try {
            dataSourceType = properties.getString("data-source", "flatfile");

            allowedItems = properties.getString("alloweditems", "").split(",");
            disallowedItems = properties.getString("disalloweditems", "").split(",");
            itemSpawnBlacklist = properties.getString("itemspawnblacklist", "").split(",");
            motd = properties.getString("motd", "Type /help for a list of commands.").split("@");
            playerLimit = properties.getInt("max-players", 20);
            saveHomes = properties.getBoolean("save-homes", true);
            blockFire = properties.getBoolean("disable-lighter-fire", false);
            whitelistEnabled = properties.getBoolean("whitelist", false);
            whitelistMessage = properties.getString("whitelist-message", "Not on whitelist.");
            if (dataSourceType.equalsIgnoreCase("flatfile")) {
                usersLoc = properties.getString("admintxtlocation", "users.txt");
                kitsLoc = properties.getString("kitstxtlocation", "kits.txt");
                homeLoc = properties.getString("homelocation", "homes.txt");
                warpLoc = properties.getString("warplocation", "warps.txt");
                itemLoc = properties.getString("itemstxtlocation", "items.txt");
                groupLoc = properties.getString("group-txt-location", "groups.txt");
                whitelistLoc = properties.getString("whitelist-txt-location", "whitelist.txt");
                reservelistLoc = properties.getString("reservelist-txt-location", "reservelist.txt");
            } else {
                PropertiesFile sql = new PropertiesFile("mysql.properties");
                driver = sql.getString("driver", "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
                username = sql.getString("user", "root");
                password = sql.getString("pass", "root");
                db = sql.getString("db", "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/minecraft");
            }
            spawnProtectionSize = properties.getInt("spawn-protection-size", 16);
            logging = properties.getBoolean("logging", false);
            showUnknownCommand = properties.getBoolean("show-unknown-command", true);
            URL url = this.getClass().getResource("/version.txt");
            if (url != null) {
                InputStreamReader ins = new InputStreamReader(url.openStream());
                BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader( ins );
                version = Integer.parseInt(bufferedReader.readLine());
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Exception while reading from server.properties", e);
            // Just in case...
            disallowedItems = new String[]{""};
            allowedItems = new String[]{""};
            itemSpawnBlacklist = new String[]{""};
            motd = new String[]{"Type /help for a list of commands."};
        }