diff --git a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
index 9ba216d6..870c2810 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI
         {
             byte playerid = args.Data.ReadInt8();
             byte hair = args.Data.ReadInt8();
-            //Various colours here
-
             args.Data.Position += 21;
             bool hardcore = args.Data.ReadBoolean();
             string name = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(args.Data.ReadBytes((int)(args.Data.Length - args.Data.Position - 1)));
@@ -145,6 +143,11 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 Tools.ForceKick(args.Player, "Hair crash exploit.");
                 return true;
             }
+            if (!Tools.ValidString(name))
+            {
+                Tools.ForceKick(args.Player, "Unprintable character in name");
+                return true;
+            }
             if (name.Length > 32)
             {
                 Tools.ForceKick(args.Player, "Name exceeded 32 characters.");
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 09c15782..2f977511 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.3.4.0708")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.3.4.0708")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.3.4.0709")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.3.4.0709")]
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs b/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
index 466bc4f2..34060646 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // <auto-generated>
 //     This code was generated by a tool.
-//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.1
+//     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.235
 //
 //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
 //     the code is regenerated.
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI {
             }
         }
         
-        /// <summary>
-        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to  !&quot;#$%&amp;&apos;()*+,-./0123456789:;&lt;=&gt;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…///†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static string mousefontchars {
-            get {
-                return ResourceManager.GetString("mousefontchars", resourceCulture);
-            }
-        }
-        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to #format
         ///#ip group
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Resources.resx b/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
index 7aca9391..21b8b3ab 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
+++ b/TShockAPI/Resources.resx
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@
   <data name="itembans" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>config\itembans.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="mousefontchars" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
-    <value>config\mousefontchars.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;utf-8</value>
-  </data>
   <data name="users" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>config\users.txt;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089;Windows-1252</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index a94b4d31..b65e08b4 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 using Terraria;
 using TerrariaAPI;
 using TerrariaAPI.Hooks;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             NetHooks.GetData += GetData;
             NetHooks.GreetPlayer += OnGreetPlayer;
             NpcHooks.StrikeNpc += NpcHooks_OnStrikeNpc;
-            
+
 
             Bans.LoadBans();
             GetDataHandlers.InitGetDataHandler();
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
             RegionManager.ReadAllSettings();
             WarpsManager.ReadAllSettings();
             ItemManager.LoadBans();
-            RconHandler.StartThread();
+            //RconHandler.StartThread();
 
             Log.ConsoleInfo("AutoSave " + (TShock.Config.AutoSave ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
             Log.ConsoleInfo("Backups " + (Backups.Interval > 0 ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 return;
             }
 
-            
+
 
             if (!FileTools.OnWhitelist(player.IP))
             {
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
             Players[ply] = player;
 
-            
+
         }
 
         private void OnLeave(int ply)
@@ -319,14 +320,11 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 return;
             }
 
-            foreach (var character in text)
+            if (!Tools.ValidString(text))
             {
-                if (Resources.mousefontchars.IndexOf(character) == -1)
-                {
-                    Tools.HandleCheater(tsplr, "Attempted to crash clients");
-                    e.Handled = true;
-                    return;
-                }
+                Tools.Kick(tsplr, "Unprintable character in chat");
+                e.Handled = true;
+                return;
             }
 
             if (msg.whoAmI != ply)
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
index a2cc337c..30c21882 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="config\mousefontchars.txt" />
     <Content Include="config\itembans.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ProjectExtensions>
     <VisualStudio>
-      <UserProperties BuildVersion_IncrementBeforeBuild="False" BuildVersion_StartDate="2011/6/17" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.None.MonthAndDayStamp" BuildVersion_BuildAction="Both" BuildVersion_UpdateFileVersion="True" BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" />
+      <UserProperties BuildVersion_UpdateAssemblyVersion="True" BuildVersion_UpdateFileVersion="True" BuildVersion_BuildAction="Both" BuildVersion_BuildVersioningStyle="None.None.None.MonthAndDayStamp" BuildVersion_StartDate="2011/6/17" BuildVersion_IncrementBeforeBuild="False" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
index d4fa5aa7..611f016a 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Tools.cs
@@ -659,5 +659,20 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 return bytes.Aggregate("", (s, b) => s + b.ToString("X2"));
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the string contains any unprintable characters
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="str">String to check</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the string only contains printable characters</returns>
+        public static bool ValidString(string str)
+        {
+            foreach (var c in str)
+            {
+                if (c < 0x20 || c > 0xA9)
+                    return false;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt b/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 326a1642..00000000
--- a/TShockAPI/config/mousefontchars.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~€‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©
\ No newline at end of file