diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/WorldListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/WorldListener.java
index e532966f6..9783c0086 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/WorldListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/WorldListener.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package com.gmail.nossr50.listeners;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.bukkit.Chunk;
 import org.bukkit.TreeType;
@@ -81,9 +79,9 @@ public class WorldListener implements Listener {
     @EventHandler
     public void onChunkLoad(ChunkLoadEvent event) {
         Chunk chunk = event.getChunk();
-        List<Entity> chunkMobs = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(chunk.getEntities()));
+        Entity[] chunkMobs = chunk.getEntities();
 
-        if (chunkMobs.isEmpty())
+        if (chunkMobs.length <= 0)
             return;
 
         for(Entity entity : chunkMobs) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/chunkmeta/HashChunkManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/chunkmeta/HashChunkManager.java
index 95e85cb2f..7de158767 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/chunkmeta/HashChunkManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/chunkmeta/HashChunkManager.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.lang.Boolean;
 import java.lang.Integer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public class HashChunkManager implements ChunkManager {
 
         iteratingMobs = true;
 
-        List<Entity> chunkMobs = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(world.getChunkAt(cx, cz).getEntities()));
+        Entity[] chunkMobs = world.getChunkAt(cx, cz).getEntities();
 
         for (Entity entity : chunkMobs) {
             if(!(entity instanceof LivingEntity) && !(entity instanceof FallingBlock))