diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f46e183..03fd0b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
             <version>3.3.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
index 7ddfbe7..d10cfd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/Plex.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
 @Setter
 public class Plex extends JavaPlugin
 {
-    public static Plex plugin;
+    private static Plex plugin;
     public MainConfig config;
     private StorageType storageType = StorageType.SQLITE;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/PlexBase.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/PlexBase.java
index 9878637..12d7df5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/PlexBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/PlexBase.java
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package me.totalfreedom.plex;
 
 public class PlexBase
 {
-    protected static Plex plugin = Plex.plugin;
+    protected static Plex plugin = Plex.get();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/SQLPlayerData.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/SQLPlayerData.java
index 814dbf6..a2feb84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/SQLPlayerData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/cache/SQLPlayerData.java
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ package me.totalfreedom.plex.cache;
 
 import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.Plex;
+import me.totalfreedom.plex.player.PlexPlayer;
+
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import me.totalfreedom.plex.Plex;
-import me.totalfreedom.plex.player.PlexPlayer;
-import me.totalfreedom.plex.rank.enums.Rank;
 
 public class SQLPlayerData
 {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/storage/SQLConnection.java b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/storage/SQLConnection.java
index aff84cc..5c072bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/storage/SQLConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/totalfreedom/plex/storage/SQLConnection.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public class SQLConnection extends PlexBase
         String username = plugin.config.getString("data.central.user");
         String password = plugin.config.getString("data.central.password");
         String database = plugin.config.getString("data.central.db");
-
         try
         {
             if (plugin.config.getString("data.central.storage").equalsIgnoreCase("sqlite"))
@@ -26,13 +25,14 @@ public class SQLConnection extends PlexBase
                 connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:" + new File(plugin.getDataFolder(), "database.db").getAbsolutePath());
                 plugin.setStorageType(StorageType.SQLITE);
             }
-            else if (plugin.config.getString("data.central.storage").equalsIgnoreCase("mysql"))
+            else if (plugin.config.getString("data.central.storage").equalsIgnoreCase("mariadb"))
             {
-                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + host + ":" + port + "/" + database, username, password);
+                Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
+                connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mariadb://" + host + ":" + port + "/" + database, username, password);
                 Plex.get().setStorageType(StorageType.SQL);
             }
         }
-        catch (SQLException throwables)
+        catch (SQLException | ClassNotFoundException throwables)
         {
             throwables.printStackTrace();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 2944693..6e27a2f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ server:
 
 data:
   central:
-    storage: sqlite
+    storage: sqlite # use mariadb, mongodb, or sqlite here
     user: ""
     password: ""
     hostname: 127.0.0.1