diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
index b394336c9..f7c1a22a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/HardcoreListener.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.gmail.nossr50.listeners;
 
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent;
 
@@ -10,17 +11,23 @@ import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Hardcore;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Permissions;
 
 public class HardcoreListener implements Listener {
-    
-    @EventHandler()
-    public void PlayerDeathEvent(PlayerDeathEvent event) {
+
+    /**
+     * Monitor PlayerDeath events.
+     *
+     * @param event The event to monitor
+     */
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
+    public void onPlayerDeath(PlayerDeathEvent event) {
         Player player = event.getEntity(); //Note this returns a Player object for this subevent
-        
-        if(!Permissions.getInstance().hardcoremodeBypass(player)) {
-            if(player.getKiller() instanceof Player) {
-                if(Config.getInstance().getHardcoreVampirismEnabled()) {
+
+        if (!Permissions.getInstance().hardcoremodeBypass(player)) {
+            if (player.getKiller() instanceof Player) {
+                if (Config.getInstance().getHardcoreVampirismEnabled()) {
                     Hardcore.invokeVampirism(((Player)player.getKiller()), player);
                 }
             }
+
             Hardcore.invokeStatPenalty(player);
         }
     }