diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/dao/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/dao/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
index 6e301bb3b..480b3b94e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/dao/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/dao/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
@@ -88,17 +88,9 @@ public abstract class HikariConnectionFactory extends AbstractConnectionFactory
         // If a connection is not returned within 10 seconds, it's probably safe to assume it's been leaked.
         config.setLeakDetectionThreshold(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10)); // 10000
 
-        // The drivers are really old in some of the older Spigot binaries, so Connection#isValid doesn't work.
-        config.setConnectionTestQuery("/* LuckPerms ping */ SELECT 1");
-
-        try {
-            // don't perform any initial connection validation - we subsequently call #getConnection
-            // to setup the schema anyways
-            config.setInitializationFailTimeout(-1);
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
-            //noinspection deprecation
-            config.setInitializationFailFast(false);
-        }
+        // don't perform any initial connection validation - we subsequently call #getConnection
+        // to setup the schema anyways
+        config.setInitializationFailTimeout(-1);
 
         this.hikari = new HikariDataSource(config);
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/CheckData.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/CheckData.java
index dec98c7b6..8c0a66191 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/CheckData.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/CheckData.java
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ public class CheckData {
     public JsonObject toJson(StackTracePrinter tracePrinter) {
         return formBaseJson()
                 .add("trace", new JArray()
-                        .consume(arr -> tracePrinter.process(this.checkTrace, StackTracePrinter.elementToString(arr::add)))
+                        .consume(arr -> {
+                            int overflow = tracePrinter.process(this.checkTrace, StackTracePrinter.elementToString(arr::add));
+                            if (overflow != 0) {
+                                arr.add("... and " + overflow + " more");
+                            }
+                        })
                 )
                 .toJson();
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/VerboseListener.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/VerboseListener.java
index 75146fa81..dff6cc990 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/VerboseListener.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/verbose/VerboseListener.java
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ public class VerboseListener {
     private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
 
     // how much data should we store before stopping.
-    private static final int DATA_TRUNCATION = 10000;
+    private static final int DATA_TRUNCATION = 3000;
     // how many lines should we include in each stack trace send as a chat message
     private static final int STACK_TRUNCATION_CHAT = 15;
     // how many lines should we include in each stack trace in the web output
-    private static final int STACK_TRUNCATION_WEB = 30;
+    private static final int STACK_TRUNCATION_WEB = 20;
 
     private static final StackTracePrinter FILTERING_PRINTER = StackTracePrinter.builder()
             .ignoreClassStartingWith("me.lucko.luckperms.")