diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagCommand.java
index 4bbb470..88aa3e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagCommand.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.nametagedit.plugin.utils.Utils;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import mkremins.fanciful.FancyMessage;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ private void cmdClear(CommandSender sender, String[] args) {
             }
 
             handler.clear(sender, targetName);
+            handler.applyTagToPlayer(Bukkit.getPlayerExact(targetName));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagHandler.java
index f6a11b3..1e00e33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nametagedit/plugin/NametagHandler.java
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public NametagHandler(NametagEdit plugin) {
         this.plugin = plugin;
         Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, plugin);
         this.tabListDisabled = plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("TabListDisabled");
-        this.fancyMessageCompatible = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3].startsWith("v1_8");
+        String version = Bukkit.getServer().getClass().getPackage().getName().split("\\.")[3];
+        this.fancyMessageCompatible = version.startsWith("v1_8");
         if (plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("MySQL.Enabled")) {
             abstractConfig = new DatabaseConfig(plugin, this);
         } else {
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ public void applyTags() {
     }
 
     public void applyTagToPlayer(Player player) {
+        if (player == null) { return; }
         UUID uuid = player.getUniqueId();
         PlayerData data = playerData.get(uuid);
         if (data != null) {