diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/VelocityChat.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/VelocityChat.java
index 672b0cb..3b03326 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/VelocityChat.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/VelocityChat.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class VelocityChat {
     public void onProxyInitialization(ProxyInitializeEvent event) {
         new ALogger(logger);
         Config.init(getDataDirectory());
+        new DatabaseConnection();
         Queries.createTables();
 
         ChatUserManager.initialize(); // loads all the users from the db and adds them.
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/commands/GlobalAdminChat.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/commands/GlobalAdminChat.java
index 1ed8519..4631b4b 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/commands/GlobalAdminChat.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/commands/GlobalAdminChat.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.alttd.chat.commands;
 
+import com.alttd.chat.VelocityChat;
 import com.alttd.chat.events.GlobalAdminChatEvent;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.Config;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.tree.LiteralCommandNode;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.BrigadierCommand;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandMeta;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
 
 public class GlobalAdminChat {
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ public class GlobalAdminChat {
                 .then(RequiredArgumentBuilder
                         .<CommandSource, String>argument("message",  StringArgumentType.greedyString())
                         .executes(context -> {
-                            proxyServer.getEventManager().fire(new GlobalAdminChatEvent(context.getSource(), context.getArgument("message", String.class)));
+                            VelocityChat.getPlugin().getChatHandler().globalAdminChat(context.getSource(), context.getArgument("message", String.class));
                             return 1;
                         }) // TODO call in the same way as gc?
                 )
diff --git a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/handlers/ChatHandler.java b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
index 46cfc22..01ba0db 100644
--- a/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
+++ b/velocity/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/handlers/ChatHandler.java
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package com.alttd.chat.handlers;
 import com.alttd.chat.VelocityChat;
 import com.alttd.chat.config.Config;
 import com.alttd.chat.data.ChatUser;
+import com.alttd.chat.events.GlobalAdminChatEvent;
 import com.alttd.chat.util.Utility;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.PostOrder;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.Subscribe;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.Player;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
@@ -89,6 +92,33 @@ public class ChatHandler {
         recipient.sendMessage(receiverMessage);
     }
 
+    public void globalAdminChat(CommandSource commandSource, String message) {
+        String senderName = Config.CONSOLENAME;
+        String serverName = "Altitude";
+        if (commandSource instanceof Player) {
+            Player sender = (Player) commandSource;
+            senderName = sender.getUsername();
+            serverName = sender.getCurrentServer().isPresent() ? sender.getCurrentServer().get().getServerInfo().getName() : "Altitude";
+        }
+
+        MiniMessage miniMessage = MiniMessage.get();
+
+        message = Utility.parseColors(message);
+
+        Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
+
+        map.put("sender", senderName);
+        //map.put("message", event.getMessage());
+        map.put("message", Utility.parseColors(message));
+        map.put("server", serverName);
+
+        Component component = miniMessage.parse(Config.GACFORMAT, map);
+
+        VelocityChat.getPlugin().getProxy().getAllPlayers().stream().filter(target -> target.hasPermission("command.proxy.globaladminchat")/*TODO permission*/).forEach(target -> {
+            target.sendMessage(component);
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * constructs a mail object and notifies all involved players about it
      * / mail send playerA,playerB,playerC message