diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/AnnotatedConfig.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/AnnotatedConfig.java
index da05586d8..2d5ea5932 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/AnnotatedConfig.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/AnnotatedConfig.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotatedConfig {
 
         // Get a key name for config. Use field name if @ConfigKey annotation is not present.
         ConfigKey key = field.getAnnotation(ConfigKey.class);
-        final String name = safeKey(key == null ? field.getName() : key.value());
+        final String name = escapeKeyIfNeeded(key == null ? field.getName() : key.value());
 
         Object value = field.get(dumpable);
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotatedConfig {
           Map<String, ?> map = (Map<String, ?>) value;
           for (Entry<String, ?> entry : map.entrySet()) {
             lines.add(
-                safeKey(entry.getKey()) + " = " + serialize(entry.getValue())); // Save map data
+                escapeKeyIfNeeded(entry.getKey()) + " = " + serialize(entry.getValue())); // Save map data
           }
           lines.add(""); // Add empty line
           continue;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotatedConfig {
     return value != null ? value.toString() : "null";
   }
 
-  private static String safeKey(String key) {
+  protected static String escapeKeyIfNeeded(String key) {
     if (key.contains(".") && !(key.indexOf('"') == 0 && key.lastIndexOf('"') == (key.length()
         - 1))) {
       return '"' + key + '"';
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@ public abstract class AnnotatedConfig {
     return key;
   }
 
+  protected static String unesacpeKeyIfNeeded(String key) {
+    int lastIndex;
+    if (key.indexOf('"') == 0 && (lastIndex = key.lastIndexOf('"')) == (key.length() - 1)) {
+      return key.substring(1, lastIndex);
+    }
+    return key;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Writes list of strings to file.
    *
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
index d33df5f20..7316f45b9 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration extends AnnotatedConfig implements ProxyConfi
         for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : toml.entrySet()) {
           if (entry.getValue() instanceof String) {
             forcedHosts
-                .put(stripQuotes(entry.getKey()), ImmutableList.of((String) entry.getValue()));
+                .put(unesacpeKeyIfNeeded(entry.getKey()), ImmutableList.of((String) entry.getValue()));
           } else if (entry.getValue() instanceof List) {
-            forcedHosts.put(stripQuotes(entry.getKey()),
+            forcedHosts.put(unesacpeKeyIfNeeded(entry.getKey()),
                 ImmutableList.copyOf((List<String>) entry.getValue()));
           } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException(
@@ -512,14 +512,6 @@ public class VelocityConfiguration extends AnnotatedConfig implements ProxyConfi
       this.forcedHosts = forcedHosts;
     }
 
-    private static String stripQuotes(String key) {
-      int lastIndex;
-      if (key.indexOf('"') == 0 && (lastIndex = key.lastIndexOf('"')) == (key.length() - 1)) {
-        return key.substring(1, lastIndex);
-      }
-      return key;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String toString() {
       return "ForcedHosts{"