diff --git a/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java b/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
index e49b0f2c..6f03ea25 100644
--- a/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/gameManager/ConfigManager.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ package engine.gameManager;
 import engine.mbEnums;
 import engine.server.login.LoginServer;
 import engine.server.world.WorldServer;
+import engine.wpak.EffectsParser;
+import engine.wpak.PowersParser;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -164,6 +166,14 @@ public enum ConfigManager {
         Logger.info("Compiling regex");
 
         regex.put(MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX, Pattern.compile(MB_LOGIN_FNAME_REGEX.getValue()));
+
+        Logger.info("Loading WPAK data");
+
+
+        EffectsParser.parseWpakFile();
+        PowersParser.parseWpakFile();
+
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
index 9ce5d3f7..8e6530e6 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
+++ b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import engine.workthreads.DisconnectTrashTask;
 import engine.workthreads.HourlyJobThread;
 import engine.workthreads.PurgeOprhans;
 import engine.workthreads.WarehousePushThread;
-import engine.wpak.EffectsParser;
-import engine.wpak.PowersParser;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Configurator;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Level;
 import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
@@ -95,9 +93,6 @@ public class WorldServer {
             return;
         }
 
-        EffectsParser.parseWpakFile();
-        PowersParser.parseWpakFile();
-
         try {
 
             worldServer = new WorldServer();
diff --git a/src/engine/wpak/EffectsParser.java b/src/engine/wpak/EffectsParser.java
index 19060087..15de095c 100644
--- a/src/engine/wpak/EffectsParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/wpak/EffectsParser.java
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ public class EffectsParser {
     private static final Pattern CONDITIONS_REGEX = Pattern.compile("(?<=CONDITIONBEGIN)(.+?)(?=CONDITIONEND)", Pattern.DOTALL);
     private static final Pattern STRSPLIT_REGEX = Pattern.compile("([^\"]\\S*|\"[^\"]*\")\\s*"); // Regex ignores spaces within quotes
 
-    public static void parseWpakFile() throws IOException {
+    public static void parseWpakFile() {
 
         // Read .wpak file from disk
 
-        byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(effectsPath));
+        byte[] fileData = null;
+
+        try {
+            fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(effectsPath));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
         String fileContents = new String(fileData);
 
         // Iterate over effect entries from .wpak data
diff --git a/src/engine/wpak/PowersParser.java b/src/engine/wpak/PowersParser.java
index d55f76b2..630d4992 100644
--- a/src/engine/wpak/PowersParser.java
+++ b/src/engine/wpak/PowersParser.java
@@ -28,11 +28,17 @@ public class PowersParser {
     private static final Pattern CONDITION_REGEX = Pattern.compile("(?<=CONDITIONBEGIN)(.+?)(?=CONDITIONEND)", Pattern.DOTALL);
     private static final String powersPath = ConfigManager.DEFAULT_DATA_DIR + "wpak/Powers.cfg";
 
-    public static void parseWpakFile() throws IOException {
+    public static void parseWpakFile() {
 
         // Read .wpak file from disk
 
-        byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(powersPath));
+        byte[] fileData = null;
+        try {
+            fileData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(powersPath));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
         String fileContents = new String(fileData);
 
         // Iterate over power entries from .wpak data