diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PermissionHolder.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PermissionHolder.java
index 6076d2ff0..3be2184dd 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PermissionHolder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PermissionHolder.java
@@ -249,9 +249,11 @@ public abstract class PermissionHolder {
         Map<String, Boolean> perms = new HashMap<>();
 
         for (Node node : getAllNodesFiltered(context)) {
-            if (node.getPermission().equals("*") || node.getPermission().equals("'*'")) {
-                if (possibleNodes != null && plugin.getConfiguration().getApplyWildcards()) {
-                    possibleNodes.forEach(n -> perms.put(n, true));
+            if (possibleNodes != null && !possibleNodes.isEmpty()) {
+                if (node.getPermission().equals("*") || node.getPermission().equals("'*'")) {
+                    if (plugin.getConfiguration().getApplyWildcards()) {
+                        possibleNodes.forEach(n -> perms.put(n, true));
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -263,10 +265,12 @@ public abstract class PermissionHolder {
                         .forEach(s -> perms.put(s, node.getValue()));
             }
 
-            if (plugin.getConfiguration().getApplyWildcards()) {
-                node.resolveWildcard(possibleNodes).stream()
-                        .filter(s -> !perms.containsKey(s))
-                        .forEach(s -> perms.put(s, node.getValue()));
+            if (possibleNodes != null && !possibleNodes.isEmpty()) {
+                if (plugin.getConfiguration().getApplyWildcards()) {
+                    node.resolveWildcard(possibleNodes).stream()
+                            .filter(s -> !perms.containsKey(s))
+                            .forEach(s -> perms.put(s, node.getValue()));
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PriorityComparator.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PriorityComparator.java
index b7cf63ff3..2db1b4fb2 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PriorityComparator.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/core/PriorityComparator.java
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 
 @NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
 public class PriorityComparator implements Comparator<Node> {
-    private static final PriorityComparator instance = new PriorityComparator();
+    private static final PriorityComparator INSTANCE = new PriorityComparator();
 
     public static Comparator<Node> get() {
-        return instance;
+        return INSTANCE;
     }
 
     public static Comparator<Node> reverse() {
-        return instance.reversed();
+        return INSTANCE.reversed();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/Node.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/Node.java
index 712b6b861..4ffa8bedf 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/Node.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/Node.java
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ public class Node implements me.lucko.luckperms.api.Node {
         return false;
     }
 
-    // TODO move this method to resolve time
     @Override
     public List<String> resolveWildcard(List<String> possibleNodes) {
         if (!isWildcard() || possibleNodes == null) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/PermissionCalculator.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/PermissionCalculator.java
index b8d2b0089..710a03e54 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/PermissionCalculator.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/utils/PermissionCalculator.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 package me.lucko.luckperms.utils;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
@@ -87,36 +86,54 @@ public class PermissionCalculator {
     }
 
     @AllArgsConstructor
-    public static class WildcardProcessor implements PermissionCalculator.PermissionProcessor {
+    public static class WildcardProcessor implements PermissionProcessor {
 
         @Getter
         private final Map<String, Boolean> map;
 
         @Override
         public Tristate hasPermission(String permission) {
-            if (map.containsKey("*")) {
-                return Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get("*"));
+            String node = permission;
+
+            while (node.contains(".")) {
+                int endIndex = node.lastIndexOf('.');
+                if (endIndex == -1) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                node = node.substring(0, endIndex);
+                if (!isEmpty(node)) {
+                    if (map.containsKey(node + ".*")) {
+                        return Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get(node + ".*"));
+                    }
+                }
             }
+
             if (map.containsKey("'*'")) {
                 return Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get("'*'"));
             }
 
-            String node = "";
-            Iterable<String> permParts = Splitter.on('.').split(permission);
-            for (String s : permParts) {
-                if (node.equals("")) {
-                    node = s;
-                } else {
-                    node = node + "." + s;
-                }
-
-                if (map.containsKey(node + ".*")) {
-                    return Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get(node + ".*"));
-                }
+            if (map.containsKey("*")) {
+                return Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get("*"));
             }
 
             return Tristate.UNDEFINED;
         }
+
+        private static boolean isEmpty(String s) {
+            if (s.equals("")) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
+            for (char c : chars) {
+                if (c != '.') {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     public interface PermissionProcessor {
diff --git a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/api/sponge/LuckPermsUserSubject.java b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/api/sponge/LuckPermsUserSubject.java
index e02b7a5f4..86ac4aaf6 100644
--- a/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/api/sponge/LuckPermsUserSubject.java
+++ b/sponge/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/api/sponge/LuckPermsUserSubject.java
@@ -97,29 +97,54 @@ public class LuckPermsUserSubject extends LuckPermsSubject {
 
     // TODO proper implementation.
     @AllArgsConstructor
-    private static class SpongeWildcardProcessor implements PermissionCalculator.PermissionProcessor {
+    public static class SpongeWildcardProcessor implements PermissionCalculator.PermissionProcessor {
 
         @Getter
         private final Map<String, Boolean> map;
 
         @Override
         public me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate hasPermission(String permission) {
-            String node = "";
-            Iterable<String> permParts = Splitter.on('.').split(permission);
-            for (String s : permParts) {
-                if (node.equals("")) {
-                    node = s;
-                } else {
-                    node = node + "." + s;
+            String node = permission;
+
+            while (node.contains(".")) {
+                int endIndex = node.lastIndexOf('.');
+                if (endIndex == -1) {
+                    break;
                 }
 
-                if (map.containsKey(node)) {
-                    return me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get(node));
+                node = node.substring(0, endIndex);
+                if (!isEmpty(node)) {
+                    if (map.containsKey(node)) {
+                        return me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get(node));
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
+            if (map.containsKey("'*'")) {
+                return me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get("'*'"));
+            }
+
+            if (map.containsKey("*")) {
+                return me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate.fromBoolean(map.get("*"));
+            }
+
             return me.lucko.luckperms.api.Tristate.UNDEFINED;
         }
+
+        private static boolean isEmpty(String s) {
+            if (s.equals("")) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
+            for (char c : chars) {
+                if (c != '.') {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     @AllArgsConstructor