So, I know you've already commented on how ugly this line is, but it turns out that it's also causing a null pointer exception when connecting to a dedicated server, at least in our setup trying to add the mod to Valhelsia 3:

Client debug log w/ exception:
https://gist.github.com/Vaelzan/7ae5806481733b0c7f93bc9ddb5a82e6

Should be smoothed out now, thanks for the report.