diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/EntitySpawnListener.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/EntitySpawnListener.java
index 151c2f40a..783622e63 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/EntitySpawnListener.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/EntitySpawnListener.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class EntitySpawnListener implements Listener {
 
     public static void testCreate(final Entity entity) {
         @NonNull World world = entity.getWorld();
-        if (areaName == world.getName()) {
+        if (areaName.equals(world.getName())) {
         } else {
             areaName = world.getName();
             hasPlotArea = PlotSquared.get().getPlotAreaManager().hasPlotArea(areaName);
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/StringMan.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/StringMan.java
index ee7a614b8..388e46135 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/StringMan.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/util/StringMan.java
@@ -286,15 +286,13 @@ public class StringMan {
     }
 
     public static boolean isEqualIgnoreCase(String a, String b) {
-        return (a == b) || ((a != null) && (b != null) && (a.length() == b.length()) && a
+        return (a.equals(b)) || ((a != null) && (b != null) && (a.length() == b.length()) && a
                 .equalsIgnoreCase(b));
     }
 
     public static String repeat(String s, int n) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-            sb.append(s);
-        }
+        sb.append(String.valueOf(s).repeat(Math.max(0, n)));
         return sb.toString();
     }