diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6e78139..00fbaf8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@
             <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
@@ -127,6 +134,10 @@
                             <pattern>com.tchristofferson</pattern>
                             <shadedPattern>com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.tchristofferson</shadedPattern>
                         </relocation>
+                        <relocation>
+                            <pattern>org.bstats</pattern>
+                            <shadedPattern>com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.bstats</shadedPattern>
+                        </relocation>
                     </relocations>
                     <filters>
                         <filter>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/Main.java
index d0105ee..b56e38b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/Main.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.statistic.RequestManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.statistic.StatManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.utils.OfflinePlayerHandler;
 import net.kyori.adventure.platform.bukkit.BukkitAudiences;
+import org.bstats.bukkit.Metrics;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public final class Main extends JavaPlugin {
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
         //TODO fix (move these two into initializeMainClasses also, and remove all the Main.get... methods)
+        Metrics metrics = new Metrics(this, 15923);
+
         //first get an instance of all the classes that need to be passed along to different classes
         ConfigHandler config = new ConfigHandler(this);
         OfflinePlayerHandler offlinePlayerHandler = new OfflinePlayerHandler();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStats.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStats.java
index 024f1de..b4c2586 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStats.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStats.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public interface PlayerStats {
      Adventure's TextComponents, you can call this method to turn any stat-result into a String.
      @return a String representation of this TextComponent, without color and style, but with line-breaks*/
     default String statResultComponentToString(TextComponent statResult) {
-        return LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().build().serialize(statResult);
+        return LegacyComponentSerializer.builder().hexColors().useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat().build().serialize(statResult);
     }
 
     /** Get a formatted player-statistic of Statistic.Type UNTYPED.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStatsAPI.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStatsAPI.java
index 43c7ce8..82951ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStatsAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/api/PlayerStatsAPI.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.enums.Target;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.models.StatRequest;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.statistic.RequestManager;
 import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.statistic.StatManager;
+import com.gmail.artemis.the.gr8.playerstats.utils.MyLogger;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.Statistic;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public final class PlayerStatsAPI implements PlayerStats {
                                                 @Nullable Material material, @Nullable EntityType entity, @Nullable String playerName) throws NullPointerException {
         StatRequest request = requestManager.generateRequest(selection, statistic, material, entity, playerName);
         if (requestManager.validateAPIRequest(request)) {
+            MyLogger.logMsg("API is being called! We are calculating a " + selection + "for " + statistic);
             switch (selection) {
                 case PLAYER -> {
                     int stat = statManager.getPlayerStat(request);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/msg/msgutils/EasterEggProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/msg/msgutils/EasterEggProvider.java
index 3bd77b3..7a66f1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/msg/msgutils/EasterEggProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/artemis/the/gr8/playerstats/msg/msgutils/EasterEggProvider.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public final class EasterEggProvider {
             }
             case "46dd0c5a-2b51-4ee6-80e8-29deca6dedc1" -> {
                 if (sillyNumberIsBetween(sillyNumber, 0, 20)) {
-                    playerName = "<papi:luckperms_prefix><gradient:#f74040:#FF6600:#f74040>fire demon</gradient>";
+                    playerName = "<gradient:#f74040:#FF6600:#f74040>fire demon</gradient>";
                 }
                 else if (sillyNumberIsBetween(sillyNumber, 69, 69)) {
                     playerName = "<gradient:blue:#b01bd1:blue>best admin</gradient>";