diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a80b22c..a441313 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/entity/PartyHatFeatureRenderer.java b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/entity/PartyHatFeatureRenderer.java
index 7fd9980..fe9663b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/entity/PartyHatFeatureRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/entity/PartyHatFeatureRenderer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 public class PartyHatFeatureRenderer extends GeoLayerRenderer<RatEntity> {
 	public static final Set<RatEntity.Type> DISALLOWED_TYPES = Sets.immutableEnumSet(RatEntity.Type.RAT_KID, RatEntity.Type.BIGGIE_CHEESE, RatEntity.Type.REMY);
-	public static Identifier[] TEXTURES;
+	private static Identifier[] TEXTURES;
 
 	private final PartyHatEntityRenderer partyHatEntityRenderer;
 
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ public PartyHatFeatureRenderer(IGeoRenderer<RatEntity> entityRendererIn, PartyHa
 	@Override
 	public void render(MatrixStack matrixStackIn, VertexConsumerProvider bufferIn, int packedLightIn, RatEntity ratEntity, float limbSwing, float limbSwingAmount, float partialTicks, float ageInTicks, float netHeadYaw, float headPitch) {
 		if (RatsMischiefUtils.IS_BIRTHDAY && !DISALLOWED_TYPES.contains(ratEntity.getRatType())) {
-			if (TEXTURES == null) {
-				TEXTURES = new Identifier[RatEntity.PartyHat.values().length];
-				for (RatEntity.PartyHat hat : RatEntity.PartyHat.values()) {
-					TEXTURES[hat.ordinal()] = new Identifier(RatsMischief.MOD_ID, "textures/entity/birthday_hats/" + hat.toString().toLowerCase() + ".png");
-				}
-			}
-			Identifier hatTexture = TEXTURES[ratEntity.getPartyHat().ordinal()];
+			Identifier hatTexture = getTexture(ratEntity.getPartyHat());
 			this.partyHatEntityRenderer.render(this.getEntityModel().getModel(this.getEntityModel().getModelResource(ratEntity)),
 				ratEntity,
 				partialTicks,
@@ -45,4 +39,14 @@ public void render(MatrixStack matrixStackIn, VertexConsumerProvider bufferIn, i
 				packedLightIn, OverlayTexture.DEFAULT_UV, 1, 1, 1, 1);
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static Identifier getTexture(RatEntity.PartyHat partyHat) {
+		if (TEXTURES == null) {
+			TEXTURES = new Identifier[RatEntity.PartyHat.values().length];
+			for (RatEntity.PartyHat hat : RatEntity.PartyHat.values()) {
+				TEXTURES[hat.ordinal()] = new Identifier(RatsMischief.MOD_ID, "textures/entity/birthday_hats/" + hat.toString().toLowerCase() + ".png");
+			}
+		}
+		return TEXTURES[partyHat.ordinal()];
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/item/RatItemRenderer.java b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/item/RatItemRenderer.java
index 1ec6330..95cecff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/item/RatItemRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/client/render/item/RatItemRenderer.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public void render(RatItem animatable, MatrixStack matrices, VertexConsumerProvi
 				&& stack.getNbt().getCompound(RatsMischief.MOD_ID).contains("rat")
 				&& stack.getNbt().getCompound(RatsMischief.MOD_ID).getCompound("rat").contains("PartyHat")) {
 				String hat = stack.getNbt().getCompound(RatsMischief.MOD_ID).getCompound("rat").getString("PartyHat");
-				Identifier hatTexture = PartyHatFeatureRenderer.TEXTURES[RatEntity.PartyHat.valueOf(hat).ordinal()];
+				Identifier hatTexture = PartyHatFeatureRenderer.getTexture(RatEntity.PartyHat.valueOf(hat));
 
 				MinecraftClient.getInstance().getTextureManager().bindTexture(hatTexture);
 				this.render(model, animatable, 0.0F, RenderLayer.getEntityCutout(hatTexture), matrices, bufferSource, null, packedLight, OverlayTexture.DEFAULT_UV, 1, 1, 1, 1);
diff --git a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/mixin/client/ArmorFeatureRendererMixin.java b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/mixin/client/ArmorFeatureRendererMixin.java
index 68aff35..bc4e840 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/mixin/client/ArmorFeatureRendererMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ladysnake/ratsmischief/mixin/client/ArmorFeatureRendererMixin.java
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ public ArmorFeatureRendererMixin(FeatureRendererContext<T, M> context) {
 			if (context instanceof PlayerEntityRendererWrapper playerWrapper) {
 				this.slim = playerWrapper.mischief$isSlim();
 			}
-			this.leggingsModel = new PlayerEntityModel<>(wrapper.getContext().getPart(RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_INNER_LAYER), false);
-			this.playerModel = new PlayerEntityModel<>(wrapper.getContext().getPart(this.slim ? RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_OUTER_LAYER_SLIM : RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_OUTER_LAYER), this.slim);
+			this.leggingsModel = new PlayerEntityModel<>(wrapper.mischief$getContext().getPart(RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_INNER_LAYER), false);
+			this.playerModel = new PlayerEntityModel<>(wrapper.mischief$getContext().getPart(this.slim ? RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_OUTER_LAYER_SLIM : RatsMischiefClient.RAT_MASTER_ARMOR_OUTER_LAYER), this.slim);
 		}
 	}