diff --git a/src/main/java/com/connorlinfoot/actionbarapi/ActionBarAPI.java b/src/main/java/com/connorlinfoot/actionbarapi/ActionBarAPI.java
index ef3d892..202cada 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/connorlinfoot/actionbarapi/ActionBarAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/connorlinfoot/actionbarapi/ActionBarAPI.java
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 
 public class ActionBarAPI extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
@@ -36,10 +38,60 @@ public void onEnable() {
             useOldMethods = true;
         }
 
+        try {
+            init();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
         console.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + getDescription().getName() + " V" + getDescription().getVersion() + " has been enabled!");
         Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(clUpdate, this);
     }
 
+
+    private static Class<?> craftPlayerClass, packetPlayOutChatClass, packetClass, chatSerializerClass,
+            iChatBaseComponentClass, chatComponentTextClass, chatMessageTypeClass;
+    private static Method m3;
+    private static Constructor<?> chatComponentTextConstructor;
+    //Depending on the version this is the constructor using chatMessageType or byte
+    private static Constructor<?> packetPlayOutChatConstructor;
+    private static Method craftPlayerHandleMethod;
+    private static Field playerConnectionField;
+
+    private static Object chatMessageType = null;
+
+    //Initialize reflections
+    private static void init() throws ClassNotFoundException, NoSuchMethodException, NoSuchFieldException {
+        craftPlayerClass = Class.forName("org.bukkit.craftbukkit." + nmsver + ".entity.CraftPlayer");
+        packetPlayOutChatClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".PacketPlayOutChat");
+        packetClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".Packet");
+
+        chatSerializerClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatSerializer");
+        iChatBaseComponentClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".IChatBaseComponent");
+        m3 = chatSerializerClass.getDeclaredMethod("a", String.class);
+
+        chatComponentTextClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatComponentText");
+        chatComponentTextConstructor = chatComponentTextClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{String.class});
+
+        try {
+            chatMessageTypeClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatMessageType");
+            Object[] chatMessageTypes = chatMessageTypeClass.getEnumConstants();
+            for (Object obj : chatMessageTypes) {
+                if (obj.toString().equals("GAME_INFO")) {
+                    chatMessageType = obj;
+                }
+            }
+
+            packetPlayOutChatConstructor = packetPlayOutChatClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{iChatBaseComponentClass, chatMessageTypeClass});
+        }catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            //Fallback
+            packetPlayOutChatConstructor = packetPlayOutChatClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{iChatBaseComponentClass, byte.class});
+        }
+
+        craftPlayerHandleMethod = craftPlayerClass.getDeclaredMethod("getHandle");
+        playerConnectionField = craftPlayerClass.getDeclaredField("playerConnection");
+    }
+
     public static void sendActionBar(Player player, String message) {
         if (!player.isOnline()) {
             return; // Player may have logged out
@@ -52,39 +104,22 @@ public static void sendActionBar(Player player, String message) {
             return;
 
         try {
-            Class<?> craftPlayerClass = Class.forName("org.bukkit.craftbukkit." + nmsver + ".entity.CraftPlayer");
             Object craftPlayer = craftPlayerClass.cast(player);
             Object packet;
-            Class<?> packetPlayOutChatClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".PacketPlayOutChat");
-            Class<?> packetClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".Packet");
+
             if (useOldMethods) {
-                Class<?> chatSerializerClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatSerializer");
-                Class<?> iChatBaseComponentClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".IChatBaseComponent");
-                Method m3 = chatSerializerClass.getDeclaredMethod("a", String.class);
                 Object cbc = iChatBaseComponentClass.cast(m3.invoke(chatSerializerClass, "{\"text\": \"" + message + "\"}"));
                 packet = packetPlayOutChatClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{iChatBaseComponentClass, byte.class}).newInstance(cbc, (byte) 2);
             } else {
-                Class<?> chatComponentTextClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatComponentText");
-                Class<?> iChatBaseComponentClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".IChatBaseComponent");
-                try {
-                    Class<?> chatMessageTypeClass = Class.forName("net.minecraft.server." + nmsver + ".ChatMessageType");
-                    Object[] chatMessageTypes = chatMessageTypeClass.getEnumConstants();
-                    Object chatMessageType = null;
-                    for (Object obj : chatMessageTypes) {
-                        if (obj.toString().equals("GAME_INFO")) {
-                            chatMessageType = obj;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Object chatCompontentText = chatComponentTextClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{String.class}).newInstance(message);
-                    packet = packetPlayOutChatClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{iChatBaseComponentClass, chatMessageTypeClass}).newInstance(chatCompontentText, chatMessageType);
-                } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
-                    Object chatCompontentText = chatComponentTextClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{String.class}).newInstance(message);
-                    packet = packetPlayOutChatClass.getConstructor(new Class<?>[]{iChatBaseComponentClass, byte.class}).newInstance(chatCompontentText, (byte) 2);
+                Object chatComponentText = chatComponentTextConstructor.newInstance(message);
+                if (chatMessageTypeClass == null) {
+                    packet = packetPlayOutChatConstructor.newInstance(chatComponentText, chatMessageType);
+                }else{
+                    packet = packetPlayOutChatConstructor.newInstance(chatComponentText, (byte) 2);
                 }
             }
-            Method craftPlayerHandleMethod = craftPlayerClass.getDeclaredMethod("getHandle");
+
             Object craftPlayerHandle = craftPlayerHandleMethod.invoke(craftPlayer);
-            Field playerConnectionField = craftPlayerHandle.getClass().getDeclaredField("playerConnection");
             Object playerConnection = playerConnectionField.get(craftPlayerHandle);
             Method sendPacketMethod = playerConnection.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("sendPacket", packetClass);
             sendPacketMethod.invoke(playerConnection, packet);