diff --git a/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/config/ManagedServer.java b/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/config/ManagedServer.java
index 639d6c843..236e2b54f 100644
--- a/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/config/ManagedServer.java
+++ b/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/config/ManagedServer.java
@@ -180,17 +180,19 @@ private static String encode_favicon(String id, String favicon_path) throws IOEx
 
 	}
 
-	private static class ServerStart {
+	public static class ServerStart {
 
 		private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10;
 		public String[] cmd;
 		public Integer timeout;
 		public String kick_msg;
+		public boolean allow_anyone;
 
 		public ServerStart(String id, String display_name, CommentedConfig config) {
 			List<String> cmd = config.get("cmd");
 			var timeout = config.get("timeout");
 			var kick_msg = config.get("kick_msg");
+			var allow_anyone = config.get("allow_anyone");
 
 			if (cmd != null) this.cmd = cmd.stream().map(s -> s.replace("{SERVER}", id)).toArray(String[]::new);
 			else this.cmd = null;
@@ -202,6 +204,10 @@ public ServerStart(String id, String display_name, CommentedConfig config) {
 				this.kick_msg = ((String) kick_msg).replace("{SERVER}", id).replace("{SERVER_DISPLAY_NAME}", display_name);
 			else this.kick_msg = null;
 
+			if (allow_anyone != null)
+				this.allow_anyone = (boolean)allow_anyone;
+			else this.allow_anyone = false;
+
 			if (timeout == null) {
 				this.timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS;
 				return;
diff --git a/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/listeners/LoginEvent.java b/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/listeners/LoginEvent.java
index d5094ac6e..5b7aedcba 100644
--- a/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/listeners/LoginEvent.java
+++ b/vane-proxy-core/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/proxycore/listeners/LoginEvent.java
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public final void fire() {
 			// For use inside callback
 			final var cms = plugin.get_config().managed_servers.get(server_info.getName());
 
-			if (!connection.can_start_server(plugin.get_proxy(), server_info.getName())) {
+			if (!cms.start.allow_anyone && !connection.can_start_server(plugin.get_proxy(), server_info.getName())) {
 				plugin.get_logger().log(Level.INFO, "Disconnecting '" + connection.get_name() + "' because they don't have the permission to start server '" + server_info.getName() + "'");
 				// TODO: This could probably use a configurable message?
-				this.cancel("Server is offline");
+				this.cancel("Server is offline and you don't have the permission to start it");
 				return;
 			}
 
diff --git a/vane-velocity/build.gradle.kts b/vane-velocity/build.gradle.kts
index b9e9d8bd4..2157e4735 100644
--- a/vane-velocity/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/vane-velocity/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly(fileTree(mapOf("dir" to "external", "include" to listOf("*.jar"))))
-    implementation(group = "com.velocitypowered", name = "velocity-api", version = "3.0.1")
-    annotationProcessor(group = "com.velocitypowered", name = "velocity-api", version = "3.0.1")
+    implementation(group = "com.velocitypowered", name = "velocity-api", version = "3.1.1")
+    annotationProcessor(group = "com.velocitypowered", name = "velocity-api", version = "3.1.1")
     implementation(group = "org.bstats", name = "bstats-velocity", version = "3.0.0")
     implementation(group = "org.bstats", name = "bstats-base", version = "3.0.0")
     implementation(group = "org.json", name = "json", version = "20200518")