diff --git a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
index 0848b597..26a3be87 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
     public class Commands
     {
         public delegate void CommandDelegate(CommandArgs args);
-        public static List<Command> commands;
+        public static List<Command> commands = new List<Command>();
 
         public struct CommandArgs
         {
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Group.cs b/TShockAPI/Group.cs
index e3bb5bcf..1572221b 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Group.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Group.cs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
         {
         }
 
-        new public virtual bool HasPermission(string permission)
+        public override bool HasPermission(string permission)
         {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
index 4b6dbf99..a4cc44d8 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 {
     class Tools
     {
-        private static List<Group> groups;
+        private static List<Group> groups = new List<Group>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Provides the real IP address from a RemoteEndPoint string that contains a port and an IP
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
         {
             ip = GetRealIP(ip);
 
-            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("users.txt");
+            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(FileTools.SaveDir + "users.txt");
             string data = sr.ReadToEnd();
             data = data.Replace("\r", "");
             string[] lines = data.Split('\n');
@@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 {
                     continue;
                 }
+                if (lines[i].StartsWith("#"))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (args[0].Equals(ip))
                 {
                     return GetGroup(args[1]);