diff --git a/velocity/pom.xml b/velocity/pom.xml
index 232fc97a4..50d9a28d5 100644
--- a/velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/velocity/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>viaversion-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>us.myles</groupId>
-        <version>1.6.1-18w43c</version>
+        <version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/VelocityPlugin.java b/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/VelocityPlugin.java
index d01d0e6c5..f16cad720 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/VelocityPlugin.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/VelocityPlugin.java
@@ -87,12 +87,14 @@ public class VelocityPlugin implements ViaPlatform<Player> {
 
     @Override
     public String getPlatformName() {
-        return "Velocity";
+        String proxyImpl = ProxyServer.class.getPackage().getImplementationTitle();
+        return (proxyImpl != null) ? proxyImpl : "Velocity";
     }
 
     @Override
     public String getPlatformVersion() {
-        return ProxyServer.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
+        String version = ProxyServer.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
+        return (version != null) ? version : "Unknown";
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/platform/VelocityViaLoader.java b/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/platform/VelocityViaLoader.java
index ff2ff10f1..f81447437 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/platform/VelocityViaLoader.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/velocity/platform/VelocityViaLoader.java
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ public class VelocityViaLoader implements ViaPlatformLoader {
         Via.getManager().getProviders().use(VersionProvider.class, new VelocityVersionProvider());
         // We probably don't need a EntityIdProvider because velocity sends a Join packet on server change
 
-        VelocityPlugin.PROXY.getEventManager().register(
-                plugin,
-                new UpdateListener());
-        Via.getPlatform().runRepeatingSync(
-                new ProtocolDetectorService(),
-                ((VelocityViaConfig) Via.getPlatform().getConf()).getVelocityPingInterval() * 50L);
+        VelocityPlugin.PROXY.getEventManager().register(plugin, new UpdateListener());
         VelocityPlugin.PROXY.getEventManager().register(plugin, new VelocityServerHandler());
         VelocityPlugin.PROXY.getEventManager().register(plugin, new MainHandPatch());
         VelocityPlugin.PROXY.getEventManager().register(plugin, new ElytraPatch());
+
+        int pingInterval = ((VelocityViaConfig) Via.getPlatform().getConf()).getVelocityPingInterval();
+        if (pingInterval > 0) {
+            Via.getPlatform().runRepeatingSync(
+                    new ProtocolDetectorService(),
+                    pingInterval * 20L);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override