diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4420c25..65e4dc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>eu.mathiasl</groupId>
   <artifactId>LegacyChatFix</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>LegacyChatFix</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFix.java b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFix.java
index 623c851..3a18994 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFix.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFix.java
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
 public final class LegacyChatFix extends JavaPlugin {
 
-    ConfigManager configManager = new ConfigManager(this);
+    ConfigManager configManager;
 
     LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter adapter;
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
+        configManager = new ConfigManager(this);
+        configManager.saveDefaultConfig("config.yml");
+        configManager.checkAndUpdateConfig("config.yml");
+
         adapter = new LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter(this, configManager);
         ProtocolLibrary.getProtocolManager().addPacketListener(adapter);
     }
@@ -20,5 +24,8 @@ public final class LegacyChatFix extends JavaPlugin {
     public void onDisable() {
         // Plugin shutdown logic
         ProtocolLibrary.getProtocolManager().removePacketListener(adapter);
+        configManager.saveConfig("config.yml");
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter.java b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter.java
index 4c63a95..d05fb57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter.java
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public class LegacyChatFixPacketAdapter extends PacketAdapter {
      */
     @Override
     public void onPacketSending(PacketEvent event) {
+        if (legacyColors == null) return;
+
         // Get the chat components from the packet
         StructureModifier<WrappedChatComponent> chatComponents = event.getPacket().getChatComponents();
         // If there are no chat components, return
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/config/ConfigManager.java b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/config/ConfigManager.java
index b9481ff..810bc9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/config/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mathiasl/legacychatfix/config/ConfigManager.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -61,4 +62,38 @@ public class ConfigManager {
         }
         return configFiles.get(configName);
     }
+
+
+    public void checkAndUpdateConfig(String configName) {
+        File configFile = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), configName);
+        if (!configFile.exists()) {
+            plugin.saveResource(configName, false);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        FileConfiguration config = YamlConfiguration.loadConfiguration(configFile);
+        String configVersion = config.getString("ConfigVersion", "0"); // Default to "0" if not found
+        if (!"1.0".equals(configVersion)) {
+            backupAndReplaceConfig(configName);
+
+            // After backing up and copying new ones, you might want to reload these configs into your ConfigManager
+            // assuming you have such a method in your ConfigManager
+            reloadConfig(configName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void backupAndReplaceConfig(String fileName) {
+        File configFile = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), fileName);
+        File backupFile = new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), fileName + ".BACKUP");
+
+        // Backup the old file
+        try {
+            Files.move(configFile.toPath(), backupFile.toPath());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            plugin.getLogger().warning("Could not backup " + fileName + ": " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        // Copy new file from resources
+        plugin.saveResource(fileName, false);
+    }
 }