diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotHandler.java
index 6141a1bb9..bc2d48805 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotHandler.java
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
-
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.PS;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.database.DBFunc;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.MainUtil;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.UUIDHandler;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class PlotHandler {
     public static HashSet<UUID> getOwners(final Plot plot) {
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ public class PlotHandler {
         if (!plot.isMerged()) {
             return false;
         }
-        for (Plot current : MainUtil.getConnectedPlots(plot)) {
+        Set<Plot> plots;
+        synchronized (Bukkit.getServer()) {
+            plots = MainUtil.getConnectedPlots(plot);
+        }
+        for (Plot current : plots) {
             if (current.owner.equals(uuid)) {
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/MainUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/MainUtil.java
index 7671b5cd6..e60c86147 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/MainUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/MainUtil.java
@@ -20,23 +20,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 package com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util;
 
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.ArrayDeque;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.BiMap;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.PS;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.config.C;
@@ -44,24 +27,16 @@ import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.config.Settings;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.database.DBFunc;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.flag.Flag;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.flag.FlagManager;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.BlockLoc;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.ChunkLoc;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.ConsolePlayer;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.Location;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.Plot;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotBlock;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotCluster;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotId;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotManager;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotPlayer;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotSettings;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotWorld;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PseudoRandom;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.RegionWrapper;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.RunnableVal;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.StringWrapper;
+import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.*;
 import com.plotsquared.listener.PlotListener;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+
 /**
  * plot functions
  *
@@ -2415,7 +2390,7 @@ public class MainUtil {
     public static HashSet<Plot> connected_cache;
     public static HashSet<RegionWrapper> regions_cache;
     
-    public static HashSet<Plot> getConnectedPlots(Plot plot) {
+    public static synchronized HashSet<Plot> getConnectedPlots(Plot plot) {
         if (plot == null) {
             return null;
         }