diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/Stargate.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/Stargate.java
index f13d21f..8dd8709 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/Stargate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/Stargate.java
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public class Stargate extends JavaPlugin {
         try {
             this.configuration.load(new File(getDataFolder(), configFileName));
         } catch (IOException | InvalidConfigurationException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            logSevere("Unable to load the configuration! Message: " + e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public class Stargate extends JavaPlugin {
         try {
             this.configuration.save(new File(getDataFolder(), configFileName));
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            logSevere("Unable to save the configuration! Message: " + e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/LanguageLoader.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/LanguageLoader.java
index ade33a0..bd8a335 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/LanguageLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/LanguageLoader.java
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ public final class LanguageLoader {
 
         try {
             readChangedLanguageStrings(inputStream, language, currentLanguageValues);
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
+            Stargate.logSevere("Unable to read language strings! Message: " + exception.getMessage());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/StargateConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/StargateConfig.java
index 208e58a..fefaf62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/StargateConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/config/StargateConfig.java
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ public final class StargateConfig {
             currentConfiguration.save(new File(dataFolderPath, "config.yml.old"));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Stargate.debug("StargateConfig::migrateConfig", "Unable to save old backup and do migration");
-            e.printStackTrace();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -483,7 +482,6 @@ public final class StargateConfig {
                     ColorConversion.NORMAL);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Stargate.debug("StargateConfig::migrateConfig", "Unable to load config migration file");
-            e.printStackTrace();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -511,9 +509,8 @@ public final class StargateConfig {
 
         try {
             newConfiguration.save(new File(dataFolderPath, "config.yml"));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
             Stargate.debug("StargateConfig::migrateConfig", "Unable to save migrated config");
-            e.printStackTrace();
         }
 
         Stargate.getInstance().reloadConfig();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/portal/property/gate/Gate.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/portal/property/gate/Gate.java
index 52e34e4..d488ca2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/portal/property/gate/Gate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/portal/property/gate/Gate.java
@@ -310,9 +310,8 @@ public class Gate {
             layout.saveLayout(bufferedWriter);
 
             bufferedWriter.close();
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Stargate.logSevere(String.format("Could not save Gate %s - %s", filename, ex.getMessage()));
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
+            Stargate.logSevere(String.format("Could not save Gate %s - %s", filename, exception.getMessage()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/BungeeHelper.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/BungeeHelper.java
index 677e80f..b59bde2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/BungeeHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/BungeeHelper.java
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ public final class BungeeHelper {
             //Send the plugin message
             player.sendPluginMessage(Stargate.getInstance(), bungeeChannel, byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Stargate.logSevere("Error sending BungeeCord teleport packet");
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            Stargate.logSevere("Error sending BungeeCord teleport packet! Message: " + ex.getMessage());
             return false;
         }
         return true;
@@ -107,9 +106,8 @@ public final class BungeeHelper {
 
             //Send the plugin message
             player.sendPluginMessage(Stargate.getInstance(), bungeeChannel, byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Stargate.logSevere("Error sending BungeeCord connect packet");
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
+            Stargate.logSevere("Error sending BungeeCord connect packet! Message: " + exception.getMessage());
             return false;
         }
         return true;
@@ -137,9 +135,8 @@ public final class BungeeHelper {
             data = new byte[dataLength];
             //Read the message to the prepared array
             dataInputStream.readFully(data);
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            Stargate.logSevere("Error receiving BungeeCord message");
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException exception) {
+            Stargate.logSevere("Error receiving BungeeCord message. Message: " + exception.getMessage());
             return null;
         }
         return new String(data);
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/PortalFileHelper.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/PortalFileHelper.java
index 74741fc..6ba84e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/PortalFileHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/stargate/utility/PortalFileHelper.java
@@ -170,10 +170,9 @@ public final class PortalFileHelper {
                     "Starting post loading tasks", world));
             doPostLoadTasks(world, needsToSaveDatabase);
             return true;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Stargate.logSevere(String.format("Exception while reading stargates from %s: %d", database.getName(),
-                    lineIndex));
-            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (Exception exception) {
+            Stargate.logSevere(String.format("Exception while reading stargates from %s: %d! Message: %s",
+                    database.getName(), lineIndex, exception.getMessage()));
         }
         return false;
     }