diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41f4097c..eefb7b00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>com.devotedmc</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ExilePearl</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
-	<version>0.5.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>ExilePearl</name>
 	<url>https://github.com/DevotedMC/ExilePearl</url>
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.lumine.xikage</groupId>
 			<artifactId>MythicLib</artifactId>
-			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.0.1</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devotedmc/ExilePearl/core/CorePearlManager.java b/src/main/java/com/devotedmc/ExilePearl/core/CorePearlManager.java
index 5ac8d8e7..3c9acd42 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/devotedmc/ExilePearl/core/CorePearlManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devotedmc/ExilePearl/core/CorePearlManager.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public void decayPearls() {
 			}
 
 			PearlHolder holder = pearl.getHolder();
-			if(holder.isBlock() && disallowedWorlds.contains(holder.getLocation().getWorld().getName())) {
+			if(holder != null && holder.isBlock() && disallowedWorlds.contains(holder.getLocation().getWorld().getName())) {
 				pearlApi.log("Freeing pearl for player %s because the pearl is stored in disallowed world %s.", pearl.getPlayerName(),holder.getLocation().getWorld().getName());
 				pearlsToFree.add(pearl);
 			}