diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42c18431f..d2e786532 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
     <artifactId>PlotSquared</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.19</version>
+    <version>3.0.1</version>
     <name>PlotSquared</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listeners/PlayerEvents.java b/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listeners/PlayerEvents.java
index af26d8cbc..3976cb286 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listeners/PlayerEvents.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listeners/PlayerEvents.java
@@ -749,8 +749,10 @@ public class PlayerEvents extends com.plotsquared.listener.PlotListener implemen
                 WEManager.bypass.add(pp.getName());
             }
         }
-        ((BukkitPlayer) player).hasPerm = new HashSet<>();
-        ((BukkitPlayer) player).noPerm = new HashSet<>();
+        if (Settings.PERMISSION_CACHING) {
+            ((BukkitPlayer) pp).hasPerm = new HashSet<>();
+            ((BukkitPlayer) pp).noPerm = new HashSet<>();
+        }
     }
 
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST, ignoreCancelled = true)