diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73c42e2..ba78f59 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.cnaude.essentials</groupId>
             <artifactId>essentials</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14</version>
+            <version>2.14.1.3</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
index a021635..2b5ca09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/ChatTokenizer.java
@@ -628,7 +628,12 @@ public class ChatTokenizer {
         String gSuffix = plugin.getGroupSuffix(player);
         String group = plugin.getPlayerGroup(player);
         String displayName = player.getDisplayName();
-        String playerIP = player.getAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress();
+        String playerIP = "";
+        try {
+            player.getAddress().getAddress().getHostAddress();
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            plugin.logDebug(ex.getMessage());
+        }
         String host = plugin.getPlayerHost(playerIP);
         String worldName = "";
         String worldAlias = "";