diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/ConnectionPool.java b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/ConnectionPool.java
index 09d0466..f64c506 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/ConnectionPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/ConnectionPool.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.sql.Types;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
@@ -252,7 +251,15 @@ public class ConnectionPool {
             connection = newConnectionSupplier.get();
         }
         try {
-            return task.apply(connection);
+            var out = task.apply(connection);
+            if (!connection.getAutoCommit() && lock.getHoldCount() == 1) {
+                if (plugin.getAPConfig().getDebug() > 0) {
+                    plugin.warning("Auto-commit not re-enabled following transaction.");
+                    Thread.dumpStack();
+                }
+                connection.setAutoCommit(true);
+            }
+            return out;
         } finally {
             if (lock.getHoldCount() == 1) {
                 writeTimeIndex++;
@@ -303,13 +310,18 @@ public class ConnectionPool {
      * @see PreparedStatement#executeUpdate()
      */
     public int executeReturnRows(String stmt, Object... args) throws SQLException, BusyException {
+        return executeReturn(connection -> executeReturnRows(connection, stmt, args), 30000L, Integer.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see PreparedStatement#executeUpdate()
+     */
+    public int executeReturnRows(Connection connection, String stmt, Object... args) throws SQLException {
         debugSQLStatement(stmt, args);
-        return executeReturn(connection -> {
-            try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(stmt)) {
-                prepare(connection, pstmt, args);
-                return pstmt.executeUpdate();
-            }
-        }, 30000L, Integer.class);
+        try (PreparedStatement pstmt = connection.prepareStatement(stmt)) {
+            prepare(connection, pstmt, args);
+            return pstmt.executeUpdate();
+        }
     }
 
     public int executeReturnGenerated(String stmt, Object... args) throws SQLException, BusyException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/SQLManager.java b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/SQLManager.java
index 79af47f..a6d5232 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/SQLManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/database/SQLManager.java
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ public class SQLManager extends ConnectionPool {
                 setLast(LastKeys.LEGACY_POSITIONS, System.currentTimeMillis(), connection);
 
             connection.commit();
-            plugin.debug("init done.");
+            plugin.debug("table init done.");
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             plugin.warning("An error occurred during initialization. Rolling back changes.");
             connection.rollback();
             throw t;
         } finally {
-            connection.setAutoCommit(true);
+            if (!connection.getAutoCommit()) connection.setAutoCommit(true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class SQLManager extends ConnectionPool {
                 }
 
                 // Step 3: Delete the UIDs
-                int count_ = executeReturnRows("DELETE FROM auxprotect_uids WHERE uid IN (SELECT auxprotect_uids.uid FROM auxprotect_uids LEFT JOIN temp_uids AS temp ON auxprotect_uids.uid = temp.uid WHERE temp.uid IS NULL)");
+                int count_ = executeReturnRows(connection, "DELETE FROM auxprotect_uids WHERE uid IN (SELECT auxprotect_uids.uid FROM auxprotect_uids LEFT JOIN temp_uids AS temp ON auxprotect_uids.uid = temp.uid WHERE temp.uid IS NULL)");
 
                 // Step 4: Drop the Temporary Table
                 execute("DROP " + (isMySQL() ? "TEMPORARY " : "") + "TABLE IF EXISTS temp_uids", connection);
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ public class SQLManager extends ConnectionPool {
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 connection.rollback();
                 throw t;
+            } finally {
+                if (!connection.getAutoCommit()) connection.setAutoCommit(true);
             }
         }, 30000L, Integer.class);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/spigot/AuxProtectSpigot.java b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/spigot/AuxProtectSpigot.java
index fc602f4..f4857e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/spigot/AuxProtectSpigot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/heliosares/auxprotect/spigot/AuxProtectSpigot.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import dev.heliosares.auxprotect.utils.Telemetry;
 import dev.heliosares.auxprotect.utils.UpdateChecker;
 import net.milkbowl.vault.economy.Economy;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.block.Container;
@@ -653,6 +654,7 @@ public final class AuxProtectSpigot extends JavaPlugin implements IAuxProtect {
 
     @Override
     public void info(String string) {
+        string = ChatColor.stripColor(string);
         this.getLogger().info(string);
         logToStackLog("[INFO] " + string);
     }