diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16c7998..8e8a5e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 Static MiniMessage based tablist plugin for servers like Auth and Limbo in Galaxy Network!
 
-Placeholders not supported, this is designed to be the most lightweight it can possibily be.
+Placeholders are now supported, you can choose to enable or disable that though
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a283686..9e94b0c 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "xyz.lncvrt"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.1.0"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ repositories {
     maven("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/") {
         name = "sonatype"
     }
+    maven("https://repo.extendedclip.com/releases/") {
+        name = "placeholderapi"
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compileOnly("io.papermc.paper:paper-api:1.20.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+    compileOnly("me.clip:placeholderapi:2.11.6")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     implementation("org.incendo:cloud-paper:2.0.0-beta.10")
     implementation("org.incendo:cloud-kotlin-extensions:2.0.0")
@@ -34,10 +38,10 @@ tasks.build {
 }
 
 tasks.processResources {
-    val props = mapOf("version" to version)
+    val props = mapOf("version" to project.version)
     inputs.properties(props)
     filteringCharset = "UTF-8"
-    filesMatching("plugin.yml") {
+    filesMatching(listOf("paper-plugin.yml", "config.yml")) {
         expand(props)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/GalaxyTab.kt b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/GalaxyTab.kt
index c9867f2..d943a20 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/GalaxyTab.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/GalaxyTab.kt
@@ -1,39 +1,147 @@
 package xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab
 
+import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage
 import org.bukkit.configuration.file.FileConfiguration
+import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player
-import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener
-import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin
 import xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab.commands.GalaxyTabCommand
+import xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab.events.PlayerJoinEventListener
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.InputStreamReader
 import java.lang.String
+import kotlin.Exception
+import kotlin.Int
+import kotlin.Suppress
+import kotlin.let
+
 
 class GalaxyTab : JavaPlugin(), Listener {
     private val miniMessage = MiniMessage.miniMessage()
-    var configFile: FileConfiguration? = null
+    var mainConfig: FileConfiguration? = null
+    var usePlaceholderAPI = false
+    var placeholderTask: Int? = null
 
     override fun onEnable() {
         instance = this
-        saveDefaultConfig()
-        configFile = config
-        server.pluginManager.registerEvents(this, this)
+        logger.info("Loading plugin")
+
+        //misc
+        loadConfig()
+
+        //events
+        server.pluginManager.registerEvents(PlayerJoinEventListener(), this)
+
+        //commands
         GalaxyTabCommand()
+
+        if (usePlaceholderAPI) {
+            startPlaceholderTask()
+        }
     }
 
-    @EventHandler
-    fun onPlayerJoinEvent(event: PlayerJoinEvent) {
-        setTab(event.player)
+    fun loadConfig() {
+        if (!dataFolder.exists()) {
+            dataFolder.mkdirs()
+        }
+
+        val configFile = File(dataFolder, "config.yml")
+        if (!configFile.exists()) {
+            saveResource(configFile.name, false)
+            logger.info("${configFile.name} doesn't exist, creating it...")
+        }
+        mainConfig = YamlConfiguration()
+        mainConfig?.load(configFile)
+        updateYamlFile(configFile)
+
+        logger.info("Loaded config!")
+        hookPlaceholderAPI()
+    }
+
+    fun hookPlaceholderAPI() {
+        if (mainConfig?.getBoolean("placeholderapi-hook") == true) {
+            if (server.pluginManager.isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI")) {
+                usePlaceholderAPI = true
+                logger.info("Hooked into PlaceholderAPI!")
+            } else {
+                logger.warning("Failed to hook into PlaceholderAPI")
+            }
+        } else {
+            usePlaceholderAPI = false
+        }
     }
 
     fun setTab(player: Player) {
-        val header: Component = miniMessage.deserialize(String.join("\n", configFile?.getStringList("header")))
-        val footer: Component = miniMessage.deserialize(String.join("\n", configFile?.getStringList("footer")))
+        val headerRaw = String.join("\n", mainConfig?.getStringList("header") ?: listOf())
+        val footerRaw = String.join("\n", mainConfig?.getStringList("footer") ?: listOf())
+        val header: Component = miniMessage.deserialize(if (usePlaceholderAPI) PlaceholderAPI.setPlaceholders(player, headerRaw) else headerRaw)
+        val footer: Component = miniMessage.deserialize(if (usePlaceholderAPI) PlaceholderAPI.setPlaceholders(player, footerRaw) else footerRaw)
         player.sendPlayerListHeaderAndFooter(header, footer)
     }
 
