diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da79030..8fa93dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 		<groupId>net.essentialsx</groupId>
 		<artifactId>EssentialsX</artifactId>
 		<version>2.20.1</version>
+		<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 	    <dependency>
diff --git a/src/me/EtienneDx/RealEstate/RealEstate.java b/src/me/EtienneDx/RealEstate/RealEstate.java
index 27136b8..fe74dc5 100644
--- a/src/me/EtienneDx/RealEstate/RealEstate.java
+++ b/src/me/EtienneDx/RealEstate/RealEstate.java
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ public class RealEstate extends JavaPlugin
                 return;
             }
         }
-        if((ess = (Essentials)getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials")) != null)
+        if(getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials") != null)
         {
-        	this.log.info("Found Essentials, using version " + ess.getDescription().getVersion());
+        	org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin ess=getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Essentials");
+		
+		this.log.info("Found Essentials, using version " + ess.getDescription().getVersion());
         }
         this.config = new Config();
         this.config.loadConfig();// loads config or default