diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
index 42faf6beb..c03423119 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain
             return;
         }
 
-        if (Settings.Enabled_Components.UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS) {
+        if (PremiumVerification.isPremium() && Settings.Enabled_Components.UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS) {
             new UpdateUtility(this).updateChecker();
         }
 
@@ -717,6 +717,17 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain
             }
             return map;
         }));
+        metrics.addCustomChart(new Metrics.SimpleBarChart("premium", () -> {
+            final Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
+            if(PremiumVerification.isPremium()) {
+                map.put("Premium", 1);
+                map.put("Non-Premium", 0);
+            } else {
+                map.put("Premium", 0);
+                map.put("Non-Premium", 1);
+            }
+            return map;
+        }));
     }
 
     @Override public ChunkManager initChunkManager() {
diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/PlayerEvents.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/PlayerEvents.java
index d88ced453..e0c2ac89d 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/PlayerEvents.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/PlayerEvents.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ import com.plotsquared.core.plot.PlotId;
 import com.plotsquared.core.plot.PlotInventory;
 import com.plotsquared.core.plot.message.PlotMessage;
 import com.plotsquared.core.player.PlotPlayer;
+import com.plotsquared.core.util.PremiumVerification;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.StringWrapper;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.EntityUtil;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.MainUtil;
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ public class PlayerEvents extends PlotListener implements Listener {
         }, 20);
 
         if (pp.hasPermission(Captions.PERMISSION_ADMIN_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION.getTranslated())
-            && Settings.Enabled_Components.UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS) {
+            && Settings.Enabled_Components.UPDATE_NOTIFICATIONS && PremiumVerification.isPremium()) {
             try {
                 HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) new URL(
                     "https://api.spigotmc.org/simple/0.1/index.php?action=getResource&id=77506")