diff --git a/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/ChannelInjector.java b/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/ChannelInjector.java
index 8280879d..2df7f485 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/ChannelInjector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/ChannelInjector.java
@@ -79,11 +79,15 @@ public class ChannelInjector extends ByteToMessageDecoder implements Injector {
 	// Versioning
 	private static Class<?> PACKET_SET_PROTOCOL = null;
 
-	private static final AtomicInteger keyId = new AtomicInteger();
-	private static final AttributeKey<Integer> PROTOCOL_KEY;
+	private static AtomicInteger keyId = new AtomicInteger();
+	private static AttributeKey<Integer> PROTOCOL_KEY;
 
 	static {
-		PROTOCOL_KEY = AttributeKey.valueOf("PROTOCOL-" + keyId.getAndIncrement());
+		try {
+			PROTOCOL_KEY = AttributeKey.valueOf("PROTOCOL-" + keyId.getAndIncrement());
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("Encountered an error caused by a reload! Please properly restart your server!", ex);
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Saved accessors
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/PipelineProxy.java b/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/PipelineProxy.java
index fdb86b2a..91c67e35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/PipelineProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/injector/netty/PipelineProxy.java
@@ -22,12 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
-import io.netty.channel.Channel;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
+import io.netty.channel.*;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.EventExecutorGroup;
 
 /**