diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/RedisBungeePlugin.java b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/RedisBungeePlugin.java
index d6dbac0..f28e992 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/RedisBungeePlugin.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/RedisBungeePlugin.java
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.tasks.RedisTask;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.RedisUtil;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.payload.PayloadUtils;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.UUIDTranslator;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.units.qual.A;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
 import redis.clients.jedis.JedisCluster;
+import redis.clients.jedis.Protocol;
+import redis.clients.jedis.UnifiedJedis;
 import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisConnectionException;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ public interface RedisBungeePlugin<P> extends EventsPlatform, ConfigLoader {
             @Override
             public Long clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
                 long total = 0;
-                long redisTime = getRedisTime();
+                long redisTime = getRedisTime(jedisCluster);
                 Map<String, String> heartBeats = jedisCluster.hgetAll("heartbeats");
                 for (Map.Entry<String, String> stringStringEntry : heartBeats.entrySet()) {
                     String k = stringStringEntry.getKey();
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ public interface RedisBungeePlugin<P> extends EventsPlatform, ConfigLoader {
             @Override
             public List<String> clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
                 try {
-                    long time = getRedisTime();
+                    long time = getRedisTime(jedisCluster);
                     ImmutableList.Builder<String> servers = ImmutableList.builder();
                     Map<String, String> heartbeats = jedisCluster.hgetAll("heartbeats");
                     for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : heartbeats.entrySet()) {
@@ -337,6 +340,12 @@ public interface RedisBungeePlugin<P> extends EventsPlatform, ConfigLoader {
         sendProxyCommand(getConfiguration().getProxyId(), cmd);
     }
 
+    default Long getRedisTime(UnifiedJedis unifiedJedis) {
+        List<Object> data = (List<Object>) unifiedJedis.sendCommand(Protocol.Command.TIME);
+        List<String> times = new ArrayList<>();
+        data.forEach((o) -> times.add(new String((byte[])o)));
+        return getRedisTime(times);
+    }
     default long getRedisTime(List<String> timeRes) {
         return Long.parseLong(timeRes.get(0));
     }
@@ -368,8 +377,6 @@ public interface RedisBungeePlugin<P> extends EventsPlatform, ConfigLoader {
 
     RedisBungeeMode getRedisBungeeMode();
 
-    Long getRedisTime();
-
     void updateProxyIds();
 
 }
diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/HeartbeatTask.java b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/HeartbeatTask.java
index 44e208b..a58cb30 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/HeartbeatTask.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/HeartbeatTask.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class HeartbeatTask extends RedisTask<Void>{
     @Override
     public Void clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
         try {
-            long redisTime = plugin.getRedisTime();
+            long redisTime = plugin.getRedisTime(jedisCluster);
             jedisCluster.hset("heartbeats", plugin.getConfiguration().getProxyId(), String.valueOf(redisTime));
         } catch (JedisConnectionException e) {
             // Redis server has disappeared!
diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/InitialUtils.java b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/InitialUtils.java
index 86e5482..3b89c30 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/InitialUtils.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/tasks/InitialUtils.java
@@ -2,24 +2,20 @@ package com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.tasks;
 
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.RedisBungeePlugin;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.RedisUtil;
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.io.IOUtil;
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.lua.LuaManager;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
 import redis.clients.jedis.JedisCluster;
-import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisException;
+import redis.clients.jedis.Protocol;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Collections;
 
