diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df98b81..b0e4df1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>at.pcgamingfreaks</groupId>
   <artifactId>MinePacks</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.2</version>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
   <repositories>
       <repository>
 		  <id>in-project</id>
@@ -35,36 +35,9 @@
 	          <target>1.7</target>
 	        </configuration>
 	      </plugin>
-	      <plugin>
-	       <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-	       <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-	       <version>2.3</version>
-	       <executions>
-	          <execution>
-	            <phase>package</phase>
-	            <goals>
-	              <goal>shade</goal>
-	            </goals>
-	            <configuration>
-	              <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-	              <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
-	              <artifactSet>
-	                  <includes>
-	                      <include>com.google.code.gson:gson</include>
-	                  </includes>
-	              </artifactSet>
-	            </configuration>
-	          </execution>
-	        </executions>
-	      </plugin>
 	    </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
-  	<dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
-    </dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.bukkit</groupId>
   		<artifactId>bukkit</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/at/pcgamingfreaks/georgh/MinePacks/Database/UUIDConverter.java b/src/at/pcgamingfreaks/georgh/MinePacks/Database/UUIDConverter.java
index 0f2f0ae..137ea03 100644
--- a/src/at/pcgamingfreaks/georgh/MinePacks/Database/UUIDConverter.java
+++ b/src/at/pcgamingfreaks/georgh/MinePacks/Database/UUIDConverter.java
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
+import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 
 public class UUIDConverter
 {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public static String getNameFromUUID(String uuid)
 			URL url = new URL("https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/" + uuid.replaceAll("-", ""));
 			Scanner jsonScanner = new Scanner(url.openConnection().getInputStream(), "UTF-8");
 			String json = jsonScanner.next();
-			name = (((JsonObject)new JsonParser().parse(json)).get("name")).toString();
+			name = (((JSONObject)new JSONParser().parse(json)).get("name")).toString();
 			jsonScanner.close();
 		}
 		catch (Exception e)
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public static String getUUIDFromName(String name, boolean onlinemode, boolean wi
 			try
 	    	{
 	    		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new URL("https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/" + name).openStream()));
-	    		uuid = (((JsonObject)new JsonParser().parse(in)).get("id")).toString().replaceAll("\"", "");
+	    		uuid = (((JSONObject)new JSONParser().parse(in)).get("id")).toString().replaceAll("\"", "");
 	    		in.close();
 	    	}
 	    	catch (Exception e)