diff --git a/HolographicDisplays/API/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/api/Hologram.java b/HolographicDisplays/API/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/api/Hologram.java
index 2c7d63d5..673a6fe7 100644
--- a/HolographicDisplays/API/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/api/Hologram.java
+++ b/HolographicDisplays/API/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/api/Hologram.java
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ public interface Hologram {
 	public int size();
 	
 	
+	/**
+	 * The physical height of the hologram, counting all the lines. Since: v2.1.4
+	 * 
+	 * @return the height of the hologram, counting all the lines and the gaps between them
+	 */
+	public double getHeight();
+	
+	
 	/**
 	 * Teleports a hologram to the given location.
 	 * 
diff --git a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/PingResponse.java b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/PingResponse.java
index eecda0f9..b487fb7c 100644
--- a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/PingResponse.java
+++ b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/PingResponse.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.gmail.filoghost.holographicdisplays.bridge.bungeecord.serverpinger;
 import java.lang.String;
 
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
 
 import com.gmail.filoghost.holographicdisplays.util.DebugHandler;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,23 @@ public class PingResponse
 		this.maxPlayers = maxPlayers;
 	}
 
-	public PingResponse(JSONObject json) {
+	public PingResponse(String jsonString, ServerAddress address) {
+		
+		if (jsonString == null || jsonString.isEmpty()) {
+    		motd = "Invalid ping response";
+    		DebugHandler.logToConsole("Received empty Json response from IP \"" + address.toString() + "\"!");
+    		return;
+    	}
+		
+		Object jsonObject = JSONValue.parse(jsonString);
+		
+    	if (!(jsonObject instanceof JSONObject)) {
+    		motd = "Invalid ping response";
+    		DebugHandler.logToConsole("Received invalid Json response from IP \"" + address.toString() + "\": " + jsonString);
+    		return;
+    	}
+    	
+    	JSONObject json = (JSONObject) jsonObject;
     	isOnline = true;
     	
     	Object descriptionObject = json.get("description");
@@ -29,7 +46,7 @@ public class PingResponse
     		motd = descriptionObject.toString();
     	} else {
     		motd = "Invalid ping response";
-    		DebugHandler.logToConsole("Received invalid ping response: " + json.toString());
+    		DebugHandler.logToConsole("Received invalid Json response from IP \"" + address.toString() + "\": " + jsonString);
     	}
         
         Object playersObject = json.get("players");
diff --git a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPostNetty.java b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPostNetty.java
index 63615270..cae928ea 100644
--- a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPostNetty.java
+++ b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPostNetty.java
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
-
 final class ServerPingerPostNetty extends ServerPinger {
 
 	@Override
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ final class ServerPingerPostNetty extends ServerPinger {
 			final byte[] responseData = new byte[PacketUtils.readVarInt(dataIn)];
 			dataIn.readFully(responseData);
 			final String jsonString = new String(responseData, PacketUtils.UTF8);
-			return new PingResponse((JSONObject) JSONValue.parse(jsonString));
+			return new PingResponse(jsonString, serverAddress);
 		}
 		finally {
 			PacketUtils.closeQuietly(dataOut);
diff --git a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPreNetty.java b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPreNetty.java
index 88987dec..0082a008 100644
--- a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPreNetty.java
+++ b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/bridge/bungeecord/serverpinger/ServerPingerPreNetty.java
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import java.lang.Integer;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.net.Socket;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.lang.String;
 
+import com.gmail.filoghost.holographicdisplays.util.DebugHandler;
+
 final class ServerPingerPreNetty extends ServerPinger {
 	
 	@Override
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ final class ServerPingerPreNetty extends ServerPinger {
 			dataIn.readFully(bytes);
 			socket.close();
 			final String[] info = new String(bytes, PacketUtils.UTF16BE).split(String.valueOf('\0'));
+			
+			if (info.length < 6) {
+				DebugHandler.logToConsole("Received invalid ping response: " + Arrays.toString(info));
+				return new PingResponse(true, "Invalid ping response", 0, 0);
+			}
+			
 			final PingResponse response = new PingResponse(true, info[3], Integer.parseInt(info[4]), Integer.parseInt(info[5]));
 			// String versionName = info[2];
 			// String protocol = info[1];
diff --git a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/object/CraftHologram.java b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/object/CraftHologram.java
index 55c2ffd6..73a524c7 100644
--- a/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/object/CraftHologram.java
+++ b/HolographicDisplays/Plugin/com/gmail/filoghost/holographicdisplays/object/CraftHologram.java
@@ -183,6 +183,21 @@ public class CraftHologram implements Hologram, com.gmail.filoghost.holograms.ap
 		return lines.size();
 	}
 	
+	@Override
+	public double getHeight() {
+		if (lines.isEmpty()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		
+		double height = 0.0;
+		
+		for (CraftHologramLine line : lines) {
+			height += line.getHeight();
+		}
+		
+		height += Configuration.spaceBetweenLines * (lines.size() - 1);
+		return height;
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public CraftVisibilityManager getVisibilityManager() {
@@ -241,10 +256,11 @@ public class CraftHologram implements Hologram, com.gmail.filoghost.holograms.ap
 			
 			for (CraftHologramLine line : lines) {
 				
+				currentY -= line.getHeight();
+				
 				if (first) {
 					first = false;
 				} else {
-					currentY -= line.getHeight();
 					currentY -= Configuration.spaceBetweenLines;
 				}
 				
@@ -273,10 +289,11 @@ public class CraftHologram implements Hologram, com.gmail.filoghost.holograms.ap
 		
 		for (CraftHologramLine line : lines) {
 			
+			currentY -= line.getHeight();
+			
 			if (first) {
 				first = false;
 			} else {
-				currentY -= line.getHeight();
 				currentY -= Configuration.spaceBetweenLines;
 			}
 			
@@ -325,10 +342,11 @@ public class CraftHologram implements Hologram, com.gmail.filoghost.holograms.ap
 				continue;
 			}
 			
+			currentY -= line.getHeight();
+			
 			if (first) {
 				first = false;
 			} else {
-				currentY -= line.getHeight();
 				currentY -= Configuration.spaceBetweenLines;
 			}