diff --git a/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/APIInit.java b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/APIInit.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06cfe8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/APIInit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.cnaude.chairs.api;
+
+import com.cnaude.chairs.core.PlayerSitData;
+
+public class APIInit {
+
+	public void initAPI(PlayerSitData data) {
+		ChairsAPI.init(data);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/ChairsAPI.java b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/ChairsAPI.java
index 7c2abbf..87cdbeb 100644
--- a/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/ChairsAPI.java
+++ b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/api/ChairsAPI.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.cnaude.chairs.core.PlayerSitData;
 public class ChairsAPI {
 
 	private static PlayerSitData pdata;
-	public static void init(PlayerSitData pdata) {
+	protected static void init(PlayerSitData pdata) {
 		ChairsAPI.pdata = pdata;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/com/cnaude/chairs/core/Chairs.java b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/core/Chairs.java
index 3c81d85..6275cf9 100644
--- a/src/com/cnaude/chairs/core/Chairs.java
+++ b/src/com/cnaude/chairs/core/Chairs.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
-import com.cnaude.chairs.api.ChairsAPI;
+import com.cnaude.chairs.api.APIInit;
 import com.cnaude.chairs.commands.ChairsCommand;
 import com.cnaude.chairs.commands.ChairsIgnoreList;
 import com.cnaude.chairs.listeners.NANLoginListener;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class Chairs extends JavaPlugin {
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new TryUnsitEventListener(this), this);
 		getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new CommandRestrict(this), this);
 		getCommand("chairs").setExecutor(new ChairsCommand(this, ignoreList));
-		ChairsAPI.init(getPlayerSitData());
+		new APIInit().initAPI(getPlayerSitData());
 	}
 
 	@Override