From 1b9c92fd4a134fc8756ee279e606ebd4044aecb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattBDev <mattbdev@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 21:52:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1067

---
 .../com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotSettings.java  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotSettings.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotSettings.java
index dd6aad414..82ca91947 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotSettings.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/object/PlotSettings.java
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ public class PlotSettings {
     }
 
     public Map<UUID, Integer> getRatings() {
-        return this.ratings == null ? new HashMap<UUID, Integer>() : this.ratings;
+        if (this.ratings == null) {
+            this.ratings = new HashMap<>();
+
+        }
+        return this.ratings;
     }
 
     public boolean setMerged(int direction, boolean merged) {