diff --git a/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java b/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
index c9bfdbc..83ccd3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class CompressionCodec extends MessageToMessageCodec<ByteBuf, ByteBuf> {
 	// stolen from Krypton (GPL) and modified
 	// https://github.com/astei/krypton/blob/master/src/main/java/me/steinborn/krypton/mod/shared/network/compression/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
-	private static final int VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MiB
-	private static final int HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16MiB
-	private static final int UNCOMPRESSED_CAP = java.lang.Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.increased-compression-cap") ? HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE : VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE;
+	private static final int UNCOMPRESSED_CAP = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MiB
 	private final int threshold;
 	private VelocityCompressor compressor;
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/viaversion/aas/Util.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/viaversion/aas/Util.kt
index e0584b9..437e79d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/viaversion/aas/Util.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/viaversion/aas/Util.kt
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ fun sha512Hex(data: ByteArray): String {
 
 fun eventLoopGroup(): EventLoopGroup {
     return when {
-        //IOUring.isAvailable() -> IOUringEventLoopGroup() // experimental
+        System.getProperty("com.viaversion.aas.io_uring").toBoolean()
+                && IOUring.isAvailable() -> IOUringEventLoopGroup() // experimental
         Epoll.isAvailable() -> EpollEventLoopGroup()
         KQueue.isAvailable() -> KQueueEventLoopGroup()
         else -> NioEventLoopGroup()