diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33640d6d2..1ac897472 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.gmail.nossr50.mcMMO</groupId>
     <artifactId>mcMMO</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.44-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.44</version>
     <name>mcMMO</name>
     <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO</url>
     <scm>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/player/UserManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/player/UserManager.java
index 2e220790e..cbf897794 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/player/UserManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/player/UserManager.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public final class UserManager {
      */
     public static McMMOPlayer getPlayer(Player player) {
         //Avoid Array Index out of bounds
-        if(player.hasMetadata(mcMMO.playerDataKey))
+        if(player != null && player.hasMetadata(mcMMO.playerDataKey))
             return (McMMOPlayer) player.getMetadata(mcMMO.playerDataKey).get(0).value();
         else
             return null;