diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 424c581..66ae93a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 
     <groupId>net.noodles.pl</groupId>
     <artifactId>NoPluginsCommand</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2</version>
+    <version>1.4</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>NoPluginsCommand</name>
 
     <description>Blocks /plugin, /about, /version, and more!</description>
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
     <url>https://bghddevelopment.com</url>
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>papermc-repo</id>
-            <url>https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/</url>
-        </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>sonatype</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</url>
@@ -70,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.21.3-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/Color.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/Color.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b3b78bc..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/Color.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand;
-
-import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-public class Color {
-
-    public static String translate(String source) {
-        return ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', source);
-    }
-
-    public static String translate(String player, String source) {
-        source = translate(source);
-        return translate(source);
-    }
-
-    public static List<String> translate(List<String> source) {
-        return source.stream().map(Color::translate).collect(Collectors.toList());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/NoPluginsCommand.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/NoPluginsCommand.java
index 923813d..2fa3253 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/NoPluginsCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/NoPluginsCommand.java
@@ -1,85 +1,26 @@
 package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand;
 
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.listener.CommandListener;
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.listener.ServerCommandsListener;
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.util.UpdateChecker;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
-import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
-import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
 public final class NoPluginsCommand extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
 
-    @Override
-    public void onEnable() {
-        getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, this);
-        updateCheck(Bukkit.getConsoleSender());
+    public static JavaPlugin getPlugin() {
+        return plugin;
     }
 
+    private static JavaPlugin plugin;
 
-    public void updateCheck(CommandSender sender) {
-        try {
-            String urlString = "https://updatecheck.bghddevelopment.com";
-            URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
-            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
-            connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0");
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
-            String input;
-            StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
-            while ((input = reader.readLine()) != null) {
-                response.append(input);
-            }
-            reader.close();
-            JsonObject object = new JsonParser().parse(response.toString()).getAsJsonObject();
-
-            if (object.has("plugins")) {
-                JsonObject plugins = object.get("plugins").getAsJsonObject();
-                JsonObject info = plugins.get("NoPluginCommand").getAsJsonObject();
-                String version = info.get("version").getAsString();
-                if (version.equals(getDescription().getVersion())) {
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&aNoPluginCommand is on the latest version."));
-                } else {
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate(""));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate(""));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&cYour NoPluginCommand version is out of date!"));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&cWe recommend updating ASAP!"));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate(""));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&cYour Version: &e" + getDescription().getVersion()));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&aNewest Version: &e" + version));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate(""));
-                    sender.sendMessage(Color.translate(""));
-                    return;
-                }
-                return;
-            } else {
-                sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&cWrong response from update API, contact plugin developer!"));
-                return;
-            }
-        } catch (
-                Exception ex) {
-            sender.sendMessage(Color.translate("&cFailed to get updater check. (" + ex.getMessage() + ")"));
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @EventHandler
-    public void onCommandUse(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event) {
-        List<String> commands = Arrays.asList("?", "pl", "about", "version", "ver", "plugins", "bukkit:?", "bukkit:pl", "bukkit:about", "bukkit:version", "bukkit:ver", "bukkit:plugins", "minecraft:pl", "minecraft:plugins", "minecraft:about", "minecraft:version", "minecraft:ver");
-        commands.forEach(all -> {
-         String[] arrCommand = event.getMessage().toLowerCase().split(" ", 2);
-         if (arrCommand[0].equalsIgnoreCase("/" + all.toLowerCase())) {
-             event.setCancelled(true);
-         }
-        });
+    @Override
+    public void onEnable() {
+        plugin = this;
+        getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new CommandListener(), this);
+        getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new ServerCommandsListener(), this);
+        UpdateChecker.updateCheck(Bukkit.getConsoleSender());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/CommandListener.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/CommandListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f46208c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/CommandListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.listener;
+
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.util.CommandSet;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent;
+
+public class CommandListener implements Listener {
+
+    @EventHandler
+    public void onCommandUse(PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event) {
+        if (event.getPlayer().hasPermission("nopluginscommand.bypass"))
+            return;
+
+        String command = event.getMessage().split(" ", 2)[0].substring(1).toLowerCase();
+        if (CommandSet.set.contains(command))
+            event.setCancelled(true);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/ServerCommandsListener.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/ServerCommandsListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ef7f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/listener/ServerCommandsListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.listener;
+
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.util.CommandSet;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerCommandSendEvent;
+
+public class ServerCommandsListener implements Listener {
+
+    @EventHandler
+    public void onServerCommandSend(PlayerCommandSendEvent event) {
+        if (event.getPlayer().hasPermission("nopluginscommand.bypass"))
+            return;
+
+        event.getCommands().removeAll(CommandSet.set);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/CommandSet.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/CommandSet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f72aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/CommandSet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.util;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class CommandSet {
+
+    public static final HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("?", "pl", "about", "version", "ver", "plugins", "bukkit:?", "bukkit:pl", "bukkit:about", "bukkit:version", "bukkit:ver", "bukkit:plugins", "minecraft:pl", "minecraft:plugins", "minecraft:about", "minecraft:version", "minecraft:ver"));
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/UpdateChecker.java b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/UpdateChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8165bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/noodles/pl/nopluginscommand/util/UpdateChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.util;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.NoPluginsCommand;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitRunnable;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public class UpdateChecker {
+
+    public static void updateCheck(CommandSender sender) {
+        new BukkitRunnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    String urlString = "https://updatecheck.bghddevelopment.com";
+                    URL url = URI.create(urlString).toURL();
+                    HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+                    connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+                    connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0");
+                    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
+                    String input;
+                    StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
+                    while ((input = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                        response.append(input);
+                    }
+                    reader.close();
+                    JsonObject object = JsonParser.parseString(response.toString()).getAsJsonObject();
+
+                    if (object.has("plugins")) {
+                        JsonObject plugins = object.get("plugins").getAsJsonObject();
+                        JsonObject info = plugins.get("NoPluginCommand").getAsJsonObject();
+                        String version = info.get("version").getAsString();
+                        if (version.equals(NoPluginsCommand.getPlugin().getDescription().getVersion())) {
+                            sender.sendMessage("§aNoPluginCommand is on the latest version.");
+                        } else {
+                            sender.sendMessage("");
+                            sender.sendMessage("");
+                            sender.sendMessage("§cYour NoPluginCommand version is out of date!");
+                            sender.sendMessage("§cWe recommend updating ASAP!");
+                            sender.sendMessage("");
+                            sender.sendMessage("§cYour Version: §e" + NoPluginsCommand.getPlugin().getDescription().getVersion());
+                            sender.sendMessage("§aNewest Version: §e" + version);
+                            sender.sendMessage("");
+                            sender.sendMessage("");
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        sender.sendMessage("§cWrong response from update API, contact plugin developer!");
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    sender.sendMessage("§cFailed to get updater check. (" + ex.getMessage() + ")");
+                }
+            }
+        }.runTaskAsynchronously(NoPluginsCommand.getPlugin());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index da7d029..00c6e5c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 name: NoPluginsCommand
-version: 1.2
+version: ${project.version}
 main: net.noodles.pl.nopluginscommand.NoPluginsCommand
 authors: [BGHDDevelopmentLLC]
 description: Blocks /plugin, /about, /version, and more!
 website: https://bghddevelopment.com
-api-version: 1.18
+api-version: 1.20
+permissions:
+  nopluginscommand.bypass:
+    default: false
+    description: allows access to forbidden commands