diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 531541017..02b1f880a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.27.Final'
     compile 'com.google.guava:guava:25.1-jre'
     compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
-    compile 'com.github.KyoriPowered:text:v1.12-1.5.0'
+    compile 'net.kyori:text:1.12-1.5.0'
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/minimum/minecraft/velocity/protocol/netty/LegacyPingEncoder.java b/src/main/java/io/minimum/minecraft/velocity/protocol/netty/LegacyPingEncoder.java
index e3cd16f83..313750ecd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/minimum/minecraft/velocity/protocol/netty/LegacyPingEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/minimum/minecraft/velocity/protocol/netty/LegacyPingEncoder.java
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ public class LegacyPingEncoder extends MessageToByteEncoder<LegacyPingResponse>
     protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, LegacyPingResponse msg, ByteBuf out) throws Exception {
         out.writeByte(0xff);
         String serializedResponse = serialize(msg);
-        byte[] serializedBytes = serializedResponse.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_16BE);
-        out.writeShort(serializedBytes.length);
-        out.writeBytes(serializedBytes);
+        out.writeShort(serializedResponse.length());
+        out.writeBytes(serializedResponse.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_16BE));
         System.out.println(ByteBufUtil.prettyHexDump(out));
     }