diff --git a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordPlugin.java b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordPlugin.java
index 61c4943..885f30a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordPlugin.java
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ public class DiscordPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements IListener<ReadyEvent> {
 	private static final String SubredditURL = "https://www.reddit.com/r/ChromaGamers";
 	private static boolean stop = false;
 	public static IDiscordClient dc;
+	public static DiscordPlugin plugin;
 
 	@Override
 	public void onEnable() {
 		try {
 			Bukkit.getLogger().info("Initializing DiscordPlugin...");
+			plugin = this;
 			final File file = new File("TBMC", "DiscordRedditLastAnnouncement.txt");
 			if (file.exists()) {
 				BufferedReader reader = Files.newReader(file, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
diff --git a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordSender.java b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordSender.java
index d30bcb2..a815252 100644
--- a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/discordplugin/DiscordSender.java
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public class DiscordSender implements CommandSender {
 	@Override
 	public void sendMessage(String message) {
 		try {
-			DiscordPlugin.sendMessageToChannel(channel, message);
+			Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskAsynchronously(DiscordPlugin.plugin,
+					() -> DiscordPlugin.sendMessageToChannel(channel, message));
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			TBMCCoreAPI.SendException("An error occured while sending message to DiscordSender", e);
 		}