 public class InitialUtils {
 
-    public static LuaManager.Script getTimeScript(RedisBungeePlugin<?> plugin, LuaManager luaManager) {
-        return new RedisTask<LuaManager.Script>(plugin) {
+    public static void checkRedisVersion(RedisBungeePlugin<?> plugin) {
+        new RedisTask<Void>(plugin) {
             @Override
-            public LuaManager.Script jedisTask(Jedis jedis) {
+            public Void jedisTask(Jedis jedis) {
                 // This is more portable than INFO <section>
                 String info = jedis.info();
                 for (String s : info.split("\r\n")) {
@@ -41,15 +37,10 @@ public class InitialUtils {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public LuaManager.Script clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
+            public Void clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
                 // This is more portable than INFO <section>
-                LuaManager.Script getRedisClusterTimeScript;
-                try {
-                    getRedisClusterTimeScript = luaManager.createScript(IOUtil.readInputStreamAsString(getResourceAsStream("lua/get_time.lua")));
-                } catch (JedisException e) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("possible not supported redis version", e);
-                }
-                String info = (String) luaManager.createScript(IOUtil.readInputStreamAsString(getResourceAsStream("lua/get_info.lua"))).eval(Collections.singletonList("0"), Collections.emptyList());
+
+                String info = new String((byte[]) jedisCluster.sendCommand(Protocol.Command.INFO));
                 for (String s : info.split("\r\n")) {
                     if (s.startsWith("redis_version:")) {
                         String version = s.split(":")[1];
@@ -65,7 +56,7 @@ public class InitialUtils {
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-                return getRedisClusterTimeScript;
+                return null;
             }
         }.execute();
     }
@@ -110,7 +101,7 @@ public class InitialUtils {
                 } else if (jedisCluster.hexists("heartbeats", plugin.getConfiguration().getProxyId())) {
                     try {
                         long value = Long.parseLong(jedisCluster.hget("heartbeats", plugin.getConfiguration().getProxyId()));
-                        long redisTime = plugin.getRedisTime();
+                        long redisTime = plugin.getRedisTime(jedisCluster);
 
                         if (redisTime < value + RedisUtil.PROXY_TIMEOUT) {
                             logImposter(plugin);
@@ -130,7 +121,4 @@ public class InitialUtils {
         plugin.logFatal("If this instance is coming up from a crash, create a file in your RedisBungee plugins directory with the name 'restarted_from_crash.txt' and RedisBungee will not perform this check.");
     }
 
-    private static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) {
-        return InitialUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resource);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/util/lua/LuaManager.java b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/util/lua/LuaManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 60689af..0000000
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/util/lua/LuaManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-package com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.lua;
-
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.RedisBungeePlugin;
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.tasks.RedisTask;
-import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
-import redis.clients.jedis.JedisCluster;
-import redis.clients.jedis.exceptions.JedisDataException;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class LuaManager {
-    private final RedisBungeePlugin<?> plugin;
-
-    public LuaManager(RedisBungeePlugin<?> plugin) {
-        this.plugin = plugin;
-    }
-
-
-
-    public Script createScript(String script) {
-        RedisTask<Script> scriptRedisTask = new RedisTask<Script>(plugin.getApi()) {
-            @Override
-            public Script jedisTask(Jedis jedis) {
-                String hash = jedis.scriptLoad(script);
-                return new Script(script, hash);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public Script clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
-                String hash = jedisCluster.scriptLoad(script,  "0");
-                return new Script(script, hash);
-            }
-        };
-        return scriptRedisTask.execute();
-    }
-
-    public class Script {
-        private final String script;
-        private final String hashed;
-
-        public Script(String script, String hashed) {
-            this.script = script;
-            this.hashed = hashed;
-        }
-
-        public String getScript() {
-            return script;
-        }
-
-        public String getHashed() {
-            return hashed;
-        }
-
-        public Object eval(List<String> keys, List<String> args) {
-            RedisTask<Object> objectRedisTask = new RedisTask<Object>(plugin.getApi()) {
-                @Override
-                public Object jedisTask(Jedis jedis) {
-                    Object data;
-                    try {
-                        data = jedis.evalsha(hashed, keys, args);
-                    } catch (JedisDataException e) {
-                        if (e.getMessage().startsWith("NOSCRIPT")) {
-                            data = jedis.eval(script, keys, args);
-                        } else {
-                            throw e;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    return data;
-                }
-
-                @Override
-                public Object clusterJedisTask(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
-                    Object data;
-                    try {
-                        data = jedisCluster.evalsha(hashed, keys, args);
-                    } catch (JedisDataException e) {
-                        if (e.getMessage().startsWith("NOSCRIPT")) {
-                            data = jedisCluster.eval(script, keys, args);
-                        } else {
-                            throw e;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    return data;
-                }
-            };
-
-
-            return objectRedisTask.execute();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_info.lua b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_info.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a0a173..0000000
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_info.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-return redis.call("INFO")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_time.lua b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_time.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 337e32d..0000000
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/resources/lua/get_time.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-return redis.call('TIME')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/RedisBungee-Bungee/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeBungeePlugin.java b/RedisBungee-Bungee/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeBungeePlugin.java
index 1645d69..68b3e5e 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-Bungee/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeBungeePlugin.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-Bungee/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeBungeePlugin.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.events.PlayerLeftNetworkEvent;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.events.PubSubMessageEvent;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.*;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.summoners.Summoner;
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.lua.LuaManager;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.RedisBungeeMode;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.NameFetcher;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.UUIDFetcher;
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ public class RedisBungeeBungeePlugin extends Plugin implements RedisBungeePlugin
     private final AtomicInteger globalPlayerCount = new AtomicInteger();
     private Future<?> integrityCheck;
     private Future<?> heartbeatTask;
-    private LuaManager.Script getRedisClusterTimeScript;
     private static final Object SERVER_TO_PLAYERS_KEY = new Object();
     private final Cache<Object, Multimap<String, UUID>> serverToPlayersCache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
             .expireAfterWrite(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
@@ -209,10 +207,7 @@ public class RedisBungeeBungeePlugin extends Plugin implements RedisBungeePlugin
         httpClient.setDispatcher(dispatcher);
         NameFetcher.setHttpClient(httpClient);
         UUIDFetcher.setHttpClient(httpClient);
-        // init lua manager
-        LuaManager luaManager = new LuaManager(this);
-        this.getRedisClusterTimeScript = InitialUtils.getTimeScript(this, luaManager);
-        getLogger().info("lua manager was loaded");
+        InitialUtils.checkRedisVersion(this);
         // check if this proxy is recovering from a crash and start heart the beat.
         InitialUtils.checkIfRecovering(this, getDataFolder().toPath());
         updateProxyIds();
@@ -297,10 +292,6 @@ public class RedisBungeeBungeePlugin extends Plugin implements RedisBungeePlugin
         return this.redisBungeeMode;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Long getRedisTime() {
-        return getRedisTime((List<String>) this.getRedisClusterTimeScript.eval(Collections.singletonList("0"), Collections.emptyList()));
-    }
 
