 +            // Travertine start
 +            if ( ProtocolConstants.isAfterOrEq( con.getPendingConnection().getVersion(), ProtocolConstants.MINECRAFT_1_8 ) )
 +            {
-+                ByteBuf brand = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer( pluginMessage.getData() );
-+                String serverBrand = DefinedPacket.readString( brand );
-+                brand.release();
-+                brand = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer();
-+                DefinedPacket.writeString( bungee.getName() + " (" + bungee.getVersion() + ")" + " <- " + serverBrand, brand );
-+                pluginMessage.setData( brand );
-+                brand.release();
++                try
++                {
++                    ByteBuf brand = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(pluginMessage.getData());
++                    String serverBrand = DefinedPacket.readString(brand);
++                    brand.release();
++                    brand = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.heapBuffer();
++                    DefinedPacket.writeString(bungee.getName() + " (" + bungee.getVersion() + ")" + " <- " + serverBrand, brand);
++                    pluginMessage.setData(brand);
++                    brand.release();
++                } catch (Exception ProtocolHacksSuck)
++                {
++                    return;
++                }
 +            } else
 +            {
 +                String serverBrand = new String( pluginMessage.getData(), "UTF-8" );

             this.compressionThreshold = compressionThreshold;
             unsafe.sendPacket( new SetCompression( compressionThreshold ) );
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
index 8ce578e..d838c2b 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.netty.ChannelWrapper;

 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.packet.BossBar;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.packet.KeepAlive;
 import net.md_5.bungee.protocol.packet.PlayerListItem;
@@ -246,13 +247,28 @@ public class DownstreamBridge extends PacketHandler
 
         if ( pluginMessage.getTag().equals( "MC|Brand" ) )
         {
