diff --git a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/ModCore.java b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/ModCore.java
index 580c254b..e24b4984 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/ModCore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/ModCore.java
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ public static void catching(Throwable ex) {
             return;
         }
 
-        instance.logger.catching(ex);
+        instance.logger.error("Exception", ex);
     }
 
     private static final List<File> usedCacheFiles = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/config/ConfigFile.java b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/config/ConfigFile.java
index 48910e53..0f2e8f76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/config/ConfigFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/config/ConfigFile.java
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ public PropertyClass(Class<?> cls) {
 
             for (Class<?> scls : cls.getDeclaredClasses()) {
                 if (Modifier.isPublic(cls.getModifiers())) {
+                    try {
+                        cls.getConstructor().setAccessible(true);
+                        cls.getConstructor().newInstance();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        // Ignore.  This is how we try to force static initializers
+                    }
                     properties.add(new PropertyClass(scls));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/entity/ModdedEntity.java b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/entity/ModdedEntity.java
index a86fdb4f..060e3fc3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/entity/ModdedEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cam72cam/mod/entity/ModdedEntity.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import cam72cam.mod.entity.boundingbox.BoundingBox;
 import cam72cam.mod.entity.boundingbox.IBoundingBox;
 import cam72cam.mod.entity.custom.*;
+import cam72cam.mod.entity.sync.TagSync;
 import cam72cam.mod.item.ClickResult;
 import cam72cam.mod.math.Vec3d;
 import cam72cam.mod.math.Vec3i;
@@ -200,7 +201,13 @@ public final void readSpawnData(PacketBuffer additionalData) {
     @Override
     public final void writeSpawnData(PacketBuffer buffer) {
         TagCompound data = new TagCompound();
-        data.set("sync", self.sync);
+        TagCompound sync = new TagCompound();
+        try {
+            TagSerializer.serialize(sync, getSelf(), TagSync.class);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            ModCore.catching(e);
+        }
+        data.set("sync", sync);
         save(data);
         buffer.writeCompoundTag(data.internal);
     }