Lets hope this finally fixes the strangeness

src/main/java/net/doubledoordev/backend/server/query/QueryResponse.java

@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@
 
 package net.doubledoordev.backend.server.query;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /**
  * @author Ryan McCann
  */
 public class QueryResponse
 {
-    static byte NULL = 00;
-    static byte SPACE = 20;
-
     private boolean fullstat;
 
     //for simple stat
@@ -52,92 +51,35 @@ public QueryResponse(byte[] data, boolean fullstat)
         //		if(temp.length == 6) //short stat
         if (!fullstat)
         {
-            motd = new String(ByteUtils.subarray(temp[0], 1, temp[0].length - 1));
-            gameMode = new String(temp[1]);
-            mapName = new String(temp[2]);
-            onlinePlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[3]));
-            maxPlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[4]));
+            motd = new String(ByteUtils.subarray(temp[0], 1, temp[0].length - 1), Charsets.UTF_8);
+            gameMode = new String(temp[1], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            mapName = new String(temp[2], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            onlinePlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[3], Charsets.UTF_8));
+            maxPlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[4], Charsets.UTF_8));
             port = ByteUtils.bytesToShort(temp[5]);
-            hostname = new String(ByteUtils.subarray(temp[5], 2, temp[5].length - 1));
+            hostname = new String(ByteUtils.subarray(temp[5], 2, temp[5].length - 1), Charsets.UTF_8);
         }
         else //full stat
         {
-            motd = new String(temp[3]);
-            gameMode = new String(temp[5]);
-            mapName = new String(temp[13]);
-            onlinePlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[15]));
-            maxPlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[17]));
-            port = Short.parseShort(new String(temp[19]));
-            hostname = new String(temp[21]);
+            motd = new String(temp[3], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            gameMode = new String(temp[5], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            mapName = new String(temp[13], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            onlinePlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[15], Charsets.UTF_8));
+            maxPlayers = Integer.parseInt(new String(temp[17], Charsets.UTF_8));
+            port = Short.parseShort(new String(temp[19], Charsets.UTF_8));
+            hostname = new String(temp[21], Charsets.UTF_8);
 
             //only available with full stat:
-            gameID = new String(temp[7]);
-            version = new String(temp[9]);
-            plugins = new String(temp[11]);
+            gameID = new String(temp[7], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            version = new String(temp[9], Charsets.UTF_8);
+            plugins = new String(temp[11], Charsets.UTF_8);
 
-            playerList = new ArrayList<String>();
+            playerList = new ArrayList<>();
             for (int i = 25; i < temp.length; i++)
             {
-                playerList.add(new String(temp[i]));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a JSON string representation of the data returned from the server, useful for JSP/servlet pages with javascript.
-     *
-     * @return a JSON string
-     */
-    public String asJSON()
-    {
-        StringBuilder json = new StringBuilder();
-        json.append("\'{");
-        json.append("\"motd\":");                            // "motd":
-        json.append('"').append(motd).append("\",");        // "A Minecraft Server",
-
-        json.append("\"gamemode\":");                        // "gamemode":
-        json.append('"').append(gameMode).append("\",");    // "SMP",
-
-        json.append("\"map\":");                            // "map":
-        json.append('"').append(mapName).append("\",");        // "world1",
-
-        json.append("\"onlinePlayers\":");                    // "onlinePlayers":
-        json.append(onlinePlayers).append(',');                // 0,
-
-        json.append("\"maxPlayers\":");                        // "maxPlayers":
-        json.append(maxPlayers).append(',');                // 20,
-
-        json.append("\"port\":");                            // "port":
-        json.append(port).append(',');                        // 25565,
-
-        json.append("\"host\":");                            // "hostname":
-        json.append('"').append(hostname).append('"');        // "0.0.0.0",
-
-        if (fullstat)
-        {
-            json.append(',');
-            json.append("\"gameID\":");                        // "gameID":
-            json.append('"').append(gameID).append("\",");    // "MINECRAFT",
-
-            json.append("\"version\":");                    // "version":
-            json.append('"').append(version).append("\",");    // "1.2.5",
-
-            json.append("\"players\":");
-            json.append('[');
-            for (String player : playerList)
-            {
-                json.append("\"" + player + "\"");
-                if (playerList.indexOf(player) != playerList.size() - 1)
-                {
-                    json.append(',');
-                }
+                playerList.add(new String(temp[i], Charsets.UTF_8));
             }
-            json.append(']');
         }
-
-        json.append("}\'");
-
-        return json.toString();
     }
 
     public String toString()

src/main/java/net/doubledoordev/backend/util/Helper.java

@@ -294,10 +294,7 @@ public static String getReadOnlyProperties()
     {
         JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
 
-        if (SETTINGS.fixedPorts)
-        {
-            array.add(new JsonPrimitive(Server.SERVER_PORT));
-        }
+        if (SETTINGS.fixedPorts) array.add(new JsonPrimitive(Server.SERVER_PORT));
         if (SETTINGS.fixedIP) array.add(new JsonPrimitive(Server.SERVER_IP));
 
         array.add(new JsonPrimitive(Server.QUERY_PORT));