diff --git a/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention.java b/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention.java
index 364e524..7332875 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/ryanhamshire/GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention.java
@@ -378,12 +378,6 @@ public class GriefPrevention extends JavaPlugin
         economyHandler = new EconomyHandler(this);
         pluginManager.registerEvents(economyHandler, this);
 
-        //cache offline players
-        OfflinePlayer[] offlinePlayers = this.getServer().getOfflinePlayers();
-        CacheOfflinePlayerNamesThread namesThread = new CacheOfflinePlayerNamesThread(offlinePlayers, this.playerNameToIDMap);
-        namesThread.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY);
-        namesThread.start();
-
         //load ignore lists for any already-online players
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         Collection<Player> players = (Collection<Player>) GriefPrevention.instance.getServer().getOnlinePlayers();
@@ -2925,50 +2919,7 @@ public class GriefPrevention extends JavaPlugin
     }
 
     //helper method to resolve a player by name
-    ConcurrentHashMap<String, UUID> playerNameToIDMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
-    //thread to build the above cache
-    private class CacheOfflinePlayerNamesThread extends Thread
-    {
-        private final OfflinePlayer[] offlinePlayers;
-        private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, UUID> playerNameToIDMap;
-
-        CacheOfflinePlayerNamesThread(OfflinePlayer[] offlinePlayers, ConcurrentHashMap<String, UUID> playerNameToIDMap)
-        {
-            this.offlinePlayers = offlinePlayers;
-            this.playerNameToIDMap = playerNameToIDMap;
-        }
-
-        public void run()
-        {
-            long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            final long millisecondsPerDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
-            for (OfflinePlayer player : offlinePlayers)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    UUID playerID = player.getUniqueId();
-                    if (playerID == null) continue;
-                    long lastSeen = player.getLastPlayed();
-
-                    //if the player has been seen in the last 90 days, cache his name/UUID pair
-                    long diff = now - lastSeen;
-                    long daysDiff = diff / millisecondsPerDay;
-                    if (daysDiff <= config_advanced_offlineplayer_cache_days)
-                    {
-                        String playerName = player.getName();
-                        if (playerName == null) continue;
-                        this.playerNameToIDMap.put(playerName, playerID);
-                        this.playerNameToIDMap.put(playerName.toLowerCase(), playerID);
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    ConcurrentHashMap<String, UUID> playerNameToIDMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(); // TODO REMOVE ME
 
 
     public OfflinePlayer resolvePlayerByName(String name)