diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 7e81a88..9c40c93 100644
--- a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.ess3</groupId>
       <artifactId>essentials</artifactId>
-      <version>2.13.121</version>
+      <version>2.14</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27b5857..ee8ec48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.ess3</groupId>
             <artifactId>essentials</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.121</version>
+            <version>2.14</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/EssentialsListener.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/EssentialsListener.java
index 861c37e..60598e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/EssentialsListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/EssentialsListener.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public void onAfkStatusChangeEvent(AfkStatusChangeEvent event) {
         IUser user = event.getAffected();
         plugin.logDebug("AFK: " + user.getName() + ":" + user.isAfk());
         for (PurpleBot ircBot : plugin.ircBots.values()) {
-            ircBot.essentialsAFK(user.getBase(), user.isAfk());
+            ircBot.essentialsAFK(user.getBase(), !user.isAfk());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/GamePlayerJoinListener.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/GamePlayerJoinListener.java
index 8ee6aa1..2598c24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/GamePlayerJoinListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/GameListeners/GamePlayerJoinListener.java
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@
 
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleBot;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleIRC;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
-import org.pircbotx.exception.IrcException;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
index e570cb6..913ce3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleBot.java
@@ -2452,9 +2452,9 @@ public void essentialsAFK(Player player, boolean afk) {
                 }
                 String template;
                 if (afk) {
-                    template = plugin.getMsgTemplate(botNick, TemplateName.PLAYER_AFK);
+                    template = plugin.getMsgTemplate(botNick, TemplateName.ESS_PLAYER_AFK);
                 } else {
-                    template = plugin.getMsgTemplate(botNick, TemplateName.PLAYER_NOT_AFK);
+                    template = plugin.getMsgTemplate(botNick, TemplateName.ESS_PLAYER_NOT_AFK);
                 }
                 plugin.logDebug("Sending AFK message to " + channelName);
                 asyncIRCMessage(channelName, plugin.tokenizer.gamePlayerAFKTokenizer(player, template));
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleIRC.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleIRC.java
index 2a736b1..eba5b5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleIRC.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/PurpleIRC.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.CleverNotchListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.DeathMessagesListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.DynmapListener;
+import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.EssentialsListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.GamePlayerChatListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.GamePlayerCommandPreprocessingListener;
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.GameListeners.GamePlayerDeathListener;
@@ -271,14 +272,12 @@ public void onEnable() {
         } else {
             logInfo("ReportRTS not detected.");
         }
-        /*
-         if (isPluginEnabled("Essentials")) {
-         logInfo("Enabling Essentials support.");
-         getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new EssentialsListener(this), this);
-         } else {
-         logInfo("Essentials not detected.");
-         }
-         */
+        if (isPluginEnabled("Essentials")) {
+            logInfo("Enabling Essentials support.");
+            getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new EssentialsListener(this), this);
+        } else {
+            logInfo("Essentials not detected.");
+        }
         commandHandlers = new CommandHandlers(this);
         getCommand("irc").setExecutor(commandHandlers);
         regexGlobber = new RegexGlobber();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/TemplateName.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/TemplateName.java
index f8a56fd..23e9631 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/TemplateName.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/TemplateName.java
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class TemplateName {
     public final static String IRC_NOTICE = "irc-notice";
     public final static String IRC_CONSOLE_CHAT = "irc-console-chat";
     
-    public final static String PLAYER_AFK = "player-afk";
-    public final static String PLAYER_NOT_AFK = "player-not-afk";
+    public final static String ESS_PLAYER_AFK = "ess-player-afk";
+    public final static String ESS_PLAYER_NOT_AFK = "ess-player-not-afk";
     
     public final static String INVALID_IRC_COMMAND = "invalid-irc-command";
     public final static String NO_PERM_FOR_IRC_COMMAND = "no-perm-for-irc-command";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/NetPackets.java b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/NetPackets.java
index c6c7927..98cbf19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/NetPackets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cnaude/purpleirc/Utilities/NetPackets.java
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/*
- * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
- * and open the template in the editor.
- */
 package com.cnaude.purpleirc.Utilities;
 
 import com.cnaude.purpleirc.PurpleBot;
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ public void remFromTabList(String name) {
             plugin.logError(e.getMessage());
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      *
      * @param player