diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6306671..5184970 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ For a full user guide go to the [Usage for Players](#usage-for-players-gui) sect
 
 ## Supported Client versions
 - Release (1.7.2 - 1.21.1)
+- April Fools (3D Shareware)
 - Bedrock Edition (Requires the [Geyser plugin](https://geysermc.org/download))
 - Beta 1.7.3 (Requires the [Beta2Release plugin](https://github.com/ViaVersionAddons/ViaProxyBeta2Release))
 - Classic, Alpha, Beta, Release 1.0 - 1.6.4 (Only passthrough)
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/impl/ViaProxyVLPipeline.java b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/impl/ViaProxyVLPipeline.java
index 4931ba9..ee8b477 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/impl/ViaProxyVLPipeline.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/impl/ViaProxyVLPipeline.java
@@ -18,15 +18,14 @@
 package net.raphimc.viaproxy.protocoltranslator.impl;
 
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.connection.UserConnection;
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.protocol.version.ProtocolVersion;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
 import net.raphimc.netminecraft.constants.MCPipeline;
 import net.raphimc.vialoader.netty.VLPipeline;
 
 public class ViaProxyVLPipeline extends VLPipeline {
 
-    public ViaProxyVLPipeline(UserConnection user, ProtocolVersion version) {
-        super(user, version);
+    public ViaProxyVLPipeline(final UserConnection user) {
+        super(user);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/providers/ViaProxyVersionProvider.java b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/providers/ViaProxyVersionProvider.java
index d4640f0..1600d18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/providers/ViaProxyVersionProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/protocoltranslator/providers/ViaProxyVersionProvider.java
@@ -19,17 +19,34 @@ package net.raphimc.viaproxy.protocoltranslator.providers;
 
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.connection.UserConnection;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.protocol.version.ProtocolVersion;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.protocol.version.VersionType;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocol.RedirectProtocolVersion;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocol.version.BaseVersionProvider;
 import net.raphimc.viaproxy.proxy.session.ProxyConnection;
 
 public class ViaProxyVersionProvider extends BaseVersionProvider {
 
     @Override
-    public ProtocolVersion getClosestServerProtocol(UserConnection connection) throws Exception {
+    public ProtocolVersion getClientProtocol(UserConnection connection) {
+        final ProtocolVersion clientProtocol = connection.getProtocolInfo().protocolVersion();
+        if (clientProtocol.getVersionType() == VersionType.SPECIAL && ProtocolVersion.isRegistered(VersionType.SPECIAL, clientProtocol.getOriginalVersion())) {
+            return ProtocolVersion.getProtocol(VersionType.SPECIAL, clientProtocol.getOriginalVersion());
+        } else {
+            return super.getClientProtocol(connection);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ProtocolVersion getClosestServerProtocol(UserConnection connection) {
+        final ProtocolVersion clientProtocol = connection.getProtocolInfo().protocolVersion();
         if (connection.isClientSide()) {
             return ProxyConnection.fromUserConnection(connection).getServerVersion();
+        } else if (clientProtocol.getVersionType() == VersionType.RELEASE) {
+            return clientProtocol;
+        } else if (clientProtocol instanceof RedirectProtocolVersion redirectProtocolVersion) {
+            return redirectProtocolVersion.getOrigin();
         } else {
-            return super.getClosestServerProtocol(connection);
+            return ProtocolVersion.v1_7_2;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyChannelInitializer.java b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyChannelInitializer.java
index 6ab1b47..bbb3c65 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyChannelInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyChannelInitializer.java
@@ -17,15 +17,21 @@
  */
 package net.raphimc.viaproxy.proxy.client2proxy;
 
