diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2a09ec..5ed1226 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ build/
 !**/src/main/**/build/
 !**/src/test/**/build/
 
+# Compiled class files
+*.class
+
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea/
 .idea/modules.xml
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 12b6f1d..6b0ad4f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ allprojects {
 
     dependencies {
         implementation("de.exlll:configlib-yaml:4.6.3")
-        compileOnly("net.kyori:adventure-api:4.25.0")
-        compileOnly("net.kyori:adventure-text-minimessage:4.25.0")
+        compileOnly("net.kyori:adventure-api:5.2.0")
+        compileOnly("net.kyori:adventure-text-minimessage:5.2.0")
         compileOnly("me.clip:placeholderapi:2.11.6")
         compileOnly("io.github.miniplaceholders:miniplaceholders-api:3.0.1")
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1d8f96f..4d46092 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pluginName=FancyTags
-version=unspecified
\ No newline at end of file
+version=0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+org.gradle.java.home=C:/Program Files/Eclipse Adoptium/jdk-21.0.11.10-hotspot
diff --git a/paper/build.gradle b/paper/build.gradle
index cc03bd3..3623085 100644
--- a/paper/build.gradle
+++ b/paper/build.gradle
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ repositories {
         name = "papermc-repo"
         url = "https://repo.papermc.io/repository/maven-public/"
     }
+    maven {
+        name = "arim-mvn-lgpl3"
+        url = "https://mvn-repo.arim.space/lesser-gpl3/"
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly("io.papermc.paper:paper-api:1.21.11-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+    implementation("space.arim.morepaperlib:morepaperlib:0.4.3")
     implementation("org.bstats:bstats-bukkit:3.0.2")
     implementation(project(":common"))
     implementation(project(":plugin"))
diff --git a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/BukkitScheduledTask.java b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/BukkitScheduledTask.java
index 0f3f7a7..677e713 100644
--- a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/BukkitScheduledTask.java
+++ b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/BukkitScheduledTask.java
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 
 package dev.vatten.baserad;
 
-import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;
-
-public class BukkitScheduledTask extends ScheduledTask<BukkitTask> {
-    public BukkitScheduledTask(BukkitTask task) {
+public class BukkitScheduledTask extends ScheduledTask<space.arim.morepaperlib.scheduling.ScheduledTask> {
+    public BukkitScheduledTask(space.arim.morepaperlib.scheduling.ScheduledTask task) {
         super(task);
     }
 
diff --git a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperFancyTagsExpansion.java b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperFancyTagsExpansion.java
index 61af074..9fdab60 100644
--- a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperFancyTagsExpansion.java
+++ b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperFancyTagsExpansion.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public boolean persist() {
     @Override
     public @Nullable String onPlaceholderRequest(Player player, @NotNull String params) {
         if(plugin.getTagStore().getTagNames().contains(params)) {
-            return plugin.getMiniMessage().serialize(plugin.getTagStore().getTag(params).asComponent());
+            return plugin.getTagStore().getTag(params).asMiniMessage();
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperVattenPlatform.java b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperVattenPlatform.java
index 3db0669..7bedafa 100644
--- a/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperVattenPlatform.java
+++ b/paper/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/PaperVattenPlatform.java
@@ -29,45 +29,46 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.server.PluginEnableEvent;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
-import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+import space.arim.morepaperlib.MorePaperLib;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-public class PaperVattenPlatform extends JavaPlugin implements VattenPlatform<Player, BukkitTask>, Listener {
+public class PaperVattenPlatform extends JavaPlugin implements VattenPlatform<Player, space.arim.morepaperlib.scheduling.ScheduledTask>, Listener {
     private VattenPlugin plugin;
+    private MorePaperLib morePaperLib;
+    private boolean papiRegistered;
+    private boolean miniPlaceholdersRegistered;
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
+        this.morePaperLib = new MorePaperLib(this);
         this.plugin = new Plugin(
                 this,
                 VattenPlugin.Type.SERVER,
                 this.getDataFolder().toPath()
         );
 
-        if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI")) {
-            new PaperFancyTagsExpansion((Plugin) this.plugin).register();
-        }
-
-        if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("MiniPlaceholders")) {
-            ((Plugin) this.plugin).registerMiniPlaceholders();
-        }
-
         getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, this);
 
+        registerExpansions();
+
         int pluginId = 27900;
         Metrics metrics = new Metrics(this, pluginId);
     }
 
