diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/bukkit/util/BukkitHybridUtils.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/bukkit/util/BukkitHybridUtils.java
index b58edc5e5..b7eebcc04 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/bukkit/util/BukkitHybridUtils.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/bukkit/util/BukkitHybridUtils.java
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ public class BukkitHybridUtils extends HybridUtils {
             HybridPlotWorld hpw = (HybridPlotWorld) area;
             final BlockBucket[][] result = hpw.getBlockBucketChunk();
 
+            if (result == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (hpw.PLOT_SCHEMATIC) {
                 short[] rx = new short[16];
                 short[] rz = new short[16];
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ public class BukkitHybridUtils extends HybridUtils {
                                     types.add(now);
                                 }
                             } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-                                PlotSquared.log(old.toString());
+                                PlotSquared.log(old != null ? old.toString() : "old null");
                                 PlotSquared.log(x);
                                 PlotSquared.log(y);
                                 PlotSquared.log(z);
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/plot/object/PlotArea.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/plot/object/PlotArea.java
index 7c00231c7..48ebb759a 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/plot/object/PlotArea.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/github/intellectualsites/plotsquared/plot/object/PlotArea.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import com.github.intellectualsites.plotsquared.plot.util.*;
 import com.github.intellectualsites.plotsquared.plot.util.area.QuadMap;
 import com.github.intellectualsites.plotsquared.plot.util.block.GlobalBlockQueue;
 import com.github.intellectualsites.plotsquared.plot.util.block.LocalBlockQueue;
-import lombok.Getter;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ public abstract class PlotArea {
     private final PlotId min;
     private final PlotId max;
     private final IndependentPlotGenerator generator;
-    @Getter private final BlockBucket[][] blockBucketChunk;
+    private final BlockBucket[][] blockBucketChunk;
     public int MAX_PLOT_MEMBERS = 128;
     public boolean AUTO_MERGE = false;
     public boolean ALLOW_SIGNS = true;
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ public abstract class PlotArea {
             this.max = max;
         }
         this.worldhash = worldName.hashCode();
-        if (Settings.Enabled_Components.PLOT_EXPIRY) {
+        if (Settings.Enabled_Components.PLOT_EXPIRY && generator != null) {
             blockBucketChunk = generator.generateBlockBucketChunk(this);
         } else {
             blockBucketChunk = null;
@@ -113,6 +112,21 @@ public abstract class PlotArea {
         return GlobalBlockQueue.IMP.getNewQueue(worldname, autoQueue);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get an array of BlockBuckets corresponding to a chunk of a plot
+     *
+     * @return BlockBucket[][]
+     */
+    public BlockBucket[][] getBlockBucketChunk() {
+        if (blockBucketChunk != null) {
+            return blockBucketChunk;
+        }
+        if (generator != null) {
+            return generator.generateBlockBucketChunk(this);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the region for this PlotArea or a RegionWrapper encompassing
      * the whole world if none exists.