diff --git a/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/PacketBuilder.java b/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/PacketBuilder.java
index 538609d..ac4bb96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/PacketBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/PacketBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package one.oth3r.sit;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayNetworking;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.PacketByteBufs;
 import net.minecraft.network.PacketByteBuf;
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ public class PacketBuilder {
     public static final String SETTINGS = "settings_v1.0";
     private final String message;
     private PacketByteBuf packetByteBuf = PacketByteBufs.create();
-    public PacketBuilder(PacketByteBuf buf) {
+    public PacketBuilder(ByteBuf buf) {
         // Read any data sent in the packet
-        message = buf.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        packetByteBuf = buf;
+        packetByteBuf.writeBytes(buf);
+        message = packetByteBuf.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
     public PacketBuilder(String message) {
         this.message = message;
diff --git a/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/Sit.java b/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/Sit.java
index 420a028..cf985eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/Sit.java
+++ b/src/main/java/one/oth3r/sit/Sit.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 import net.fabricmc.api.ModInitializer;
 
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayNetworking;
+import net.minecraft.network.PacketByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.command.CommandManager;
 import net.minecraft.server.network.ServerPlayerEntity;
@@ -40,14 +41,13 @@ public class Sit implements ModInitializer {
 		//PACKETS
 		ServerPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(PacketBuilder.getIdentifier(),
 				(server, player, handler, buf, responseSender) -> {
-			buf.retain();
+			ByteBuf byteBuf = buf.copy();
 			server.execute(() -> {
-						PacketBuilder packet = new PacketBuilder(buf);
+						PacketBuilder packet = new PacketBuilder(byteBuf);
 						Type hashMapToken = new TypeToken<HashMap<String, Object>>() {}.getType();
 						Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().disableHtmlEscaping().create();
 						playerSettings.put(player,gson.fromJson(packet.getMessage(),hashMapToken));
 					});
-			buf.release();
 				});
 	}
 	public static MutableText lang(String key, Object... args) {