diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/constants/Message.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/constants/Message.java
index ba4943366..638c1988a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/constants/Message.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/constants/Message.java
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ public enum Message {
      */
     VERBOSE_INVALID_FILTER("&cInvalid verbose filter: &f{0}", true),
     VERBOSE_ON("&bVerbose checking output set to &aTRUE &bfor all permissions.", true),
-    VERBOSE_ON_QUERY("&bVerbose checking output set to &aTRUE &bfor permissions matching the following filters: &f{0}", true),
+    VERBOSE_ON_QUERY("&bVerbose checking output set to &aTRUE &bfor permissions matching filter: &f{0}", true),
     VERBOSE_OFF("&bVerbose checking output set to &cFALSE&b.", true),
 
     VERBOSE_RECORDING_ON("&bVerbose recording set to &aTRUE &bfor all permissions.", true),
-    VERBOSE_RECORDING_ON_QUERY("&bVerbose recording set to &aTRUE &bfor permissions matching the following filters: &f{0}", true),
+    VERBOSE_RECORDING_ON_QUERY("&bVerbose recording set to &aTRUE &bfor permissions matching filter: &f{0}", true),
     VERBOSE_RECORDING_UPLOAD_START("&bVerbose recording was disabled. Uploading results...", true),
     VERBOSE_RECORDING_URL("&aVerbose results URL:", true),
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/utils/PasteUtils.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/utils/PasteUtils.java
index 10c424c07..c60465192 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/utils/PasteUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/utils/PasteUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 public class PasteUtils {
 
     public static String paste(String name, String desc, String contents) {
+        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
         try {
-            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL("https://api.github.com/gists").openConnection();
+            connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL("https://api.github.com/gists").openConnection();
             connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
             connection.setDoInput(true);
             connection.setDoOutput(true);
@@ -58,11 +60,17 @@ public class PasteUtils {
             }
 
             if (connection.getResponseCode() >= 400) {
-                return null;
+                throw new RuntimeException("Connection returned response code: " + connection.getResponseCode() + " - " + connection.getResponseMessage());
+            }
+
+            String pasteUrl;
+            try (InputStream inputStream = connection.getInputStream()) {
+                try (InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+                    JsonObject response = new Gson().fromJson(reader, JsonObject.class);
+                    pasteUrl = response.get("html_url").getAsString();
+                }
             }
 
-            JsonObject response = new Gson().fromJson(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8), JsonObject.class);
-            String pasteUrl = response.get("html_url").getAsString();
             connection.disconnect();
 
             try {
@@ -72,15 +80,31 @@ public class PasteUtils {
                 try (OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream()) {
                     os.write(("url=" + pasteUrl).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                 }
-                pasteUrl = connection.getHeaderField("Location");
-                connection.disconnect();
+
+                if (connection.getResponseCode() >= 400) {
+                    new RuntimeException("Connection returned response code: " + connection.getResponseCode() + " - " + connection.getResponseMessage()).printStackTrace();
+                } else {
+                    String shortUrl = connection.getHeaderField("Location");
+                    if (shortUrl != null) {
+                        pasteUrl = shortUrl;
+                    }
+                }
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                // ignored
+                e.printStackTrace();
             }
 
             return pasteUrl;
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
             return null;
+        } finally {
+            if (connection != null) {
+                try {
+                    connection.disconnect();
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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 818dd401e..9c7f3015e 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
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
 
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class VerboseListener {
-    private static final int DATA_TRUNCATION = 700;
+    private static final int DATA_TRUNCATION = 3500;
     private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
 
     private final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();