diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/HolographicDisplays.java b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/HolographicDisplays.java
index 37e67724..c6747e0b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/HolographicDisplays.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/HolographicDisplays.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.placeholder.internal.DefaultPlace
 import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.placeholder.registry.PlaceholderRegistry;
 import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.placeholder.tracking.PlaceholderTracker;
 import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.util.NMSVersion;
+import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.util.NMSVersion.UnknownVersionException;
 import org.bstats.bukkit.MetricsLite;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
@@ -76,12 +77,6 @@ public class HolographicDisplays extends FCommonsPlugin {
                     "You are probably running CraftBukkit instead of Spigot.");
         }
 
-        if (!NMSVersion.isValid()) {
-            throw new PluginEnableException(
-                    "Holographic Displays does not support this server version.",
-                    "Supported Spigot versions: from 1.8.3 to 1.17.");
-        }
-
         if (getCommand("holograms") == null) {
             throw new PluginEnableException(
                     "Holographic Displays was unable to register the command \"holograms\".",
@@ -92,6 +87,10 @@ public class HolographicDisplays extends FCommonsPlugin {
 
         try {
             nmsManager = NMSVersion.getCurrent().createNMSManager(errorCollector);
+        } catch (UnknownVersionException e) {
+            throw new PluginEnableException(
+                    "Holographic Displays does not support this server version.",
+                    "Supported Spigot versions: from 1.8.3 to 1.17.");
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             throw new PluginEnableException(t, "Couldn't initialize the NMS manager.");
         }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/util/NMSVersion.java b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/util/NMSVersion.java
index b3f341b2..27d4c5f2 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/util/NMSVersion.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/plugin/util/NMSVersion.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  */
 package me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.plugin.util;
 
-import me.filoghost.fcommons.Preconditions;
 import me.filoghost.fcommons.logging.ErrorCollector;
 import me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.common.nms.NMSManager;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
@@ -48,15 +47,13 @@ public enum NMSVersion {
         return nmsManagerFactory.create(errorCollector);
     }
 
-    public static NMSVersion getCurrent() {
-        Preconditions.checkState(isValid(), "Current version is not valid");
+    public static NMSVersion getCurrent() throws UnknownVersionException {
+        if (CURRENT_VERSION == null) {
+            throw new UnknownVersionException();
+        }
         return CURRENT_VERSION;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isValid() {
-        return CURRENT_VERSION != null;
-    }
-
     private static NMSVersion extractCurrentVersion() {
         Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("v\\d+_\\d+_R\\d+").matcher(Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName());
         if (!matcher.find()) {
@@ -78,4 +75,6 @@ public enum NMSVersion {
 
     }
 
+    public static class UnknownVersionException extends Exception {}
+
 }