diff --git a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/NickoBukkit.java b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/NickoBukkit.java
index 4e11825..8e41f13 100644
--- a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/NickoBukkit.java
+++ b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/NickoBukkit.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import net.artelnatif.nicko.i18n.LocaleManager;
 import net.artelnatif.nicko.impl.Internals;
 import net.artelnatif.nicko.impl.InternalsProvider;
 import net.artelnatif.nicko.mojang.MojangAPI;
-import net.artelnatif.nicko.pluginchannel.UpdateMessageHandler;
+import net.artelnatif.nicko.pluginchannel.PluginMessageHandler;
 import net.artelnatif.nicko.storage.PlayerDataStore;
 import net.artelnatif.nicko.utils.ServerUtils;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ public class NickoBukkit extends JavaPlugin {
                 getLogger().warning("Failed to open persistence, data will NOT be saved!");
             }
 
+            ServerUtils.checkSpigotBungeeCordHook();
             if (nickoConfiguration.isBungeecordEnabled()) {
-                getLogger().info("Enabling Bungeecord support...");
                 if (ServerUtils.checkBungeeCordHook()) {
-                    getServer().getMessenger().registerIncomingPluginChannel(this, NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE, new UpdateMessageHandler());
+                    getLogger().info("Enabling BungeeCord support...");
+                    getServer().getMessenger().registerIncomingPluginChannel(this, NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE, new PluginMessageHandler());
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/PluginMessageHandler.java b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/PluginMessageHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27eb4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/PluginMessageHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package net.artelnatif.nicko.pluginchannel;
+
+import com.google.common.io.ByteArrayDataInput;
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+import net.artelnatif.nicko.NickoBukkit;
+import net.artelnatif.nicko.bungee.NickoBungee;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.messaging.PluginMessageListener;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class UpdateMessageHandler implements PluginMessageListener {
+    @Override
+    public void onPluginMessageReceived(String channel, Player player, byte[] message) {
+        if (!channel.equals(NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Received " + NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE + " msg");
+        final ByteArrayDataInput in = ByteStreams.newDataInput(message);
+
+        final int payloadSize = in.readInt();
+        if (payloadSize == 0 || payloadSize > 4) {
+            NickoBukkit.getInstance().getLogger().severe("Prevented error by skipping malformed payload of size " + payloadSize + ".");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final ArrayList<String> decodedPayload = new ArrayList<>(payloadSize);
+        for (int i = 0; i < payloadSize; i++) {
+            decodedPayload.add(in.readUTF());
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("decodedPayload = " + decodedPayload);
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/UpdateMessageHandler.java b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/UpdateMessageHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 84ece2d..0000000
--- a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/pluginchannel/UpdateMessageHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package net.artelnatif.nicko.pluginchannel;
-
-import com.google.common.io.ByteArrayDataInput;
-import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
-import net.artelnatif.nicko.bungee.NickoBungee;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.messaging.PluginMessageListener;
-
-public class UpdateMessageHandler implements PluginMessageListener {
-    @Override
-    public void onPluginMessageReceived(String channel, Player player, byte[] message) {
-        System.out.println("channel = " + channel);
-        if(!channel.equals(NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        final ByteArrayDataInput in = ByteStreams.newDataInput(message);
-        final String subchannel = in.readUTF();
-        if(subchannel.equals(NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE)) {
-            System.out.println("subchannel = " + subchannel);
-            System.out.println("Received " + NickoBungee.NICKO_PLUGIN_CHANNEL_UPDATE + " msg");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/utils/ServerUtils.java b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/utils/ServerUtils.java
index a904d66..629a1d1 100644
--- a/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/utils/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/nicko-core/src/main/java/net/artelnatif/nicko/utils/ServerUtils.java
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ import org.bukkit.Server;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 
 public class ServerUtils {
+    public static void checkSpigotBungeeCordHook() {
+        final NickoBukkit instance = NickoBukkit.getInstance();
+        final Server server = instance.getServer();
+        final YamlConfiguration config = server.spigot().getConfig();
+        if (config.getConfigurationSection("settings").getBoolean("bungeecord") && instance.getNickoConfig().isBungeecordEnabled()) {
+            instance.getLogger().severe("Hummm. Your server is hooked to BungeeCord, but it seems");
+            instance.getLogger().severe("that BungeeCord support is not enabled inside Nicko.");
+            instance.getLogger().severe("If this is intentional, you can safely ignore this message.");
+            instance.getLogger().severe("Otherwise, you can enable BungeeCord support inside Nicko's configuration file.");
+        }
+    }
+
     public static boolean checkBungeeCordHook() {
         final NickoBukkit instance = NickoBukkit.getInstance();
         final Server server = instance.getServer();
@@ -12,7 +24,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         if (!config.getConfigurationSection("settings").getBoolean("bungeecord")) {
             instance.getLogger().severe("Hummm. You have enabled BungeeCord support inside Nicko,");
             instance.getLogger().severe("but it seems that your server is not hooked to your BungeeCord instance.");
-            instance.getLogger().severe("If the server is already hooked to BungeeCord, please enable it into your spigot.yml aswell.");
+            instance.getLogger().severe("Please enable BungeeCord support inside your spigot.yml as well.");
             instance.getLogger().severe("The plugin will not continue.");
             instance.getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(instance);
             return false;