diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java b/api/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java
index 89d1f30c..1ddf1007 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.rexcantor64.triton.api;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus.Internal;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@
  *
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-public class TritonAPI {
+public final class TritonAPI {
+    @Internal
+    private static Triton instance;
 
     /**
      * Get the instance of the {@link Triton plugin}.
@@ -16,8 +19,20 @@ public class TritonAPI {
      * @since 1.0.0
      */
     public static @NotNull Triton getInstance() {
-        // This class gets replaced with a proper implementation in Triton's build.
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Triton is not running! If you're seeing this, it is because some plugin shadowed the TritonAPI (when it should not have!).");
+        if (instance == null) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Triton is not running (yet?)! If you're seeing this, some plugin is trying to use the Triton API before Triton has loaded.");
+        }
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    @Internal
+    static void register(@NotNull Triton instance) {
+        TritonAPI.instance = instance;
+    }
+
+    @Internal
+    private TritonAPI() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This class cannot be instantiated.");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/Triton.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/Triton.java
index 1f00d84f..01db115a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/Triton.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/Triton.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.rexcantor64.triton;
 
+import com.rexcantor64.triton.api.TritonAPI;
+import com.rexcantor64.triton.api.TritonAPIUtils;
 import com.rexcantor64.triton.api.language.LanguageParser;
 import com.rexcantor64.triton.api.legacy.LegacyLanguageParser;
 import com.rexcantor64.triton.bridge.BridgeManager;
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ public static boolean isSpigot() {
     }
 
     protected void onEnable() {
+        instance = this;
+        TritonAPIUtils.register(instance);
+
         translationsFolder = new File(getDataFolder(), "translations");
 
         logger = loader.getTritonLogger();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ad3250a8..00000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPI.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package com.rexcantor64.triton.api;
-
-public class TritonAPI {
-
-    public static Triton getInstance() {
-        return com.rexcantor64.triton.Triton.get();
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPIUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPIUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2489fbca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/api/TritonAPIUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.rexcantor64.triton.api;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+// This class has to be in this package to have access to the methods in TritonAPI
+public class TritonAPIUtils {
+
+    public static void register(@NotNull Triton instance) {
+        TritonAPI.register(instance);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/triton-bungeecord/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/bungeecord/BungeeTriton.java b/triton-bungeecord/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/bungeecord/BungeeTriton.java
index 69306d0e..a53bc55d 100644
--- a/triton-bungeecord/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/bungeecord/BungeeTriton.java
+++ b/triton-bungeecord/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/bungeecord/BungeeTriton.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ public BungeePlugin getLoader() {
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
-        instance = this;
         super.onEnable();
 
         Metrics metrics = new Metrics(getPlugin(), 5607);
diff --git a/triton-spigot/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/spigot/SpigotTriton.java b/triton-spigot/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/spigot/SpigotTriton.java
index 69b3700b..56a48361 100644
--- a/triton-spigot/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/spigot/SpigotTriton.java
+++ b/triton-spigot/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/spigot/SpigotTriton.java
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ public static SpigotTriton asSpigot() {
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
-        instance = this;
-
         super.onEnable();
 
         if (!this.isProtocolLibAvailable()) {
diff --git a/triton-velocity/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/velocity/VelocityTriton.java b/triton-velocity/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/velocity/VelocityTriton.java
index 3eab9fe6..28e37130 100644
--- a/triton-velocity/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/velocity/VelocityTriton.java
+++ b/triton-velocity/src/main/java/com/rexcantor64/triton/velocity/VelocityTriton.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ public Object getPlugin() {
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
-        instance = this;
         super.onEnable();
 
         // bStats