skin texture for UUID " + realUUID + " for NPC " + npc.getName()
+                            + " UUID " + npc.getUniqueId());
+                }
                 TEXTURE_CACHE.put(realUUID, new Property("textures", textures.getValue(), textures.getSignature()));
             }
             Bukkit.getScheduler().callSyncMethod(CitizensAPI.getPlugin(), new Callable<Void>() {
@@ -188,6 +199,12 @@ public class HumanController extends AbstractEntityController {
         private final BlockingDeque<Runnable> tasks = new LinkedBlockingDeque<Runnable>();
 
         public void addRunnable(Runnable r) {
+            Iterator<Runnable> itr = tasks.iterator();
+            while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                if (((SkinFetcher) itr.next()).npc.getUniqueId().equals(((SkinFetcher) r).npc.getUniqueId())) {
+                    itr.remove();
+                }
+            }
             tasks.offer(r);
         }
 
@@ -233,18 +250,22 @@ public class HumanController extends AbstractEntityController {
                     .getGameProfileRepository();
             repo.findProfilesByNames(new String[] { ChatColor.stripColor(reportedUUID) }, Agent.MINECRAFT,
                     new ProfileLookupCallback() {
-                @Override
-                public void onProfileLookupFailed(GameProfile arg0, Exception arg1) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException(arg1);
-                }
+                        @Override
+                        public void onProfileLookupFailed(GameProfile arg0, Exception arg1) {
+                            throw new RuntimeException(arg1);
+                        }
 
-                @Override
-                public void onProfileLookupSucceeded(final GameProfile profile) {
-                    UUID_CACHE.put(reportedUUID, profile.getId().toString());
-                    npc.data().setPersistent(CACHED_SKIN_UUID_METADATA, profile.getId().toString());
-                    npc.data().setPersistent(CACHED_SKIN_UUID_NAME_METADATA, profile.getName());
-                }
-            });
+                        @Override
+                        public void onProfileLookupSucceeded(final GameProfile profile) {
+                            UUID_CACHE.put(reportedUUID, profile.getId().toString());
+                            if (Messaging.isDebugging()) {
+                                Messaging.debug("Fetched UUID " + profile.getId() + " for NPC " + npc.getName()
+                                + " UUID " + npc.getUniqueId());
+                            }
+                            npc.data().setPersistent(CACHED_SKIN_UUID_METADATA, profile.getId().toString());
+                            npc.data().setPersistent(CACHED_SKIN_UUID_NAME_METADATA, profile.getName());
+                        }
+                    });
             return npc.data().get(CACHED_SKIN_UUID_METADATA, reportedUUID);
         }
     }