diff --git a/AreaShop/pom.xml b/AreaShop/pom.xml
index b956059a..571efa13 100644
--- a/AreaShop/pom.xml
+++ b/AreaShop/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>areashop</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>AreaShop</name>
-  <version>2.2.1</version> <!-- Main plugin version -->
+  <version>2.2.2</version> <!-- Main plugin version -->
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
+        <version>2.4.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.7</source>
           <target>1.7</target>
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/AreaShop.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/AreaShop.java
index 730f3265..bc6c22c2 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/AreaShop.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/AreaShop.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public void run() {
 								new BukkitRunnable() {
 									@Override
 									public void run() {
-										for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+										for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 											if(player.hasPermission("areashop.notifyupdate")) {
 												AreaShop.getInstance().message(player, "update-playerNotify", AreaShop.getInstance().getDescription().getVersion(), AreaShop.getInstance().getUpdater().getLatestName());	
 											}
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/Utils.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/Utils.java
index 2a01a638..59cebd0b 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/Utils.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/Utils.java
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 import nl.evolutioncoding.areashop.regions.GeneralRegion;
 import nl.evolutioncoding.areashop.regions.GeneralRegion.RegionType;
 import nl.evolutioncoding.areashop.regions.RentRegion;
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
-import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
-import org.bukkit.Location;
-import org.bukkit.World;
+import org.bukkit.*;
 import org.bukkit.block.BlockFace;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -58,6 +57,26 @@ public static void initialize(YamlConfiguration pluginConfig) {
 		identifiers.addAll(years);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the online players
+	 * Provides backwards compatibility for 1.7- where it returns an array
+	 * @return Online players
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public static Collection<? extends Player> getOnlinePlayers() {
+		try {
+			Method onlinePlayerMethod = Server.class.getMethod("getOnlinePlayers");
+			if(onlinePlayerMethod.getReturnType().equals(Collection.class)) {
+				return ((Collection<? extends Player>)onlinePlayerMethod.invoke(Bukkit.getServer()));
+			} else {
+				return Arrays.asList((Player[])onlinePlayerMethod.invoke(Bukkit.getServer()));
+			}
+		} catch(Exception ex) {
+			AreaShop.debug("getOnlinePlayers error: "+ex.getMessage());
+		}
+		return new HashSet<>();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a map from a location, to save it in the config
 	 * @param location The location to transform
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/AddfriendCommand.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/AddfriendCommand.java
index e05090e2..bb26eeeb 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/AddfriendCommand.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/AddfriendCommand.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void execute(CommandSender sender, String[] args) {
 	public List<String> getTabCompleteList(int toComplete, String[] start, CommandSender sender) {
 		ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		if(toComplete == 2) {
-			for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+			for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 				result.add(player.getName());
 			}
 		} else if(toComplete == 3) {
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/DelfriendCommand.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/DelfriendCommand.java
index b7633306..6123eb5c 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/DelfriendCommand.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/DelfriendCommand.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public void execute(CommandSender sender, String[] args) {
 	public List<String> getTabCompleteList(int toComplete, String[] start, CommandSender sender) {
 		ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		if(toComplete == 2) {
-			for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+			for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 				result.add(player.getName());
 			}
 		} else if(toComplete == 3) {
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/InfoCommand.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/InfoCommand.java
index 566af8b0..a76804b6 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/InfoCommand.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/InfoCommand.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import nl.evolutioncoding.areashop.regions.RegionGroup;
 import nl.evolutioncoding.areashop.regions.RentRegion;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
@@ -384,7 +383,7 @@ public List<String> getTabCompleteList(int toComplete, String[] start, CommandSe
 			result.addAll(Arrays.asList("all", "rented", "forrent", "sold", "forsale", "player", "region", "nogroup"));
 		} else if(toComplete == 3) {
 			if(start[2].equalsIgnoreCase("player")) {
-				for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+				for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 					result.add(player.getName());
 				}
 			} else if(start[2].equalsIgnoreCase("region")) {
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetlandlordCommand.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetlandlordCommand.java
index a6d0fbea..6438ba7a 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetlandlordCommand.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetlandlordCommand.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public void execute(CommandSender sender, String[] args) {
 	public List<String> getTabCompleteList(int toComplete, String[] start, CommandSender sender) {
 		ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		if(toComplete == 2) {
-			for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+			for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 				result.add(player.getName());
 			}
 		} else if(toComplete == 3) {
diff --git a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetownerCommand.java b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetownerCommand.java
index e83a72af..f6a88158 100644
--- a/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetownerCommand.java
+++ b/AreaShop/src/main/java/nl/evolutioncoding/areashop/commands/SetownerCommand.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void execute(CommandSender sender, String[] args) {
 	public List<String> getTabCompleteList(int toComplete, String[] start, CommandSender sender) {
 		ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
 		if(toComplete == 2) {
-			for(Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
+			for(Player player : Utils.getOnlinePlayers()) {
 				result.add(player.getName());
 			}
 		} else if(toComplete == 3) {