diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/task/Checker.java b/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/task/Checker.java
index 731acd0..e96e843 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/task/Checker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/task/Checker.java
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@ private void checkWorld(final World world) {
 
         if (sleeping > 0 && needed > 0) {
             final double sleepingPercentage = Math.min(1, (double) sleeping / getSkipAmount(world));
+
             Messages.sendBossBarMessage(world, Config.getString("messages.bossbar.players-sleeping.message"),
-                    BarColor.valueOf(Config.getString("messages.bossbar.players-sleeping.color")), sleepingPercentage);
+                    Config.getString("messages.bossbar.players-sleeping.color"), sleepingPercentage);
 
             Messages.sendActionBarMessage(world, Config.getString("messages.actionbar.players-sleeping"));
         } else if (needed == 0 && sleeping > 0) {
             Messages.sendBossBarMessage(world, Config.getString("messages.bossbar.night-skipping.message"),
-                    BarColor.valueOf(Config.getString("messages.bossbar.night-skipping.color")), 1);
+                    Config.getString("messages.bossbar.night-skipping.color"), 1);
 
             Messages.sendActionBarMessage(world, Config.getString("messages.actionbar.night-skipping"));
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/util/Messages.java b/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/util/Messages.java
index 1a18c4b..0f82e0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/util/Messages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/nkomarn/Harbor/util/Messages.java
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ public static void sendActionBarMessage(final World world, final String message)
                 TextComponent.fromLegacyText(prepareMessage(world, message))));
     }
 
-    public static void sendBossBarMessage(final World world, final String message, final BarColor color, final double percentage) {
+    public static void sendBossBarMessage(final World world, final String message, final String color, final double percentage) {
         if (!Config.getBoolean("messages.bossbar.enabled") || message.length() < 1) return;
-        BossBar bar = Bukkit.createBossBar(Messages.prepareMessage(world, message), color, BarStyle.SOLID);
+        BossBar bar = Bukkit.createBossBar(Messages.prepareMessage(world, message), getBarColor(color), BarStyle.SOLID);
         bar.setProgress(percentage);
         world.getPlayers().forEach(bar::addPlayer);
         Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskLater(Harbor.getHarbor(), bar::removeAll, Config.getInteger("interval") * 20);
@@ -49,4 +49,14 @@ private static String prepareMessage(final World world, final String message) {
                 .replace("[needed]", String.valueOf(Checker.getSkipAmount(world)))
                 .replace("[more]", String.valueOf(Checker.getNeeded(world))));
     }
+
+    private static BarColor getBarColor(final String enumString) {
+        BarColor barColor;
+        try {
+            barColor = BarColor.valueOf(enumString.toUpperCase().trim());
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            barColor = BarColor.BLUE;
+        }
+        return barColor;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index a766b0f..08d83e1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # https://github.com/nkomarn/Harbor
 
 # Important note regarding Essentials:
-# Please make sure you negate the permission "essentials.sleepingignored" to prevent issues with Harbor and server operators
+# Please make sure you negate the permission "essentials.sleepingignored" to
+# prevent issues with Harbor and server operators when running Essentials.
 
 night-skip:
   enabled: true # Skip the night if a percentage of the players in a world are sleeping