     @Override
     public BukkitScheduledTask scheduleTask(Runnable runnable, int delay) {
-        return new BukkitScheduledTask(getServer().getScheduler().runTaskLater(this, runnable, delay/50));
+        long initialDelayTicks = Math.max(1L, delay / 50L);
+        return new BukkitScheduledTask(morePaperLib.scheduling().globalRegionalScheduler().runDelayed(runnable, initialDelayTicks));
     }
 
     @Override
     public BukkitScheduledTask scheduleRepeatingTask(Runnable runnable, int delay, int period) {
-        return new BukkitScheduledTask(getServer().getScheduler().runTaskTimer(this, runnable, delay/50, period/50));
+        long initialDelayTicks = Math.max(1L, delay / 50L);
+        return new BukkitScheduledTask(morePaperLib.scheduling().globalRegionalScheduler().runAtFixedRate(runnable, initialDelayTicks, period / 50L));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -97,6 +98,26 @@ public VattenPlayer wrapPlayer(Player player) {
         return new VattenPlayer(player.getUniqueId(), player.getName(), player);
     }
 
+    private void registerExpansions() {
+        if (!papiRegistered && Bukkit.getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI")) {
+            new PaperFancyTagsExpansion((Plugin) this.plugin).register();
+            papiRegistered = true;
+        }
+
+        if (!miniPlaceholdersRegistered && Bukkit.getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("MiniPlaceholders")) {
+            ((Plugin) this.plugin).registerMiniPlaceholders();
+            miniPlaceholdersRegistered = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @EventHandler
+    public void onPluginEnable(PluginEnableEvent event) {
+        String name = event.getPlugin().getName();
+        if ("PlaceholderAPI".equals(name) || "MiniPlaceholders".equals(name)) {
+            registerExpansions();
+        }
+    }
+
     @EventHandler
     public void onPlayerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
         plugin.getEventHandler().dispatchEvent(new dev.vatten.baserad.events.PlayerJoinEvent(wrapPlayer(event.getPlayer())));
@@ -111,4 +132,8 @@ public void onPlayerLeave(PlayerQuitEvent event) {
     public void onPlayerLoadedIn(PlayerClientLoadedWorldEvent event) {
         plugin.getEventHandler().dispatchEvent(new PlayerLoadInEvent(wrapPlayer(event.getPlayer())));
     }
+
+    public VattenPlugin getPlugin() {
+        return this.plugin;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/paper/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml b/paper/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
index cc4db2a..12f4d2a 100644
--- a/paper/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
+++ b/paper/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ name: "${pluginName}"
 version: "${version}"
 main: "dev.vatten.baserad.PaperVattenPlatform"
 api-version: '1.21.11'
+folia-supported: true
+load: STARTUP
 
 dependencies:
   server:
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Plugin.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Plugin.java
index 041e62a..4bfaedb 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Plugin.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Plugin.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public class Plugin extends VattenPlugin {
-    private MiniMessage MINIMESSAGE = null;
+    private MiniMessage MINIMESSAGE;
     private ConfigInstance<PluginConfig> PLUGIN_CONFIG;
     private ConfigInstance<TagsConfig> TAGS_CONFIG;
     @Getter
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ protected void onEnable() {
 
         getEventHandler().registerEventHandler(PlayerLoadInEvent.class, this::onPlayerLoadIn);
 
-        MINIMESSAGE = MiniMessage.builder().tags(TagResolver.builder().resolver(StandardTags.defaults()).resolver(TagResolver.resolver("fancytags", (ArgumentQueue queue, Context ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(getTagStore().getTag(queue.pop().value()).asComponent()))).resolver(TagResolver.resolver("fancytags_internal", (ArgumentQueue queue, Context ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(getInternalTagStore().getTag(queue.pop().value()).asComponent()))).build()).build();
+        getMiniMessage();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ TagsConfig getTagsConfig() {
     }
 
     public MiniMessage getMiniMessage() {
+        if(MINIMESSAGE == null) {
+            MINIMESSAGE = MiniMessage.builder()
+                    .tags(TagResolver.builder()
+                            .resolver(StandardTags.defaults())
+                            .resolver(TagResolver.resolver("fancytags", (ArgumentQueue queue, Context ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(getTagStore().getTag(queue.pop().value()).asComponent())))
+                            .resolver(TagResolver.resolver("fancytags_internal", (ArgumentQueue queue, Context ctx) -> Tag.selfClosingInserting(getInternalTagStore().getTag(queue.pop().value()).asComponent())))
+                            .build()
+                    ).build();
+        }
         return MINIMESSAGE;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Tag.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Tag.java
index 303f347..ecf8e07 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Tag.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/Tag.java
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
 
+import dev.vatten.baserad.symbols.PlayerSymbol;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @Configuration
 @NoArgsConstructor
 public class Tag implements Renderable {
     private List<Symbol> symbols;
+    private String fallback;
     private transient Component component;
     private transient String miniMessage;
 
@@ -36,13 +39,54 @@ public Tag(List<Symbol> symbols) {
         this.symbols = symbols;
     }
 
+    public String getFallback() {
+        return fallback;
+    }
+
+    public void setFallback(String fallback) {
+        this.fallback = fallback;
+    }
+
     Component serialize(MiniMessage miniMessage) {
+        return serialize(miniMessage, "");
+    }
+
+    Component serialize(MiniMessage miniMessage, String key) {
         TextComponent.Builder componentBuilder = Component.text();
-        for(Symbol symbol : symbols) {
-            componentBuilder.append(symbol.serialize());
+        StringBuilder minimessageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+
+        List<PlayerSymbol> headSymbols = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
+            if (symbol instanceof PlayerSymbol playerSymbol) {
+                headSymbols.add(playerSymbol);
+            }
+        }
+
+        int numHeads = headSymbols.size();
+        String fallbackStr = (this.fallback != null && !this.fallback.isEmpty()) ? this.fallback : key;
+
+        int headIndex = 0;
+        for (Symbol symbol : symbols) {
+            if (symbol instanceof PlayerSymbol playerSymbol) {
+                Component fallbackComponent;
+                if (fallbackStr.length() == numHeads) {
+                    fallbackComponent = Component.text(String.valueOf(fallbackStr.charAt(headIndex)));
+                } else {
+                    if (headIndex == 0) {
+                        fallbackComponent = Component.text(fallbackStr);
+                    } else {
+                        fallbackComponent = Component.text("");
+                    }
+                }
+                componentBuilder.append(playerSymbol.serialize(fallbackComponent));
+                headIndex++;
+            } else {
+                componentBuilder.append(symbol.serialize());
+            }
+            minimessageBuilder.append(symbol.serializeMiniMessage());
         }
         this.component = componentBuilder.build();
-        this.miniMessage = miniMessage.serialize(this.component);
+        this.miniMessage = minimessageBuilder.toString();
         return this.component;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/TagStore.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/TagStore.java
index 4edcae2..b485c7f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/TagStore.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/TagStore.java
@@ -71,11 +71,16 @@ int getTagAtlasLength() {
         return tagAtlasLength;
     }
 
+    public void saveAndRefresh() {
+        refresh();
+        plugin.saveTags();
+    }
+
     private void refresh() {
         List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
         Component atlas = Component.empty();
         for(Map.Entry<String, Tag> entry : tags.entrySet()) {
-            Component serialized = entry.getValue().serialize(plugin.getMiniMessage());
+            Component serialized = entry.getValue().serialize(plugin.getMiniMessage(), entry.getKey());
             names.add(entry.getKey());
             atlas = atlas.append(serialized);
             tagAtlasLength += entry.getValue().getLength();
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/commands/TagsCommand.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/commands/TagsCommand.java
index 87c25ca..960ffc8 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/commands/TagsCommand.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/commands/TagsCommand.java
@@ -41,6 +41,44 @@ public TagsCommand(Plugin plugin, Path importDirectory) {
     public void execute(VattenPlayer player, String[] args) {
         TagStore tagStore = plugin.getTagStore();
         if(args.length >= 1) {
+            if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("fallback")) {
+                if(args.length == 1) {
+                    player.sendMessage(TextFormatter.WARN.format("Usage: /tags fallback <tag> [value]"));
+                    return;
+                }
+                if(!tagStore.getTagNames().contains(args[1])) {
+                    player.sendMessage(TextFormatter.WARN.format("No tag corresponding to the name '" + args[1] + "' was found."));
+                    return;
+                }
+                Tag tag = tagStore.getTag(args[1]);
+                if(args.length == 2) {
+                    String currentFallback = tag.getFallback();
+                    if(currentFallback == null || currentFallback.isEmpty()) {
+                        player.sendMessage(plugin.getPluginTextFormatter().format(TextFormatter.INFO.format("Tag '" + args[1] + "' fallback is not set (defaulting to: '" + args[1] + "').")));
+                    } else {
+                        player.sendMessage(plugin.getPluginTextFormatter().format(TextFormatter.INFO.format("Tag '" + args[1] + "' fallback is set to: '" + currentFallback + "'.")));
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+                for(int i = 2; i < args.length; i++) {
+                    if(i > 2) builder.append(" ");
+                    builder.append(args[i]);
+                }
+                String fallbackValue = builder.toString();
+
+                if(fallbackValue.equalsIgnoreCase("clear") || fallbackValue.equalsIgnoreCase("reset") || fallbackValue.equalsIgnoreCase("none")) {
+                    tag.setFallback(null);
+                    tagStore.saveAndRefresh();
+                    player.sendMessage(plugin.getPluginTextFormatter().format(TextFormatter.SUCCESS.format("Tag '" + args[1] + "' fallback has been cleared.")));
+                } else {
+                    tag.setFallback(fallbackValue);
+                    tagStore.saveAndRefresh();
+                    player.sendMessage(plugin.getPluginTextFormatter().format(TextFormatter.SUCCESS.format("Tag '" + args[1] + "' fallback has been set to: '" + fallbackValue + "'.")));
+                }
+                return;
+            }
             if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("reload")) {
                 plugin.getApi().reload();
                 player.sendMessage(plugin.getPluginTextFormatter().format(TextFormatter.SUCCESS.format("Tags plugin has been reloaded!")));
@@ -145,14 +183,19 @@ public void execute(VattenPlayer player, String[] args) {
     public List<String> onTabComplete(VattenPlayer player, String[] args) {
         List<String> completions = new ArrayList<>();
         if(args.length <= 1) {
-            completions.addAll(List.of("reload", "list", "view", "rename", "delete"));
+            completions.addAll(List.of("reload", "list", "view", "rename", "delete", "fallback"));
             completions.add(generateCommand.getName());
         }
         if(args.length == 2) {
-            if(List.of("view", "rename", "delete").contains(args[0].toLowerCase())) {
+            if(List.of("view", "rename", "delete", "fallback").contains(args[0].toLowerCase())) {
                 completions.addAll(plugin.getTagStore().getTagNames());
             }
         }
+        if(args.length == 3) {
+            if(args[0].equalsIgnoreCase("fallback")) {
+                completions.addAll(List.of("clear", "reset", "none"));
+            }
+        }
         if(args.length > 1) {
             List<String> check = new ArrayList<>();
             check.add(generateCommand.getName());
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/AtlasSymbol.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/AtlasSymbol.java
index f9afa8c..ff4822c 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/AtlasSymbol.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/AtlasSymbol.java
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ public AtlasSymbol(String atlas, String sprite) {
     public Component serialize() {
         return Component.object(ObjectContents.sprite(Key.key(this.atlas), Key.key(this.sprite)));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public String serializeMiniMessage() {
+        return "<sprite:" + this.atlas + ":" +  this.sprite + ">";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/PlayerSymbol.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/PlayerSymbol.java
index 1431596..e0909f7 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/PlayerSymbol.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/PlayerSymbol.java
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ public class PlayerSymbol extends Symbol {
     private String value;
     private String signature;
 
+    private static final boolean HAS_FALLBACK;
+    static {
+        boolean hasMethod = false;
+        try {
+            net.kyori.adventure.text.ObjectComponent.class.getMethod("fallback", net.kyori.adventure.text.ComponentLike.class);
+            hasMethod = true;
+        } catch (Throwable ignored) {}
+        HAS_FALLBACK = hasMethod;
+        if (!hasMethod) {
+            System.err.println("[FancyTags] Adventure 5+ is not available on this server version. Fallback tags will not be used.");
+        }
+    }
+
     public PlayerSymbol(String value, String signature) {
         this.value = value;
         this.signature = signature;
@@ -37,4 +50,29 @@ public PlayerSymbol(String value, String signature) {
     public Component serialize() {
         return Component.object(ObjectContents.playerHead().profileProperty(PlayerHeadObjectContents.property("textures", this.value, this.signature)).build());
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Component serialize(Component fallback) {
+        Component component = Component.object(ObjectContents.playerHead().profileProperty(PlayerHeadObjectContents.property("textures", this.value, this.signature)).build());
+        if (HAS_FALLBACK) {
+            try {
+                return applyFallback(component, fallback);
+            } catch (LinkageError e) {
+                // Return gracefully without fallback if linkage error occurs
+            }
+        }
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    private Component applyFallback(Component component, Component fallback) {
+        if (component instanceof net.kyori.adventure.text.ObjectComponent objectComponent) {
+            return objectComponent.fallback(fallback);
+        }
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String serializeMiniMessage() {
+        return "<signed_head:" + this.value + ":" +  this.signature + ">";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/Symbol.java b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/Symbol.java
index f207cb4..14764b7 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/Symbol.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/dev/vatten/baserad/symbols/Symbol.java
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
 @Configuration
 public abstract class Symbol {
     public abstract Component serialize();
+    public Component serialize(Component fallback) {
+        return serialize();
+    }
+    public abstract String serializeMiniMessage();
 }