diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0de2b55..7162ee7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Eclipse ###
 
 .metadata
+.idea/
 bin/
 tmp/
 *.tmp
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae239d9..704daec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.extendedclip.papi.expansion.essentials</groupId>
   <artifactId>essentials-expansion</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.0</version>
+  <version>1.5.0</version>
   <name>PAPI-Expansion-Essentials</name>
   <description>PlaceholderAPI expansion for Essentials placeholders</description>
     
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         </repository>
         <repository>
             <id>ess-repo</id>
-            <url>https://repo.essentialsx.net/snapshots/</url>
+            <url>https://repo.essentialsx.net/releases/</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.18.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
          <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
           <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>
-          <version>2.10.9</version>
+          <version>2.11.1</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.essentialsx</groupId>
             <artifactId>EssentialsX</artifactId>
-            <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.19.3</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.bstats</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/essentials/EssentialsExpansion.java b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/essentials/EssentialsExpansion.java
index 26b8f2e..85ce4b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/essentials/EssentialsExpansion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/extendedclip/papi/expansion/essentials/EssentialsExpansion.java
@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ public class EssentialsExpansion extends PlaceholderExpansion {
     private final DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("#,###");
 
     private Essentials essentials;
+    private BalanceTop baltop;
 
     private final String VERSION = getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 
     @Override
     public boolean canRegister() {
-        return Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials") != null;
+        return Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials") != null && Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials").isEnabled();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ public boolean register() {
         q = getString("formatting.quadrillions", "q");
 
         essentials = (Essentials) Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials");
-        if (essentials != null) {
+        if (essentials != null && essentials.isEnabled()) {
+            baltop = essentials.getBalanceTop();
+            baltop.calculateBalanceTopMapAsync();
             return super.register();
         }
         return false;
@@ -188,7 +191,6 @@ public String onRequest(OfflinePlayer player, @NotNull String identifier) {
         }
 
         if (identifier.startsWith("baltop_")) {
-            BalanceTop baltop = essentials.getBalanceTop();
             Map<UUID, BalanceTop.Entry> baltopCache = baltop.getBalanceTopCache();
             identifier = identifier.substring(7);