diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandnuke.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandnuke.java
index f7bf8a33c..54da6594a 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandnuke.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandnuke.java
@@ -38,17 +38,19 @@ public class Commandnuke extends EssentialsCommand {
             if (player == null) {
                 continue;
             }
-            player.sendMessage(tl("nuke"));
-            final Location loc = player.getLocation();
-            final World world = loc.getWorld();
-            if (world != null) {
-                for (int x = -10; x <= 10; x += 5) {
-                    for (int z = -10; z <= 10; z += 5) {
-                        final TNTPrimed entity = world.spawn(new Location(world, loc.getBlockX() + x, world.getHighestBlockYAt(loc) + 64, loc.getBlockZ() + z), TNTPrimed.class);
-                        entity.setMetadata(NUKE_META_KEY, new FixedMetadataValue(ess, true));
+            ess.scheduleEntityDelayedTask(player, () -> {
+                player.sendMessage(tl("nuke"));
+                final Location loc = player.getLocation();
+                final World world = loc.getWorld();
+                if (world != null) {
+                    for (int x = -10; x <= 10; x += 5) {
+                        for (int z = -10; z <= 10; z += 5) {
+                            final TNTPrimed entity = world.spawn(new Location(world, loc.getBlockX() + x, world.getHighestBlockYAt(loc) + 64, loc.getBlockZ() + z), TNTPrimed.class);
+                            entity.setMetadata(NUKE_META_KEY, new FixedMetadataValue(ess, true));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
-            }
+            });
         }
     }