From a4b3a42c6e0a2aa22af8f212f5d70b220515ce31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: okx-code <okx@okx.sh>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 06:20:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] do i really need this

---
 .../src/main/java/net/civmc/civproxy/CivProxyPlugin.java     | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/civproxy-velocity/src/main/java/net/civmc/civproxy/CivProxyPlugin.java b/plugins/civproxy-velocity/src/main/java/net/civmc/civproxy/CivProxyPlugin.java
index 2cd0e8ff4..a0d06a166 100644
--- a/plugins/civproxy-velocity/src/main/java/net/civmc/civproxy/CivProxyPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/civproxy-velocity/src/main/java/net/civmc/civproxy/CivProxyPlugin.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class CivProxyPlugin {
     private void loadConnection() {
         CommentedConfigurationNode database = config.node("database");
 
+        try {
+            Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
         HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig();
         config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:" + database.node("driver").getString("mysql") + "://" + database.node("host").getString("localhost") + ":" +
             database.node("port").getInt(3306) + "/" + database.node("database").getString("minecraft"));