diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d02bafae..f0eacdba6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.10</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<powermock.version>1.7.4</powermock.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/addons/AddonClassLoader.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/addons/AddonClassLoader.java
index 5689df7a0..56f5bc886 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/addons/AddonClassLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/addons/AddonClassLoader.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package world.bentobox.bentobox.api.addons;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class AddonClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
             MalformedURLException,
             InvalidDescriptionException,
             InstantiationException,
-            IllegalAccessException {
+            IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
         super(new URL[]{path.toURI().toURL()}, parent);
 
         loader = addonsManager;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class AddonClassLoader extends URLClassLoader {
             throw new InvalidAddonInheritException("Main class doesn't not extends super class 'Addon'");
         }
 
-        addon = addonClass.newInstance();
+        addon = addonClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
         addon.setDescription(asDescription(data));
         // Set permissions
         if (data.isConfigurationSection("permissions")) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/configuration/Config.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/configuration/Config.java
index ab27a83b1..a3fa4b52d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/configuration/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/configuration/Config.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public class Config<T> {
         try {
             result = handler.loadObjects();
         } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException
-                | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException e) {
+                | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException
+                | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
             logger.severe(() -> "Could not load config! Error: " + e.getMessage());
         }
         return result;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class Config<T> {
         try {
             return handler.loadObject(uniqueId);
         } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException
-                | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException e) {
+                | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
             logger.severe(() -> "Could not load config object! " + e.getMessage());
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
index cc07ad892..eeab806d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/AbstractDatabaseHandler.java
@@ -48,16 +48,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
     /**
      * Loads all the records in this table and returns a list of them
      * @return list of <T>
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      */
-    public abstract List<T> loadObjects() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException;
+    public abstract List<T> loadObjects() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException;
 
     /**
      * Creates a <T> filled with values from the corresponding
      * database file
      * @param uniqueId - unique ID
      * @return <T>
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      */
-    public abstract T loadObject(String uniqueId) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException;
+    public abstract T loadObject(String uniqueId) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException;
 
     /**
      * Save T into the corresponding database
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/Database.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/Database.java
index 6bb652674..f10ab3a9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/Database.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/Database.java
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public class Database<T> {
         try {
             result = handler.loadObjects();
         } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException
-                | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException e) {
+                | InvocationTargetException | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException
+                | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
             logger.severe(() -> "Could not load objects from database! Error: " + e.getMessage());
         }
         return result;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public class Database<T> {
         try {
             result = handler.loadObject(uniqueId);
         } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException
-                | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException e) {
+                | ClassNotFoundException | IntrospectionException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
             logger.severe(() -> "Could not load object from database! " + e.getMessage());
         }
         return result;
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/ConfigHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/ConfigHandler.java
index 74cc7d5a1..7fe13201e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/ConfigHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/ConfigHandler.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ConfigHandler<T> extends FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> {
         saveObject(instance);
     }
 
-    public T loadSettings(String uniqueId, T dbConfig) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException {
+    public T loadSettings(String uniqueId, T dbConfig) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
         if (dbConfig == null) {
             return loadObject(uniqueId);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/FlatFileDatabaseHandler.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/FlatFileDatabaseHandler.java
index 7e246b740..1bf91cb29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/FlatFileDatabaseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/flatfile/FlatFileDatabaseHandler.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> extends AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
      * @see world.bentobox.bentobox.database.AbstractDatabaseHandler#loadObject(java.lang.String)
      */
     @Override
-    public T loadObject(String key) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException {
+    public T loadObject(String key) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
         // Objects are loaded from a folder named after the simple name of the class being stored
         String path = DATABASE_FOLDER_NAME + File.separator + dataObject.getSimpleName();
         // This path and key can be overridden by the StoreAt annotation in the code
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> extends AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
      * @see world.bentobox.bentobox.database.AbstractDatabaseHandler#loadObjects()
      */
     @Override
-    public List<T> loadObjects() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException {
+    public List<T> loadObjects() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
         // In this case, all the objects of a specific type are being loaded.
         List<T> list = new ArrayList<>();
         // Look for any files that end in .yml in the folder
@@ -135,10 +135,13 @@ public class FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> extends AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
      * @param config - YAML config file
      *
      * @return <T> filled with values
+     * @throws SecurityException
+     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
      */
-    private T createObject(YamlConfiguration config) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, IntrospectionException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException {
+    private T createObject(YamlConfiguration config) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, IntrospectionException, InvocationTargetException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, SecurityException {
         // Create a new instance of the dataObject of type T (which can be any class)
-        T instance = dataObject.newInstance();
+        T instance = dataObject.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
 
         // Run through all the fields in the object
         for (Field field : dataObject.getDeclaredFields()) {
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ public class FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> extends AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
                 // Get the original value to be stored
                 Object value = config.get(storageLocation);
                 // Invoke the deserialization on this value
-                method.invoke(instance, ((AdapterInterface<?,?>)adapterNotation.value().newInstance()).deserialize(value));
+                method.invoke(instance, ((AdapterInterface<?,?>)adapterNotation.value().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance()).deserialize(value));
                 // We are done here. If a custom adapter was defined, the rest of this method does not need to be run
                 continue;
             }
@@ -354,8 +357,8 @@ public class FlatFileDatabaseHandler<T> extends AbstractDatabaseHandler<T> {
             if (adapterNotation != null && AdapterInterface.class.isAssignableFrom(adapterNotation.value())) {
                 // A conversion adapter has been defined
                 try {
-                    config.set(storageLocation, ((AdapterInterface<?,?>)adapterNotation.value().newInstance()).serialize(value));
-                } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+                    config.set(storageLocation, ((AdapterInterface<?,?>)adapterNotation.value().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance()).serialize(value));
+                } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalArgumentException | NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException e) {
                     plugin.logError("Could not instatiate adapter " + adapterNotation.value().getName() + " " + e.getMessage());
                 }
                 // We are done here
diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/mysql/MySQLDatabaseConnector.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/mysql/MySQLDatabaseConnector.java
index 45a7a0aa7..14184c55e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/mysql/MySQLDatabaseConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/database/mysql/MySQLDatabaseConnector.java
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ public class MySQLDatabaseConnector implements DatabaseConnector {
     public MySQLDatabaseConnector(DatabaseConnectionSettingsImpl dbSettings) {
         this.dbSettings = dbSettings;
         try {
-            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
+            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Bukkit.getLogger().severe("Could not instantiate JDBC driver! " + e.getMessage());
         }
-        // jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/Peoples?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false
-        connectionUrl = "jdbc:mysql://" + dbSettings.getHost() + ":" + dbSettings.getPort() + "/" + dbSettings.getDatabaseName() + "?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false&allowMultiQueries=true";
+        connectionUrl = "jdbc:mysql://" + dbSettings.getHost() + ":" + dbSettings.getPort() + "/" + dbSettings.getDatabaseName()
+        + "?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false&allowMultiQueries=true";
     }
 
     @Override