diff --git a/configs/proxies/defaults.yml b/configs/proxies/defaults.yml
index 91e7f952..499278f7 100644
--- a/configs/proxies/defaults.yml
+++ b/configs/proxies/defaults.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ defaults:
       # Infrared caches the server ping response so that status pings don't spam the minecraft server.
       # This is the Time To Live of the cache.
       #
-      statusCacheTTL: 10s
+      #statusCacheTTL: 10s
 
 java:
   # Channel Capacity (ChanCap) is the capacity of a single channel
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ java:
     rateLimiter:
       # The request limit it the amount of requests a single IP can make in a specific window of time.
       #
-      requestLimit: 1
+      requestLimit: 10
       
       # This is the window of time in that a single IP can make a specific amount of requests.
       #
-      windowLength: 50ms
+      windowLength: 500ms
 
 # See Java above
 #
diff --git a/internal/pkg/java/config.go b/internal/pkg/java/config.go
index a6b46d9a..16c42012 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/java/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/java/config.go
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/haveachin/infrared/internal/app/infrared"
 	"github.com/haveachin/infrared/internal/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/haveachin/infrared/internal/pkg/java/protocol"
-	"github.com/haveachin/infrared/internal/pkg/java/protocol/handshaking"
-	"github.com/haveachin/infrared/internal/pkg/java/protocol/status"
 )
 
 type ServerConfig struct {
@@ -328,15 +325,8 @@ func newServer(id string, cfg ServerConfig) (infrared.Server, error) {
 	}
 
 	srv.statusResponseJSONProvider = &statusResponseJSONProvider{
-		server: srv,
-		handshakePk: handshaking.ServerBoundHandshake{
-			ProtocolVersion: 0,
-			ServerAddress:   protocol.String(host),
-			ServerPort:      protocol.UnsignedShort(port),
-			NextState:       handshaking.StateStatusServerBoundHandshake,
-		}.Marshal(),
-		statusRequestPk: status.ServerBoundRequest{}.Marshal(),
-		cacheTTL:        cfg.StatusCacheTTL,
+		server:   srv,
+		cacheTTL: cfg.StatusCacheTTL,
 	}
 
 	return &InfraredServer{
diff --git a/internal/pkg/java/server.go b/internal/pkg/java/server.go
index f8bec81a..106b18ad 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/java/server.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/java/server.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type statusResponseJSONProvider struct {
-	server          Server
-	handshakePk     protocol.Packet
-	statusRequestPk protocol.Packet
+	server Server
 
 	mu                      sync.Mutex
 	cacheTTL                time.Duration
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ func (s *statusResponseJSONProvider) requestNewStatusResponseJSON(pc *ProcessedC
 		return status.ResponseJSON{}, err
 	}
 
-	if err := rc.WritePackets(s.handshakePk, s.statusRequestPk); err != nil {
+	if err := rc.WritePackets(pc.readPks...); err != nil {
 		return status.ResponseJSON{}, err
 	}