diff --git a/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/KickStringWriter.java b/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/KickStringWriter.java
index eda9571e..e2e34a34 100644
--- a/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/KickStringWriter.java
+++ b/protocol/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/protocol/KickStringWriter.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.protocol;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToByteEncoder;
 
+@ChannelHandler.Sharable
 public class KickStringWriter extends MessageToByteEncoder<String>
 {
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PipelineUtils.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PipelineUtils.java
index 551ae1e1..ffee7062 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PipelineUtils.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PipelineUtils.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class PipelineUtils
             ch.pipeline().addBefore( FRAME_DECODER, LEGACY_DECODER, new LegacyDecoder() );
             ch.pipeline().addAfter( FRAME_DECODER, PACKET_DECODER, new MinecraftDecoder( Protocol.HANDSHAKE, true, ProxyServer.getInstance().getProtocolVersion() ) );
             ch.pipeline().addAfter( FRAME_PREPENDER, PACKET_ENCODER, new MinecraftEncoder( Protocol.HANDSHAKE, true, ProxyServer.getInstance().getProtocolVersion() ) );
-            ch.pipeline().addBefore( FRAME_PREPENDER, LEGACY_KICKER, new KickStringWriter() );
+            ch.pipeline().addBefore( FRAME_PREPENDER, LEGACY_KICKER, legacyKicker );
             ch.pipeline().get( HandlerBoss.class ).setHandler( new InitialHandler( BungeeCord.getInstance(), listener ) );
 
             if ( listener.isProxyProtocol() )
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class PipelineUtils
         }
     };
     public static final Base BASE = new Base();
+    private static final KickStringWriter legacyKicker = new KickStringWriter();
     private static final Varint21LengthFieldPrepender framePrepender = new Varint21LengthFieldPrepender();
     public static final String TIMEOUT_HANDLER = "timeout";
     public static final String PACKET_DECODER = "packet-decoder";