From 05eef0f8ef4177ebea6bcde029b43fdcce6c12c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tastybento <tastybento@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:18:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for #2446 that showed console error when player joined.

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 .../world/bentobox/bentobox/managers/PlayersManager.java  | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/managers/PlayersManager.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/managers/PlayersManager.java
index 47c27bea9..dd5dd9bb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/managers/PlayersManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/managers/PlayersManager.java
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ public class PlayersManager {
         Objects.requireNonNull(playerUUID, "Player UUID must not be null");
 
         // If the player exists in the database, load it; otherwise, create and save a new player
-        Players player = loadPlayer(playerUUID);
-        if (player != null) {
-            return player;
+        if (handler.objectExists(playerUUID.toString())) {
+            Players p = loadPlayer(playerUUID);
+            if (p != null) {
+                return p;
+            }
         }
         Players newPlayer = new Players(plugin, playerUUID);
         handler.saveObjectAsync(newPlayer);