diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
index 5f8ac26a..3ab95ad5 100644
--- a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI;
-
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -114,7 +112,8 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
         getCommand("import-auth").setExecutor(new ImportCommand(core));
 
         if (getServer().getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI")) {
-            PlaceholderAPI.registerPlaceholderHook(this, new PremiumPlaceholder(this));
+            //prevents NoClassDef errors if it's not available
+            PremiumPlaceholder.register(this);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/PremiumPlaceholder.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/PremiumPlaceholder.java
index 81cc30b3..815e3761 100644
--- a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/PremiumPlaceholder.java
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/PremiumPlaceholder.java
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ import org.bukkit.metadata.MetadataValue;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI;
+
 public class PremiumPlaceholder extends PlaceholderHook {
 
     private final FastLoginBukkit plugin;
 
     public PremiumPlaceholder(FastLoginBukkit plugin) {
         this.plugin = plugin;
-    }    
-    
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String onPlaceholderRequest(Player player, String variable) {
         if (player != null && "fastlogin_status".contains(variable)) {
@@ -32,4 +34,8 @@ public class PremiumPlaceholder extends PlaceholderHook {
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    public static boolean register(FastLoginBukkit plugin) {
+        return PlaceholderAPI.registerPlaceholderHook(plugin, new PremiumPlaceholder(plugin));
+    }
 }