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 8049cbfc..3f277ee7 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
      * Localization bundle.
      */
     public ResourceBundle bundle;
-    public final MultithreadEventLoopGroup eventLoops = new NioEventLoopGroup( 0, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat( "Netty IO Thread #%1$d" ).build() );
+    public MultithreadEventLoopGroup eventLoops;
     /**
      * locations.yml save thread.
      */
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
         System.setProperty( "io.netty.selectorAutoRebuildThreshold", "0" ); // Seems to cause Bungee to stop accepting connections
         ResourceLeakDetector.setEnabled( false ); // Eats performance
 
+        eventLoops = new NioEventLoopGroup( 0, new ThreadFactoryBuilder().setNameFormat( "Netty IO Thread #%1$d" ).build() );
+
         File moduleDirectory = new File( "modules" );
         moduleManager.load( this, moduleDirectory );
         pluginManager.detectPlugins( moduleDirectory );