diff --git a/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/misc/SettingsProvider.java b/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/misc/SettingsProvider.java
index 81775cc19..57843fad7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/misc/SettingsProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/misc/SettingsProvider.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class SettingsProvider implements ISettingsProvider {
 
     public SettingsProvider(String baseUrl) {
         this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
-        this.client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+        this.client = HttpClient.newBuilder().connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).executor(Util.nonCriticalIoPool()).build();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ private Optional<Map<String, String>> checkSettings(Map<String, String> settings
         if (error != null) {
             LOGGER.error("Failed to retrieve settings from server", error);
         }
-        if (VampirismMod.inDev || settings != null) {
+        if (VampirismMod.inDev || settings == null) {
             InputStream inputStream = VampirismMod.class.getResourceAsStream("/default_remote_config.json");
             if (inputStream != null) {
                 try {
@@ -115,16 +116,16 @@ private Optional<Collection<Supporter>> checkSupporter(Collection<Supporter> fil
         if (error != null) {
             LOGGER.error("Failed to retrieve supporter from server", error);
         }
-        if (VampirismMod.inDev || file != null) {
-            InputStream inputStream = VampirismMod.class.getResourceAsStream("/supporters.json");
-            if (inputStream != null) {
-                try {
-                    List<Supporter> list = GSON.fromJson(new JsonReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)), TypeToken.getParameterized(List.class, Supporter.class).getType());
-                    return Optional.of(list);
-                } catch (JsonSyntaxException ex) {
-                    LOGGER.error("Failed to retrieve supporter from file", ex);
+        if (VampirismMod.inDev || file == null) {
+                InputStream inputStream = VampirismMod.class.getResourceAsStream("/supporters.json");
+                if (inputStream != null) {
+                    try {
+                        List<Supporter> list = GSON.fromJson(new JsonReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)), TypeToken.getParameterized(List.class, Supporter.class).getType());
+                        return Optional.of(list);
+                    } catch (JsonSyntaxException ex) {
+                        LOGGER.error("Failed to retrieve supporter from file", ex);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
         }
         return Optional.ofNullable(file);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/util/TelemetryCollector.java b/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/util/TelemetryCollector.java
index 5f63ce9b6..ceb7069e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/util/TelemetryCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/teamlapen/vampirism/util/TelemetryCollector.java
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 import net.minecraft.DetectedVersion;
 import net.minecraft.Util;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.neoforged.api.distmarker.Dist;
 import net.neoforged.fml.LogicalSide;
 import net.neoforged.fml.ModList;
+import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLEnvironment;
 import net.neoforged.fml.util.thread.EffectiveSide;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ public static void execute() {
     }
 
     private static void send() {
-        try(var http = HttpClient.newBuilder().executor(Util.nonCriticalIoPool()).build()) {
+        try(var http = HttpClient.newBuilder().connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).executor(Util.nonCriticalIoPool()).build()) {
             StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
             builder.append(REFERENCE.SETTINGS_API);
             builder.append("/telemetry/basic");
@@ -44,12 +46,12 @@ private static void send() {
             params.put("mod_version", REFERENCE.VERSION.toString());
             params.put("mc_version", DetectedVersion.BUILT_IN.getName());
             params.put("mod_count", Integer.toString(ModList.get().size()));
-            params.put("side", (EffectiveSide.get() == LogicalSide.CLIENT ? "client" : "server"));
+            params.put("side", (FMLEnvironment.dist == Dist.CLIENT ? "client" : "server"));
 
             builder.append("?");
             builder.append(params.entrySet().stream().map(s -> s.getKey() + "=" + URLEncoder.encode(s.getValue(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).collect(Collectors.joining("&")));
 
-            http.sendAsync(HttpRequest.newBuilder().uri(new URI(builder.toString())).timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).build(), HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+            http.sendAsync(HttpRequest.newBuilder().uri(new URI(builder.toString())).build(), HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             LOGGER.error("Failed to send telemetry data", e);
         }