diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d8dfef1..1623896c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <build.number>unknown</build.number>
-        <netty.version>4.0.0.CR3</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.0.0.CR1</netty.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
index 971a979c..525795e1 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
      * Thread pools.
      */
     public final ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor executors = new BungeeThreadPool( new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat( "Bungee Pool Thread #%1$d" ).build() );
-    public final MultithreadEventLoopGroup eventLoops = new NioEventLoopGroup( NioEventLoopGroup.DEFAULT_EVENT_LOOP_THREADS, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat( "Netty IO Thread #%1$d" ).build() );
+    public final MultithreadEventLoopGroup eventLoops = new NioEventLoopGroup( 0, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat( "Netty IO Thread #%1$d" ).build() );
     /**
      * locations.yml save thread.
      */
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
                 }
 
                 getLogger().info( "Closing IO threads" );
-                eventLoops.shutdownGracefully();
+                eventLoops.shutdown();
                 try
                 {
                     eventLoops.awaitTermination( Long.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS );
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PacketDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PacketDecoder.java
index 1ac7106d..3f208951 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PacketDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/netty/PacketDecoder.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class PacketDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<Void>
     private Protocol protocol;
 
     @Override
-    protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, MessageBuf<Object> out) throws Exception
+    protected Object decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in) throws Exception
     {
         // While we have enough data
         while ( true )
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ public class PacketDecoder extends ReplayingDecoder<Void>
             // Store our decoded message
             if ( packet != null )
             {
-                out.add( new PacketWrapper( packet, buf ) );
+                return( new PacketWrapper( packet, buf ) );
             } else
             {
-                out.add( buf );
+                return( buf );
             }
         }
     }