diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/BIngredients.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/BIngredients.java
index 6daec83..2a7874b 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/BIngredients.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/BIngredients.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package com.dre.brewery;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ import org.bukkit.potion.PotionEffectType;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.PotionMeta;
 
 public class BIngredients {
-	public static ArrayList<Material> possibleIngredients = new ArrayList<Material>();
+	public static Set<Material> possibleIngredients = new HashSet<Material>();
 	public static ArrayList<BRecipe> recipes = new ArrayList<BRecipe>();
 	public static Map<Material, String> cookedNames = new HashMap<Material, String>();
 	private static int lastId = 0;
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/BRecipe.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/BRecipe.java
index 6d1f8bf..320a832 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/BRecipe.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/BRecipe.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class BRecipe {
 					if (mat != null) {
 						ItemStack stack = new ItemStack(mat, P.p.parseInt(ingredParts[1]), durability);
 						this.ingredients.add(stack);
+						BIngredients.possibleIngredients.add(mat);
 					} else {
 						P.p.errorLog("Unknown Material: " + ingredParts[0]);
 						this.ingredients = null;
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
index e1d95fd..c69fabb 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ public class P extends JavaPlugin {
 		String v = Bukkit.getBukkitVersion();
 		useUUID = !v.matches(".*1\\.[1-6].*") && !v.matches(".*1\\.7\\.[0-5].*");
 
-		if (!readConfig()) {
+		// load the Config
+		try {
+			if (!readConfig()) {
+				p = null;
+				getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
+				return;
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
 			p = null;
 			getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
 			return;
@@ -161,7 +169,18 @@ public class P extends JavaPlugin {
 		}
 
 		// load the Config
-		readConfig();
+		try {
+			if (!readConfig()) {
+				p = null;
+				getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
+				return;
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			p = null;
+			getServer().getPluginManager().disablePlugin(this);
+			return;
+		}
 
 		// save and load LanguageReader
 		languageReader.save();