diff --git a/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/BlueMapChatMarkers.java b/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/BlueMapChatMarkers.java
index 0a8411b..23bb1a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/BlueMapChatMarkers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/BlueMapChatMarkers.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ public void onEnable() {
 		}
 	};
 
-	@EventHandler
+	@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
 	public void onPlayerChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event) {
+		if (event.isCancelled() && !config.forceful) return;
 		BlueMapAPI api = BlueMapAPI.getInstance().orElse(null);
 		if (api == null) return; //BlueMap not loaded, ignore
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/Config.java b/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/Config.java
index 0f65532..8ebd3a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/technicjelle/bluemapchatmarkers/Config.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class Config {
 	public String markerSetName;
 	public boolean toggleable;
 	public boolean defaultHidden;
+	public boolean forceful;
 	public long markerDuration;
 
 	public Config(BlueMapChatMarkers plugin) {
@@ -28,10 +29,11 @@ public Config(BlueMapChatMarkers plugin) {
 		plugin.reloadConfig();
 
 		//Load config values into variables
-		markerSetName = configFile().getString("MarkerSetName");
-		toggleable = configFile().getBoolean("Toggleable");
-		defaultHidden = configFile().getBoolean("DefaultHidden");
-		markerDuration = configFile().getLong("MarkerDuration");
+		markerSetName = configFile().getString("MarkerSetName", "Chat Messages");
+		toggleable = configFile().getBoolean("Toggleable", true);
+		defaultHidden = configFile().getBoolean("DefaultHidden", false);
+		markerDuration = configFile().getLong("MarkerDuration", 60);
+		forceful = configFile().getBoolean("Forceful", false);
 	}
 
 	private FileConfiguration configFile() {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 6d4e57f..bc90e00 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ DefaultHidden: false
 
 # Amount of time a chat marker stays on the map (in seconds)
 MarkerDuration: 60
+
+# Set this to `true` if you have other chat management plugins that are cancelling the chat event
+# before it gets registered with this plugin
+Forceful: false