diff --git a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListen.java b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListen.java
index 684c5c87d..6dcbc8f1e 100644
--- a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListen.java
+++ b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListen.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.world.ChunkEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.world.ChunkLoadEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.world.ChunkUnloadEvent;
-import org.bukkit.event.world.EntitiesLoadEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.world.WorldLoadEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.world.WorldUnloadEvent;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.SkullMeta;
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@
 import net.citizensnpcs.util.Util;
 
 public class EventListen implements Listener {
+    private EventListenChunk chunkEventListener;
     private final Map<String, NPCRegistry> registries;
     private final SkinUpdateTracker skinUpdateTracker;
     private final ListMultimap<ChunkCoord, NPC> toRespawn = ArrayListMultimap.create(64, 4);
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ public class EventListen implements Listener {
     EventListen(Map<String, NPCRegistry> registries) {
         this.registries = registries;
         this.skinUpdateTracker = new SkinUpdateTracker(registries);
+        try {
+            this.chunkEventListener = new EventListenChunk(this);
+            Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(chunkEventListener, CitizensAPI.getPlugin());
+        } catch (Throwable ex) {
+            this.chunkEventListener = null;
+        }
     }
 
     private void checkCreationEvent(CommandSenderCreateNPCEvent event) {
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ Iterables.<NPC> concat(CitizensAPI.getNPCRegistry(), Iterables.concat(registries
                 Predicates.notNull());
     }
 
-    private void loadNPCs(ChunkEvent event) {
+    void loadNPCs(ChunkEvent event) {
         ChunkCoord coord = new ChunkCoord(event.getChunk());
         Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
             @Override
@@ -173,9 +179,8 @@ public void run() {
 
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onChunkLoad(ChunkLoadEvent event) {
-        if (usingEntitiesLoadEvents())
+        if (chunkEventListener != null)
             return;
-
         loadNPCs(event);
     }
 
@@ -241,11 +246,6 @@ public void onCommandSenderCreateNPC(CommandSenderCreateNPCEvent event) {
         checkCreationEvent(event);
     }
 
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
-    public void onEntitiesLoad(EntitiesLoadEvent event) {
-        loadNPCs(event);
-    }
-
     /*
      * Entity events
      */
@@ -746,18 +746,4 @@ private boolean spawn(NPC npc) {
         }
         return npc.spawn(spawn, SpawnReason.CHUNK_LOAD);
     }
-
-    private static boolean usingEntitiesLoadEvents() {
-        if (USING_ENTITIES_LOAD == null) {
-            try {
-                Class.forName("org.bukkit.event.world.EntitiesLoadEvent");
-                USING_ENTITIES_LOAD = true;
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException swallow) {
-                USING_ENTITIES_LOAD = false;
-            }
-        }
-        return USING_ENTITIES_LOAD;
-    }
-
-    private static Boolean USING_ENTITIES_LOAD;
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListenChunk.java b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListenChunk.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b99260477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/src/main/java/net/citizensnpcs/EventListenChunk.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package net.citizensnpcs;
+
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.world.EntitiesLoadEvent;
+
+public class EventListenChunk implements Listener {
+    EventListen listen;
+
+    EventListenChunk(EventListen listen) {
+        this.listen = listen;
+    }
+
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
+    public void onEntitiesLoad(EntitiesLoadEvent event) {
+        listen.loadNPCs(event);
+    }
+}