diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18c78f4..8cdfeab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@
 					<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
 					<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-					<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-				</exclusion>
 				<exclusion>
 					<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
 					<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
index 56ecde5..87824dd 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/P.java
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ public class P extends JavaPlugin {
 		p.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskTimer(p, new DrunkRunnable(), 120, 120);
 
 		if (updateCheck) {
-			p.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLaterAsynchronously(p, new UpdateChecker(), 135);
+			try {
+				p.getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLaterAsynchronously(p, new UpdateChecker(), 135);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
 		}
 
 		this.log(this.getDescription().getName() + " enabled!");
diff --git a/src/com/dre/brewery/filedata/UpdateChecker.java b/src/com/dre/brewery/filedata/UpdateChecker.java
index e9eaa39..757c980 100644
--- a/src/com/dre/brewery/filedata/UpdateChecker.java
+++ b/src/com/dre/brewery/filedata/UpdateChecker.java
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package com.dre.brewery.filedata;
 
+import com.dre.brewery.P;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -7,13 +13,6 @@ import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 
-import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-
-import com.dre.brewery.P;
-import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
-import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
-import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
-
 
 /**
  * Update Checker modified from the Gravity Update Checker Example:
@@ -80,19 +79,20 @@ public class UpdateChecker implements Runnable {
 			conn.addRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Brewery UpdateChecker (by Gravity)");
 
 			// Read the response of the query
-			// The response will be in a JSON format, so only reading one line is necessary.
 			final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
-			String response = reader.readLine();
+
+			JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
+
 
 			// Parse the array of files from the query's response
-			JSONArray array = (JSONArray) JSONValue.parse(response);
+			JsonArray array = parser.parse(reader).getAsJsonArray();
 
 			if (array.size() > 0) {
 				// Get the newest file's details
-				JSONObject latest = (JSONObject) array.get(array.size() - 1);
+				JsonObject latest = array.get(array.size() - 1).getAsJsonObject();
 
 				// Get the version's title
-				String versionName = (String) latest.get(API_NAME_VALUE);
+				String versionName = latest.get(API_NAME_VALUE).getAsString();
 
 				/*// Get the version's link
 				String versionLink = (String) latest.get(API_LINK_VALUE);