diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6761579..c7f05d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>io.github.townyadvanced</groupId>
   <artifactId>TownyProvinces</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.0</version>
+  <version>2.3.1</version>
   <name>townyprovinces</name> <!-- Leave lower-cased -->
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/data/DataHandlerUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/data/DataHandlerUtil.java
index 870477d..e882505 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/data/DataHandlerUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/data/DataHandlerUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.data;
 
-import com.palmergames.util.FileMgmt;
 import io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.TownyProvinces;
 import io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.objects.Province;
 import io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.objects.ProvinceType;
@@ -89,8 +88,13 @@ private static void loadAllProvinces() {
 
 	public static void loadProvince(File provinceFile) {
 		//Read values from province file
-		Map<String,String> fileEntries = FileMgmt.loadFileIntoHashMap(provinceFile);
-		TPCoord homeBlock = unpackCoord(fileEntries.get("home_block"));
+		Map<String,String> fileEntries = FileUtil.loadFileIntoHashMap(provinceFile);
+		String homeblockEntry = fileEntries.get("home_block");
+		if (homeblockEntry == null) {
+			TownyProvinces.severe("Could not read home_block value in " + provinceFile.getPath().toString() + ", this province file will not be loaded.");
+			return;
+		}
+		TPCoord homeBlock = unpackCoord(homeblockEntry);
 		//Create province object
 		Province province = new Province(homeBlock);
 		//Read more values
@@ -149,8 +153,8 @@ private static Set<TPCoord> unpackCoords(String allCoordsAsString) {
 	
 	private static TPCoord unpackCoord(String coordAsString) {
 		String[] coordAsArray = coordAsString.split(",");
-		int x = Integer.parseInt(coordAsArray[0]);
-		int z = Integer.parseInt(coordAsArray[1]);
+		int x = Integer.parseInt(coordAsArray[0].trim());
+		int z = Integer.parseInt(coordAsArray[1].trim());
 		return new TPFinalCoord(x,z);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/util/FileUtil.java b/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/util/FileUtil.java
index 0caf712..cfc2884 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/townyadvanced/townyprovinces/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.util;
 
-import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.Towny;
 import com.palmergames.util.FileMgmt;
 import io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.TownyProvinces;
 import io.github.townyadvanced.townyprovinces.messaging.Messaging;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 public class FileUtil {
 
@@ -79,6 +77,24 @@ public static void saveListIntoFile(List<String> linesToWrite, String filePath)
 		}
 	}
 
+	public static HashMap<String, String> loadFileIntoHashMap(File file) {
+
+		HashMap<String, String> keys = new HashMap<>();
+		try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
+			 InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+			Properties properties = new Properties();
+			properties.load(isr);
+			for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
+				String value = properties.getProperty(key);
+				keys.put(key, String.valueOf(value));
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			TownyProvinces.severe("An exception occurred while reading file " + file.getName());
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return keys;
+	}
+	
 	public static List<File> readRegionDefinitionFiles() {
 		return readListOfFiles(REGION_DEFINITIONS_FOLDER_PATH);
 	}
@@ -131,22 +147,4 @@ public static boolean createRegionDefinitionsFolderAndSampleFiles() {
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
-
-	public static HashMap<String, String> loadFileIntoHashMap(File file) {
-
-		HashMap<String, String> keys = new HashMap<>();
-		try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
-			InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
-			Properties properties = new Properties();
-			properties.load(isr);
-			for (String key : properties.stringPropertyNames()) {
-				String value = properties.getProperty(key);
-				keys.put(key, String.valueOf(value));
-			}
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			Towny.getPlugin().getLogger().log(Level.WARNING, "An exception occurred while reading file " + file.getName(), e);
-		}
-		return keys;
-
-	}
 }