diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/AxiomPaper.java b/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/AxiomPaper.java
index 9bcd577..44f6919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/AxiomPaper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/AxiomPaper.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class AxiomPaper extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
 
             for (Player player : Bukkit.getServer().getOnlinePlayers()) {
                 if (activeAxiomPlayers.contains(player.getUniqueId())) {
-                    if (!player.hasPermission("axiom.*")) {
+                    if (!this.hasAxiomPermission(player)) {
                         FriendlyByteBuf buf = new FriendlyByteBuf(Unpooled.buffer());
                         buf.writeBoolean(false);
                         byte[] bytes = new byte[buf.writerIndex()];
@@ -280,8 +280,12 @@ public class AxiomPaper extends JavaPlugin implements Listener {
         return this.logLargeBlockBufferChanges;
     }
 
+    public boolean hasAxiomPermission(Player player) {
+        return player.hasPermission("axiom.*") || player.isOp();
+    }
+
     public boolean canUseAxiom(Player player) {
-        return player.hasPermission("axiom.*") && activeAxiomPlayers.contains(player.getUniqueId());
+        return hasAxiomPermission(player) && activeAxiomPlayers.contains(player.getUniqueId());
     }
 
     public @Nullable RateLimiter getBlockBufferRateLimiter(UUID uuid) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/packet/HelloPacketListener.java b/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/packet/HelloPacketListener.java
index ac7d8bd..7e7722d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/packet/HelloPacketListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moulberry/axiom/packet/HelloPacketListener.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class HelloPacketListener implements PluginMessageListener {
 
     @Override
     public void onPluginMessageReceived(@NotNull String channel, @NotNull Player player, @NotNull byte[] message) {
-        if (!player.hasPermission("axiom.*")) {
+        if (!this.plugin.hasAxiomPermission(player)) {
             return;
         }