+    fun updateYamlFile(file: File) {
+        @Suppress("DEPRECATION") val pluginVersion = description.version
+        val oldConfig = YamlConfiguration()
+
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            try {
+                oldConfig.load(file)
+            } catch (e: Exception) {
+                e.printStackTrace()
+                return
+            }
+        }
+
+        var configVersion = oldConfig.getString("config-version")
+        if (configVersion == pluginVersion) return
+        val defaultConfigStream = getResource(file.name) ?: return
+        val defaultConfig = YamlConfiguration()
+
+        try {
+            defaultConfig.load(InputStreamReader(defaultConfigStream))
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+            return
+        }
+
+        for (key in defaultConfig.getKeys(true)) {
+            if (oldConfig.contains(key)) {
+                defaultConfig.set(key, oldConfig.get(key))
+            }
+        }
+
+        defaultConfig.set("config-version", pluginVersion)
+        defaultConfig.save(file)
+
+        if (file.name == "config.yml") mainConfig = defaultConfig
+        if (configVersion == null) configVersion = "n/a (Legacy)"
+
+        logger.info("Updated ${file.name} from $configVersion to $pluginVersion")
+    }
+
+    fun startPlaceholderTask() {
+        stopTask()
+        val delay = mainConfig?.getLong("placeholder-update-delay", 500) ?: 500
+        val validDelay = if (delay == 0L) 500L else maxOf(delay / 50, 1)
+
+        placeholderTask = server.scheduler.runTaskTimer(this, Runnable {
+            for (player in server.onlinePlayers) {
+                setTab(player)
+            }
+        }, 0L, validDelay).taskId
+    }
+
+    fun restartTask() {
+        startPlaceholderTask()
+    }
+
+    fun stopTask() {
+        placeholderTask?.let { server.scheduler.cancelTask(it) }
+    }
+
     companion object {
         private lateinit var instance: GalaxyTab
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/commands/GalaxyTabCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/commands/GalaxyTabCommand.kt
index 7896e0c..16edf4c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/commands/GalaxyTabCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/commands/GalaxyTabCommand.kt
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ class GalaxyTabCommand : BukkitCommand(GalaxyTab.getInstance(), "galaxytab", arr
                 val miniMessage = MiniMessage.miniMessage()
                 val instance = GalaxyTab.getInstance()
 
-                instance.saveDefaultConfig()
-                instance.reloadConfig()
-                instance.configFile = instance.config
-                for (player in instance.server.onlinePlayers) instance.setTab(player)
+                instance.loadConfig()
+                if (instance.usePlaceholderAPI) {
+                    instance.restartTask()
+                } else {
+                    instance.stopTask()
+                    for (player in instance.server.onlinePlayers) instance.setTab(player)
+                }
 
                 sender.sendMessage(miniMessage.deserialize("<rainbow>GalaxyTab</rainbow> <light_purple>has been reloaded!</light_purple>"))
             }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/events/PlayerJoinEventListener.kt b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/events/PlayerJoinEventListener.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9de1302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lncvrt/galaxytab/events/PlayerJoinEventListener.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab.events
+
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent
+import xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab.GalaxyTab
+
+class PlayerJoinEventListener : Listener {
+    @EventHandler
+    fun onPlayerJoinEvent(event: PlayerJoinEvent) {
+        GalaxyTab.getInstance().setTab(event.player)
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index edfa399..1c29af0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
+config-version: '${version}' # Don't touch :)
+
+##########################################################################
+#                           Header and Footer
+##########################################################################
+
 header:
-  - "Header"
+  - "Header content"
 footer:
-  - "Footer"
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+  - "Footer content"
+
+##########################################################################
+#                             Placeholders
+##########################################################################
+
+# Weather we should enable PlaceholderAPI hook, if found on the server
+placeholderapi-hook: false
+# The delay between updating Placeholders in tab, if enabled
+placeholder-update-delay: 500 # 500 = 0.5s
diff --git a/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
index 4de1fbe..01afe16 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/paper-plugin.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ name: GalaxyTab
 version: '${version}'
 main: xyz.lncvrt.galaxytab.GalaxyTab
 api-version: '1.20'
+dependencies:
+  server:
+    PlaceholderAPI:
+      load: BEFORE
+      required: false
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