diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74cb5e4..ba4ffac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
     <groupId>lol.hyper</groupId>
     <artifactId>timebar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.8</version>
+    <version>1.3.9</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>TimeBar</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/lol/hyper/timebar/TimeBar.java b/src/main/java/lol/hyper/timebar/TimeBar.java
index d35015f..96f9e68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/lol/hyper/timebar/TimeBar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/lol/hyper/timebar/TimeBar.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public void loadConfig() {
             World mainWorld = Bukkit.getWorld(worldName);
             // skip if the world is invalid
             if (mainWorld == null) {
-                logger.warning(worldName + " is not a valid world, skipping...");
+                logger.warning(worldName + " is not a valid world, skipping. If it is a valid world, wait for your server to load then try '/timebar reload'");
                 continue;
             }
             // these are the worlds to display the timebar based on this world
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public void loadConfig() {
                 if (world != null) {
                     displayWorlds.add(world);
                 } else {
-                    logger.warning(worldName + " is not a valid world, skipping...");
+                    logger.warning(worldName + " is not a valid world, skipping. If it is a valid world, wait for your server to load then try '/timebar reload'");
                 }
             }
 
@@ -145,8 +145,14 @@ public void loadConfig() {
             // default to blue since I like it
             bossBarColor = BossBar.Color.BLUE;
         } else {
+            // convert to uppercase and see if it's a real color
             color = color.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
-            bossBarColor = BossBar.Color.valueOf(color);
+            try {
+                bossBarColor = BossBar.Color.valueOf(color);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException exception) {
+                logger.warning(color + " is not a valid bossbar color. Defaulting to blue.");
+                bossBarColor = BossBar.Color.BLUE;
+            }
         }
 
         if (realisticSeasons) {