diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b917c25..f93d959 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.cominatyou</groupId>
   <artifactId>hildabot</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.4</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
 
   <name>hildabot</name>
   <url>http://www.example.com</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/util/versioning/Version.java b/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/util/versioning/Version.java
index 6e38adf..8af4cbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/util/versioning/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/util/versioning/Version.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.cominatyou.util.versioning;
 
 public class Version {
-    public static final String VERSION = "2.5.4";
-    public static final String BUILD_NUMBER = "11F045";
+    public static final String VERSION = "2.6.0";
+    public static final String BUILD_NUMBER = "11G046";
     public static final String VERSION_STRING = String.format("%s (%s)", VERSION, BUILD_NUMBER);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/xp/XPSystem.java b/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/xp/XPSystem.java
index 702f67b..fd30185 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/xp/XPSystem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cominatyou/xp/XPSystem.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 
 import com.cominatyou.db.RedisInstance;
@@ -69,21 +70,28 @@ public static void checkForLevelUp(int beforeActionLevel, User user, Server serv
                         .setTitle(embedTitle)
                         .setDescription("To disable this message going forward, run `h!levelalert` in this DM or <#495034452422950915>.");
                 try {
-                    user.openPrivateChannel().join().sendMessage(embed);
+                    user.openPrivateChannel().get().sendMessage(embed).get();
                     Log.eventf("LevelAlert", "Sent level up message to %s", user.getName());
                 }
-                catch (Exception e) {
-                    if (e.getMessage().contains("Cannot send messages to this user")) { // Target user has DMs off for the server
+                catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                    if (e.getCause().getMessage().contains("Cannot send messages to this user")) { // Target user has DMs off for the server
                         Log.eventf("LevelAlert", "No message was sent to %s as their privacy settings prevent it.", user.getName());
                     }
                     else {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
+                        e.getCause().printStackTrace();
                         final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-                        e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
+                        e.getCause().printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
 
-                        Log.error("LevelAlert", String.format("Failed to send level up message to %s.", user.getName()), sw.toString());
+                        Log.error("LevelAlert", String.format("Failed to send level up message to %s.\n```%s```", user.getName()), sw.toString());
                     }
                 }
+                catch (Exception e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                    final StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+                    e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw));
+
+                    Log.error("LevelAlert", String.format("Failed to send level up message to %s.\n```%s```", user.getName()), sw.toString());
+                }
             }
             else {
                 Log.eventf("LevelAlert", "Not sending a message to %s as they have level alerts off.", user.getName());