diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaConfig.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaConfig.java
index 9e4c22da9..35f2aab4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaConfig.java
@@ -180,4 +180,9 @@ public class ViaConfig implements ViaVersionConfig {
     public String getBlockedDisconnectMsg() {
         return plugin.getConfig().getString("block-disconnect-msg", "You are using an unsupported Minecraft version!");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getReloadDisconnectMsg() {
+        return plugin.getConfig().getString("reload-disconnect-msg", "Server reload, please rejoin!");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaVersionPlugin.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaVersionPlugin.java
index 24bbfb501..908c6997c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaVersionPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/ViaVersionPlugin.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.PluginDescriptionFile;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public class ViaVersionPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements ViaVersionAPI {
             if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("ProtocolLib") != null) {
                 getLogger().severe("ViaVersion is already loaded, we're going to kick all the players... because otherwise we'll crash because of ProtocolLib.");
                 for (Player player : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
-                    player.kickPlayer("Server reload, please rejoin!");
+                    player.kickPlayer(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', getConf().getReloadDisconnectMsg()));
                 }
 
             } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/ViaVersionConfig.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/ViaVersionConfig.java
index ebe41c2f5..ac8c1d1cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/ViaVersionConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/ViaVersionConfig.java
@@ -209,4 +209,12 @@ public interface ViaVersionConfig {
      * @return Disconnect message
      */
     String getBlockedDisconnectMsg();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the message sent to players being kicked on reload.
+     * Players are kicked to stop the server crashing
+     *
+     * @return Disconnect message
+     */
+    String getReloadDisconnectMsg();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index baca92e34..aac3ad695 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ send-supported-versions: false
 block-protocols: []
 # Change the blocked disconnect message
 block-disconnect-msg: "You are using an unsupported Minecraft version!"
+# If you use ProtocolLib, we can't reload without kicking the players.
+# (We don't suggest using reload either, use a plugin manager)
+# You can customise the message we kick people with if you use ProtocolLib here.
+reload-disconnect-msg: "Server reload, please rejoin!"
 #
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