diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
index d5e582e8c..84e474319 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
@@ -257,7 +257,13 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain
         backgroundPipeline.registerService(offlinePlayerUUIDService);
 
         final SQLiteUUIDService sqLiteUUIDService = new SQLiteUUIDService("user_cache.db");
-        final SQLiteUUIDService legacyUUIDSerivce = new SQLiteUUIDService("usercache.db");
+
+        final SQLiteUUIDService legacyUUIDService;
+        if (Settings.UUID.LEGACY_DATABASE_SUPPORT && MainUtil.getFile(PlotSquared.get().IMP.getDirectory(), "usercache.db").exists()) {
+            legacyUUIDService = new SQLiteUUIDService("usercache.db");
+        } else {
+            legacyUUIDService = null;
+        }
 
         final LuckPermsUUIDService luckPermsUUIDService;
         if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("LuckPerms") != null) {
@@ -289,8 +295,10 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain
             impromptuPipeline.registerConsumer(sqLiteUUIDService);
             backgroundPipeline.registerConsumer(sqLiteUUIDService);
 
-            impromptuPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDSerivce);
-            backgroundPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDSerivce);
+            if (legacyUUIDService != null) {
+                impromptuPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDService);
+                backgroundPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDService);
+            }
 
             // Plugin providers
             if (luckPermsUUIDService != null) {
@@ -312,8 +320,10 @@ public final class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin implements Listener, IPlotMain
             impromptuPipeline.registerConsumer(sqLiteUUIDService);
             backgroundPipeline.registerConsumer(sqLiteUUIDService);
 
-            impromptuPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDSerivce);
-            backgroundPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDSerivce);
+            if (legacyUUIDService != null) {
+                impromptuPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDService);
+                backgroundPipeline.registerService(legacyUUIDService);
+            }
         }
 
         impromptuPipeline.storeImmediately("*", DBFunc.EVERYONE);
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
index 0c2e30be9..e5bbd3180 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ public class Settings extends Config {
         public static long NON_BLOCKING_TIMEOUT = 3000L;
         @Comment("Timeout (in milliseconds) for blocking UUID requests (events)")
         public static long BLOCKING_TIMEOUT = 10L;
+        @Comment("Whether or not PlotSquared should read from the legacy database")
+        public static boolean LEGACY_DATABASE_SUPPORT = true;
+        @Comment("Whether or not PlotSquared should return Unknown if it fails to fulfill a request")
+        public static boolean UNKNOWN_AS_DEFAULT = true;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/uuid/UUIDPipeline.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/uuid/UUIDPipeline.java
index 3518fa5f8..8c8baa06d 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/uuid/UUIDPipeline.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/uuid/UUIDPipeline.java
@@ -324,7 +324,14 @@ public class UUIDPipeline {
                 PlotSquared.log("Failed to find all usernames");
             }
 
-            throw new ServiceError("End of pipeline");
+            if (Settings.UUID.UNKNOWN_AS_DEFAULT) {
+                for (final UUID uuid : remainingRequests) {
+                    mappings.add(new UUIDMapping(uuid, Captions.UNKNOWN.getTranslated()));
+                }
+                return mappings;
+            } else {
+                throw new ServiceError("End of pipeline");
+            }
         }, this.executor);
     }