diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index bd384d6..7d29752 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
     <option name="autoReloadType" value="SELECTIVE" />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="ce97b9f5-6785-4670-b350-12f90ab9ea27" name="Changes" comment="fix stuff and add more functionality (definitely) (hi again)">
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.gitignore" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.gitignore" afterDir="false" />
+    <list default="true" id="ce97b9f5-6785-4670-b350-12f90ab9ea27" name="Changes" comment="wrong version number">
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
@@ -119,12 +118,21 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1695656657760</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="3" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00003" summary="wrong version number">
+      <option name="closed" value="true" />
+      <created>1695657371321</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00003" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00003" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1695657371321</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="4" />
     <servers />
   </component>
   <component name="VcsManagerConfiguration">
     <MESSAGE value="hmmm" />
     <MESSAGE value="fix stuff and add more functionality (definitely) (hi again)" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="fix stuff and add more functionality (definitely) (hi again)" />
+    <MESSAGE value="wrong version number" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="wrong version number" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/Main.java b/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/Main.java
index 7df29c2..a3113c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/Main.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class Main extends JavaPlugin {
                 //FileWriter pubMessageWebhookConfigWriter = new FileWriter(pubMessageWebhookConfig);
                 //notifyWebhookConfigWriter.write("{\"url_notify\": \"default-ns\"}");
                 FileWriter linkConfigWriter = new FileWriter(webhookConfig);
-                linkConfigWriter.write("{\n  \"url_publicmsg\": \"default-ns\", \n  \"url_notify\": \"default-ns\"\n}");
+                linkConfigWriter.write("{\"url_publicmsg\": \"default-ns\",\"url_notify\": \"default-ns\"}");
                 linkConfigWriter.close();
                 //notifyWebhookConfigWriter.close();
             } else {
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public class Main extends JavaPlugin {
 
     public static boolean validateWebhook_Pub() {
         try {
+            if (getPublicMessageWebhook().equals("default-ns") || !getPublicMessageWebhook().contains("https://")) {
+                System.out.println("There was no webhook set for the public messages function. The send-message command cannot be used until you do.");
+                return true;
+            }
             URL url = new URL(getPublicMessageWebhook());
             HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
             connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
@@ -100,11 +104,12 @@ public class Main extends JavaPlugin {
             if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                 return true;
             } else {
-                System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos.");
+                System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided for your public messages. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos.");
                 return false;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos. (Caught exception)");
+            System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provide for your public messages. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos. (Caught exception)");
+            System.out.println("Exception: %s".formatted(e));
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -117,11 +122,12 @@ public class Main extends JavaPlugin {
             if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
                 return true;
             } else {
-                System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos.");
+                System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided for the event logs. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos.");
                 return false;
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos. (Caught exception)");
+            System.out.println("Invalid webhook URL provided for the event logs. Please provide the correct webhook and check for any typos. (Caught exception)");
+            System.out.println("Exception: %s".formatted(e));
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -133,18 +139,12 @@ public class Main extends JavaPlugin {
             String lineMsg = MsgParse.getAsJsonObject().get("url_publicmsg").getAsString();
             
             brfmsg.close();
-            if (lineMsg.equals("default-ns")) {
-                System.out.printf("Please set the public message webhook URL in %s and restart the server", webhookConfig.getAbsolutePath());
-                webhooksAreValidUrls = false;
-                return lineMsg;
-            } else if (lineMsg.startsWith("https://") || lineMsg.startsWith("http://")) {
+            if (lineMsg.startsWith("https://") || lineMsg.startsWith("http://")) {
                 webhooksAreValidUrls = true;
                 return lineMsg;
-            } else {
-                System.out.printf("Please set the public message webhook URL in %s and restart the server", webhookConfig.getAbsolutePath());
-                webhooksAreValidUrls = false;
-                return lineMsg;
             }
+
+            return "default-ns";
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/ServerUtils.java b/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/ServerUtils.java
index 81c7bcf..a0f0fbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cf/sobrooms/ServerUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class ServerUtils {
             Socket s = new Socket();
             s.connect(new InetSocketAddress(serverAddress, Integer.parseInt(serverPort.toString())), 15);
             s.close();
-            System.out.println("Server is online. Sending message to webhook_notify... (Pinged " + serverAddress + ":" + server.getPort() + ")");
+            System.out.println("Server is online. Test notifying by sending a message to your webhook... (Pinged " + serverAddress + ":" + server.getPort() + ")");
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             System.out.println("Server is inactive. Pinging fallback address...");