diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepository.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepository.java
index 5829ea107..12b63d3b2 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepository.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepository.java
@@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ public final class LockRepository {
      * @param runnable Action to run when the lock is available
      */
     public void useLock(final @NonNull LockKey key, final @NonNull Runnable runnable) {
-        this.useLock(key, lock -> {
-            lock.lock();
-            runnable.run();
-            lock.unlock();
-        });
+       try (LockAccess ignored = lock(key)) {
+           runnable.run();
+       }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Core/src/test/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepositoryTest.java b/Core/src/test/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepositoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b91ba96e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/src/test/java/com/plotsquared/core/synchronization/LockRepositoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.plotsquared.core.synchronization;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+class LockRepositoryTest {
+
+    private LockKey key;
+    private LockRepository lockRepository;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        this.key = LockKey.of("test");
+        this.lockRepository = new LockRepository();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Unlock even if there is an error")
+    void useLockUnlock() {
+        Lock l = this.lockRepository.getLock(this.key);
+        // Striped uses a ReentrantLock internally, and we need its isLocked method for this test
+        if (!(l instanceof ReentrantLock lock)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Expected a ReentrantLock");
+        }
+
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> {
+            this.lockRepository.useLock(this.key, () -> {
+                throw new IllegalStateException();
+            });
+        });
+        assertFalse(lock.isLocked());
+    }
+}