diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index bf0f83e2..983ef45e 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
       <artifactId>common</artifactId>
       <version>${geyser.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geysermc.cumulus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cumulus</artifactId>
+      <version>${cumulus.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/bungee/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/inject/bungee/BungeeInjector.java b/bungee/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/inject/bungee/BungeeInjector.java
index f95b6992..aede3b84 100644
--- a/bungee/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/inject/bungee/BungeeInjector.java
+++ b/bungee/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/inject/bungee/BungeeInjector.java
@@ -95,12 +95,24 @@ public final class BungeeInjector extends CommonPlatformInjector {
             // we're getting called before the decoder and encoder are added.
             // we'll have to wait a while :(
             ctx.executor().execute(() -> {
+                int tries = 0;
                 while (ctx.channel().isOpen()) {
                     if (ctx.channel().pipeline().get(MinecraftEncoder.class) != null) {
                         logger.debug("found packet encoder :)");
                         ctx.channel().pipeline().addFirst(new BungeeInjectorInitializer());
                         return;
                     }
+
+                    // half a second should be more than enough
+                    if (++tries > 25) {
+                        logger.debug("Failed to inject " + ctx.channel().pipeline());
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    try {
+                        Thread.sleep(20);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }