diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/listener/AuthMePlayerListener.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/listener/AuthMePlayerListener.java
index 69e1617a..bcc5bc8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/listener/AuthMePlayerListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/listener/AuthMePlayerListener.java
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ public class AuthMePlayerListener implements Listener {
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST)
     public void onPreLogin(AsyncPlayerPreLoginEvent event) {
         final String name = event.getName().toLowerCase();
-        @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-        final Player player = plugin.getServer().getPlayer(name);
-        if (player == null)
+        final Player player = Utils.getPlayer(name);
+        if (player == null) {
             return;
+        }
 
         // Check if forceSingleSession is set to true, so kick player that has
         // joined with same nick of online player
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/Utils.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/Utils.java
index 1075f2f8..2775f694 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/util/Utils.java
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ public class Utils {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public static Player getPlayer(String name) {
+        name = name.toLowerCase();
+        return plugin.getServer().getPlayer(name);
+    }
+
     public static boolean isNPC(final Entity player) {
         try {
             if (player.hasMetadata("NPC")) {