diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/BitlyURLShortener.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/BitlyURLShortener.java
index 96fadd22..aa7d29d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/BitlyURLShortener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/BitlyURLShortener.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ class BitlyURLShortener extends URLShortener {
 
     BitlyURLShortener() {
         super(BITLY_POST_REQUEST, ACCESS_TOKEN);
-        if (ACCESS_TOKEN.endsWith("access-token")) throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        if (ACCESS_TOKEN.endsWith("access-token")) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/GitHubPasteService.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/GitHubPasteService.java
index 717ac3c4..bee098df 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/GitHubPasteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/GitHubPasteService.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ class GitHubPasteService extends PasteService {
     GitHubPasteService(boolean isPrivate) {
         super(GITHUB_POST_REQUEST, ACCESS_TOKEN);
         this.isPrivate = isPrivate;
-        if (ACCESS_TOKEN.endsWith("access-token")) throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        if (ACCESS_TOKEN.endsWith("access-token")) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HastebinPasteService.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HastebinPasteService.java
index 46af2d29..e1fa7272 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HastebinPasteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HastebinPasteService.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class HastebinPasteService extends PasteService {
     private static final String HASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST = "https://hastebin.com/documents";
 
     HastebinPasteService() {
-        super(HASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST, null);
+        super(HASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HttpAPIClient.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HttpAPIClient.java
index 8e423fcc..676ef7cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HttpAPIClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/HttpAPIClient.java
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ abstract class HttpAPIClient {
         URLENCODED
     }
 
+    HttpAPIClient(String url) {
+        this(url, null);
+    }
+
     HttpAPIClient(String url, String accessToken) {
         this.url = url;
         this.accessToken = accessToken;
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ abstract class HttpAPIClient {
             case URLENCODED:
                 return "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8";
             default:
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected value: " + type);
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected value: " + type);
         }
     }
 
@@ -91,7 +95,9 @@ abstract class HttpAPIClient {
             // this isn't required, but is technically correct
             conn.addRequestProperty("Content-Type", getContentHeader(type));
             // only some API requests require an access token
-            if (this.accessToken != null) conn.addRequestProperty("Authorization", this.accessToken);
+            if (this.accessToken != null) {
+                conn.addRequestProperty("Authorization", this.accessToken);
+            }
 
             wr = new OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newEncoder());
             wr.write(payload);
@@ -102,7 +108,10 @@ abstract class HttpAPIClient {
             // this has to be initialized AFTER the data has been flushed!
             rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 
-            while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) responseString.append(line);
+            while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
+                responseString.append(line);
+            }
+
             return responseString.toString();
         } finally {
             if (wr != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteGGPasteService.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteGGPasteService.java
index 179bba00..956d71c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteGGPasteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteGGPasteService.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class PasteGGPasteService extends PasteService {
     private static final String PASTEGG_POST_REQUEST = "https://api.paste.gg/v1/pastes";
 
     PasteGGPasteService(boolean isPrivate) {
-        super(PASTEGG_POST_REQUEST, null);
+        super(PASTEGG_POST_REQUEST);
         this.isPrivate = isPrivate;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteService.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteService.java
index 0c474c9e..a6bc15c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PasteService.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * instance is submitting; an example of this is the PastebinPasteService class.
  */
 public abstract class PasteService extends HttpAPIClient {
+    PasteService(String url) {
+        super(url);
+    }
+
     PasteService(String url, String accessToken) {
         super(url, accessToken);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PastebinPasteService.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PastebinPasteService.java
index ce7a4453..eff40193 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PastebinPasteService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/PastebinPasteService.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class PastebinPasteService extends PasteService {
     private static final String PASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST = "https://pastebin.com/api/api_post.php";
 
     PastebinPasteService(boolean isPrivate) {
-        super(PASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST, null);
+        super(PASTEBIN_POST_REQUEST);
         this.isPrivate = isPrivate;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/URLShortener.java b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/URLShortener.java
index be3d61b1..bde8ff1d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/URLShortener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/onarandombox/MultiverseCore/utils/webpaste/URLShortener.java
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ package com.onarandombox.MultiverseCore.utils.webpaste;
  * An example of this, is the BitlyURLShortener.
  */
 public abstract class URLShortener extends HttpAPIClient {
+    URLShortener(String url) {
+        super(url);
+    }
+
     URLShortener(String url, String accessToken) {
         super(url, accessToken);
     }