diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/LoadingConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/LoadingConfig.java
index 5f8cc1f8..13edb1f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/LoadingConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/LoadingConfig.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class LoadingConfig {
     public boolean fixNetHandlerPlayClientHandleSetSlot;
     public boolean fixNetherLeavesFaceRendering;
     public boolean fixNorthWestBias;
+    public boolean fixNettyNPE;
     public boolean fixOptifineChunkLoadingCrash;
     public boolean fixPerspectiveCamera;
     public boolean fixPlayerSkinFetching;
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ public LoadingConfig(File file) {
         fixNetHandlerPlayClientHandleSetSlot = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixNetHandlerPlayClientHandleSetSlot", true, "Prevents crash if server sends itemStack with index larger than client's container").getBoolean();
         fixNetherLeavesFaceRendering = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixNetherLeavesFaceRendering", true, "If fancy graphics are enabled, Nether Leaves render sides with other Nether Leaves adjacent too").getBoolean();
         fixNorthWestBias = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixNorthWestBias", true, "Fix northwest bias on RandomPositionGenerator").getBoolean();
+        fixNettyNPE = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixNettyNPE", true, "Fix NPE in Netty's Bootstrap class").getBoolean();
         fixOptifineChunkLoadingCrash = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixOptifineChunkLoadingCrash", true, "Forces the chunk loading option from optifine to default since other values can crash the game").getBoolean();
         fixPerspectiveCamera = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixPerspectiveCamera", true, "Prevent tall grass and such to affect the perspective camera").getBoolean();
         fixPlayerSkinFetching = config.get(Category.FIXES.toString(), "fixPlayerSkinFetching", true, "Allow some mods to properly fetch the player skin").getBoolean();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/Mixins.java b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/Mixins.java
index 1b605c37..d030e939 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/Mixins.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/Mixins.java
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ public enum Mixins {
     COMPACT_CHAT(new Builder("Compact chat").setPhase(Phase.EARLY)
             .addMixinClasses("minecraft.MixinGuiNewChat_CompactChat").setSide(Side.CLIENT)
             .setApplyIf(() -> Common.config.compactChat).addTargetedMod(TargetedMod.VANILLA)),
+    NETTY_PATCH(new Builder("Fix NPE in Netty's Bootstrap class").addMixinClasses("netty.MixinBootstrap")
+            .setPhase(Phase.EARLY).setSide(Side.CLIENT).setApplyIf(() -> Common.config.fixNettyNPE)
+            .addTargetedMod(TargetedMod.VANILLA)),
 
     // Ic2 adjustments
     IC2_UNPROTECTED_GET_BLOCK_FIX(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/early/netty/MixinBootstrap.java b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/early/netty/MixinBootstrap.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d41ab45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mitchej123/hodgepodge/mixins/early/netty/MixinBootstrap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.mitchej123.hodgepodge.mixins.early.netty;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.LocalCapture;
+
+import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+
+@Mixin(Bootstrap.class)
+public class MixinBootstrap {
+
+    @Inject(
+            method = "checkAddress",
+            remap = false,
+            at = @At(
+                    value = "INVOKE",
+                    target = "Ljava/net/InetAddress;getHostAddress()Ljava/lang/String;",
+                    shift = At.Shift.BEFORE),
+            locals = LocalCapture.CAPTURE_FAILSOFT,
+            cancellable = true)
+    private void hodgpodge$fixNPE(SocketAddress remoteAddress, CallbackInfoReturnable<ChannelFuture> cir,
+            InetAddress address) {
+        if (address == null) {
+            cir.setReturnValue(null);
+        }
+    }
+}