@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGH)
    public void onChestOpen(InventoryOpenEvent event) {
    	Player player = (Player) event.getPlayer();
    	Inventory inventory = event.getInventory();
    	InventoryType invtype = inventory.getType();
    	Inventory lootChest = Bukkit.createInventory(null, inventory.getSize(), "Chest Loot"); // create a new inventory to display content to player

    	if ( protectedRegion ) {
    		System.out.println("exiting chest open event because region is protected");
    		return;
    	}

    	if ( loadingLoot )
    		return;

    	loadingLoot = true;

    	if( player != null && player == event.getPlayer() ) {
    		if( invtype == InventoryType.CHEST ) {

    			if ( worthy ) {
    				player.sendMessage("Loading NEW loot!");
	    			//player.sendMessage("chest size is" + size);

	    			// lets make sure the lootConfig is loaded with the lootFile
	    			if ( lootConfig == null ) {
	    				//player.sendMessage("lootConfig is null");
	    				try {
	    					lootConfig = loadYaml(lootConfig, lootFile);
	    		        } catch (Exception e) {
	    		            e.printStackTrace();
	    		        }
	    			}

	    			// load loot table into a list strings
					@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	    			List<Object> items = (List<Object>) lootConfig.get("loot.items");

	    			// clear chest
	    			event.getInventory().clear();

	    			event.setCancelled(true);
	    	    	player.playSound(player.getLocation(), Sound.CHEST_OPEN, 1, 1);

	    			// load the chest
	    			set_item(player, items, lootChest);

		    	} else {

		    		player.sendMessage("Loading OLD loot!");
		    		String displayName = player.getName();

		    		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
					List<Block> loot = (List<Block>) chestConfig.get("player."+displayName+".loot");
		    		ItemStack[] chestLoot = loot.toArray(new ItemStack[loot.size()]);
		    		lootChest.setContents(chestLoot);

		    		event.setCancelled(true);
	    	    	player.playSound(player.getLocation(), Sound.CHEST_OPEN, 10, 1);
		    		player.openInventory(lootChest);
	    		}
	    	}
    	}

    	loadingLoot = false;
    }