diff --git a/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/Npc.java b/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/Npc.java
index 5278489..1976614 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/Npc.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/Npc.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ default void renderFor(@NotNull UUID uuid) {
             if (player.getWorld() != this.getWorld())
                 return; // Player is not in the same world as the NPC
             if (getRenderLogic().shouldBeRendered(this, player, null)) {
-                this.addViewer(uuid);
+                this.addViewer(uuid).render();
             }
         } else {
             if (player == null) // Player is not online, set the rendered property to false
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ default void renderFor(@NotNull Player player) {
      *
      * @param uuid the viewer UUID
      */
-    void addViewer(@NotNull UUID uuid);
+    @NotNull NpcViewer addViewer(@NotNull UUID uuid);
 
     /**
      * Remove a viewer from the NPC.
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/holder/NpcHolder.java b/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/holder/NpcHolder.java
index 288cbf0..56e9abd 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/holder/NpcHolder.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/api/npc/holder/NpcHolder.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import fr.codinbox.npclib.api.npc.NpcConfig;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -87,4 +88,11 @@ public interface NpcHolder {
      */
     @NotNull Set<@NotNull UUID> getRenderedPlayers(@NotNull Npc npc);
 
+    /**
+     * Get the plugin of the holder.
+     *
+     * @return the plugin
+     */
+    @NotNull Plugin getPlugin();
+
 }
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 906c88c..13d59ae 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":api"))
     implementation("commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0")
     compileOnly("io.papermc.paper:paper-api:1.19.3-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
-    compileOnly("com.comphenix.protocol:ProtocolLib:5.0.0")
+    compileOnly("com.comphenix.protocol:ProtocolLib:5.1.0")
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.2")
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/NpcImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/NpcImpl.java
index 34b77ce..3d51fc3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/NpcImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/NpcImpl.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import fr.codinbox.npclib.core.impl.npc.viewer.NpcViewerImpl;
 import fr.codinbox.npclib.core.impl.npc.viewer.render.WorldDistanceRenderLogic;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.units.qual.N;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Range;
@@ -135,8 +136,10 @@ private void update() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void addViewer(@NotNull UUID uuid) {
-        this.viewers.put(uuid, new NpcViewerImpl(this, uuid));
+    public @NotNull NpcViewer addViewer(@NotNull UUID uuid) {
+        final NpcViewer viewer = new NpcViewerImpl(this, uuid);
+        this.viewers.put(uuid, viewer);
+        return viewer;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/holder/NpcHolderImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/holder/NpcHolderImpl.java
index 31d7729..40dff2f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/holder/NpcHolderImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/npc/holder/NpcHolderImpl.java
@@ -155,4 +155,9 @@ public void updateVisibility(@NotNull Npc npc, @NotNull Player player) {
         return npc.getRenderers();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull Plugin getPlugin() {
+        return this.plugin;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/packet/NpcPacket.java b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/packet/NpcPacket.java
index 3ddccd1..47f1146 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/packet/NpcPacket.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/impl/packet/NpcPacket.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.comphenix.protocol.wrappers.*;
 import fr.codinbox.npclib.api.npc.Npc;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntArrayList;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ public interface NpcPacket {
 
     NpcPacket PLAYER_SPAWN = (protocolManager, player, npc) -> {
         var location = npc.getLocation();
-        var packet = new PacketContainer(PacketType.Play.Server.NAMED_ENTITY_SPAWN);
+        var packet = new PacketContainer(PacketType.Play.Server.SPAWN_ENTITY);
         packet.getIntegers().write(0, npc.getEntityId());
+        packet.getEntityTypeModifier().write(0, EntityType.PLAYER);
         packet.getUUIDs().write(0, npc.getUUID());
         packet.getDoubles().write(0 ,location.getX());
         packet.getDoubles().write(1, location.getY());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/listener/PlayerJoinListener.java b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/listener/PlayerJoinListener.java
index e024b5c..1f4b396 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/listener/PlayerJoinListener.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/fr/codinbox/npclib/core/listener/PlayerJoinListener.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package fr.codinbox.npclib.core.listener;
 
 import fr.codinbox.npclib.api.npc.holder.NpcHolder;
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ public PlayerJoinListener(NpcHolder holder) {
         this.holder = holder;
     }
 
-    @EventHandler
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGHEST)
     private void onJoin(PlayerJoinEvent event) {
         var player = event.getPlayer();
         var location = player.getLocation();