     @Override
     public void updateProxyIds() {
diff --git a/RedisBungee-Velocity/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin.java b/RedisBungee-Velocity/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin.java
index 38113dc..343a754 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-Velocity/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-Velocity/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.*;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.config.RedisBungeeConfiguration;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.summoners.Summoner;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.tasks.*;
-import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.lua.LuaManager;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.NameFetcher;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.UUIDFetcher;
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.api.util.uuid.UUIDTranslator;
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ public class RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin implements RedisBungeePlugin<Player> {
     private ScheduledTask integrityCheck;
     private ScheduledTask heartbeatTask;
 
-    private final LuaManager.Script getRedisTimeScript;
-
     private static final Object SERVER_TO_PLAYERS_KEY = new Object();
     public static final List<ChannelIdentifier> IDENTIFIERS = List.of(
             MinecraftChannelIdentifier.create("legacy", "redisbungee"),
@@ -88,9 +85,7 @@ public class RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin implements RedisBungeePlugin<Player> {
             throw new RuntimeException("Unable to connect to your Redis server!", e);
         }
         this.api = new RedisBungeeAPI(this);
-        LuaManager luaManager = new LuaManager(this);
-        this.getRedisTimeScript = InitialUtils.getTimeScript(this, luaManager);
-        getLogger().info("lua manager was loaded");
+        InitialUtils.checkRedisVersion(this);
         // check if this proxy is recovering from a crash and start heart the beat.
         InitialUtils.checkIfRecovering(this, getDataFolder());
         uuidTranslator = new UUIDTranslator(this);
@@ -327,11 +322,6 @@ public class RedisBungeeVelocityPlugin implements RedisBungeePlugin<Player> {
         return this.redisBungeeMode;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Long getRedisTime() {
-        return getRedisTime((List<String>) this.getRedisTimeScript.eval(Collections.singletonList("0"), Collections.emptyList()));
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void updateProxyIds() {
         this.proxiesIds = this.getCurrentProxiesIds(false);