diff --git a/patches/server/0597-fix-converting-txt-to-json-file.patch b/patches/server/0597-fix-converting-txt-to-json-file.patch
index a08d19612..a3eca6983 100644
--- a/patches/server/0597-fix-converting-txt-to-json-file.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0597-fix-converting-txt-to-json-file.patch
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ index d83bed436d2ad51cef83ecbf0c7df227a67ff404..dc96b30c70cd79d7b2a0322f32b9399a
          this.saveUserBanList();
          this.loadIpBanList();
 diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
-index ae45abf66d2e7b24d316a5db3d00c0b52f402b7f..0414974fc773a30810f88b54867034f5922eaa55 100644
+index ae45abf66d2e7b24d316a5db3d00c0b52f402b7f..7a2ef21a78c25e18ed61bd989b759783d89b54d5 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
-@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements ServerInterface
-         org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.init((java.io.File) options.valueOf("spigot-settings"));
-         org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.registerCommands();
-         // Spigot end
+@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements ServerInterface
+         io.papermc.paper.util.ObfHelper.INSTANCE.getClass(); // Paper - load mappings for stacktrace deobf and etc.
+         paperConfigurations.initializeGlobalConfiguration();
+         paperConfigurations.initializeWorldDefaultsConfiguration();
 +        // Paper start - moved up to right after PlayerList creation but before file load/save
 +        if (this.convertOldUsers()) {
 +            this.getProfileCache().save(false); // Paper
 +        }
 +        this.getPlayerList().loadAndSaveFiles(); // Must be after convertNames
-+        // Paper end
-         // Paper start
-         io.papermc.paper.util.ObfHelper.INSTANCE.getClass(); // Paper - load mappings for stacktrace deobf and etc.
-         paperConfigurations.initializeGlobalConfiguration();
++        // Paper end - moved up
+         org.spigotmc.WatchdogThread.doStart(org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.timeoutTime, org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.restartOnCrash);
+         io.papermc.paper.command.PaperCommands.registerCommands(this);
+         com.destroystokyo.paper.Metrics.PaperMetrics.startMetrics();
 @@ -258,9 +264,6 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements ServerInterface
              DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("To change this, set \"online-mode\" to \"true\" in the server.properties file.");
          }
diff --git a/patches/server/0615-Enhance-console-tab-completions-for-brigadier-comman.patch b/patches/server/0615-Enhance-console-tab-completions-for-brigadier-comman.patch
index f50ff561c..383ff7797 100644
--- a/patches/server/0615-Enhance-console-tab-completions-for-brigadier-comman.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0615-Enhance-console-tab-completions-for-brigadier-comman.patch
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ab8365b806dd035800ba9b449c9bc92
 +    public void setErrorIndex(final int errorIndex) {}
 +}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
-index 0414974fc773a30810f88b54867034f5922eaa55..4391bd846b039339c0ef807870c5fb517a6b1708 100644
+index cd65cd0fd6c1135dd53683617808aeb03b98216d..a89036addfc34d4a1be3191c7dbe1612a18a79c2 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/dedicated/DedicatedServer.java
 @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements ServerInterface
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ index 0414974fc773a30810f88b54867034f5922eaa55..4391bd846b039339c0ef807870c5fb51
          if (Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() / 1024L / 1024L < 512L) {
              DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("To start the server with more ram, launch it as \"java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar\"");
 @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements ServerInterface
-         paperConfigurations.initializeGlobalConfiguration();
-         paperConfigurations.initializeWorldDefaultsConfiguration();
+         this.getPlayerList().loadAndSaveFiles(); // Must be after convertNames
+         // Paper end - moved up
          org.spigotmc.WatchdogThread.doStart(org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.timeoutTime, org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.restartOnCrash);
 +        thread.start(); // Paper - start console thread after MinecraftServer.console & PaperConfig are initialized
          io.papermc.paper.command.PaperCommands.registerCommands(this);