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.connection.UserConnection;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.connection.UserConnectionImpl;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocol.ProtocolPipelineImpl;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.haproxy.HAProxyMessageDecoder;
 import net.raphimc.netminecraft.constants.MCPipeline;
+import net.raphimc.netminecraft.netty.codec.NoReadFlowControlHandler;
 import net.raphimc.netminecraft.netty.connection.MinecraftChannelInitializer;
 import net.raphimc.netminecraft.packet.registry.DefaultPacketRegistry;
+import net.raphimc.vialoader.netty.VLPipeline;
 import net.raphimc.viaproxy.ViaProxy;
 import net.raphimc.viaproxy.plugins.events.Client2ProxyChannelInitializeEvent;
 import net.raphimc.viaproxy.plugins.events.types.ITyped;
+import net.raphimc.viaproxy.protocoltranslator.impl.ViaProxyVLPipeline;
 import net.raphimc.viaproxy.proxy.client2proxy.passthrough.LegacyPassthroughInitialHandler;
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -58,6 +64,11 @@ public class Client2ProxyChannelInitializer extends MinecraftChannelInitializer
         super.initChannel(channel);
         channel.attr(MCPipeline.PACKET_REGISTRY_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).set(new DefaultPacketRegistry(false, -1));
 
+        final UserConnection user = new UserConnectionImpl(channel, false);
+        new ProtocolPipelineImpl(user);
+        channel.pipeline().addLast(new ViaProxyVLPipeline(user));
+        channel.pipeline().addAfter(VLPipeline.VIA_CODEC_NAME, "via-" + MCPipeline.FLOW_CONTROL_HANDLER_NAME, new NoReadFlowControlHandler());
+
         if (ViaProxy.EVENT_MANAGER.call(new Client2ProxyChannelInitializeEvent(ITyped.Type.POST, channel, false)).isCancelled()) {
             channel.close();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyHandler.java
index 88bca92..6d05023 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/client2proxy/Client2ProxyHandler.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class Client2ProxyHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Packet> {
         this.proxyConnection.setClientVersion(clientVersion);
         this.proxyConnection.setC2pConnectionState(packet.intendedState.getConnectionState());
 
-        if (!clientVersion.isKnown()) {
+        if (!ProtocolVersion.isRegistered(clientVersion.getVersionType(), clientVersion.getOriginalVersion())) {
             this.proxyConnection.kickClient("§cYour client version is not supported by ViaProxy!");
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/proxy2server/Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer.java b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/proxy2server/Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer.java
index 9850d36..9c159a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/proxy2server/Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/raphimc/viaproxy/proxy/proxy2server/Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer.java
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ public class Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer extends MinecraftChannelInitializer
 
         final ProxyConnection proxyConnection = ProxyConnection.fromChannel(channel);
 
-        final UserConnection user = new UserConnectionImpl(channel, true);
-        new ProtocolPipelineImpl(user);
-        proxyConnection.setUserConnection(user);
-
         if (ViaProxy.getConfig().getBackendProxyUrl() != null && !proxyConnection.getServerVersion().equals(BedrockProtocolVersion.bedrockLatest)) {
             channel.pipeline().addLast(VIAPROXY_PROXY_HANDLER_NAME, this.getProxyHandler());
         }
@@ -76,7 +72,10 @@ public class Proxy2ServerChannelInitializer extends MinecraftChannelInitializer
         super.initChannel(channel);
         channel.attr(MCPipeline.PACKET_REGISTRY_ATTRIBUTE_KEY).set(new DefaultPacketRegistry(true, proxyConnection.getClientVersion().getVersion()));
 
-        channel.pipeline().addLast(new ViaProxyVLPipeline(user, proxyConnection.getServerVersion()));
+        final UserConnection user = new UserConnectionImpl(channel, true);
+        new ProtocolPipelineImpl(user);
+        proxyConnection.setUserConnection(user);
+        channel.pipeline().addLast(new ViaProxyVLPipeline(user));
         channel.pipeline().addAfter(VLPipeline.VIA_CODEC_NAME, "via-" + MCPipeline.FLOW_CONTROL_HANDLER_NAME, new NoReadFlowControlHandler());
         if (proxyConnection.getServerVersion().equals(BedrockProtocolVersion.bedrockLatest)) {
             channel.pipeline().remove(MCPipeline.COMPRESSION_HANDLER_NAME);