diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/HDSkinManager.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/HDSkinManager.java
index ac9358ac..965aba4d 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/HDSkinManager.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/HDSkinManager.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@ public final class HDSkinManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
 
     private boolean enabled = true;
 
+    private List<ISkinCacheClearListener> clearListeners = Lists.newArrayList();
+
     private List<SkinServer> skinServers = Lists.newArrayList();
 
     private Map<UUID, Map<Type, ResourceLocation>> skinCache = Maps.newHashMap();
@@ -123,6 +128,10 @@ public final class HDSkinManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
         return skin == LOADING ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(skin);
     }
 
+    private String bustCache(String url) {
+        return url + (url.indexOf('?') > -1 ? '&' : '?') + Long.toString(new Date().getTime()/1000);
+    }
+
     private void loadTexture(GameProfile profile, final Type type, final SkinAvailableCallback callback) {
         if (profile.getId() != null) {
             Map<Type, MinecraftProfileTexture> data = getProfileData(profile);
@@ -134,7 +143,7 @@ public final class HDSkinManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
 
             final IImageBuffer imagebufferdownload = type == Type.SKIN ? new ImageBufferDownloadHD() : null;
 
-            ITextureObject texObject = new ThreadDownloadImageETag(file2, texture.getUrl(),
+            ITextureObject texObject = new ThreadDownloadImageETag(file2, bustCache(texture.getUrl()),
                     DefaultPlayerSkin.getDefaultSkinLegacy(),
                     new IImageBuffer() {
                         @Nonnull
@@ -223,11 +232,16 @@ public final class HDSkinManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
 
     }
 
+    public void addClearListener(ISkinCacheClearListener listener) {
+        clearListeners.add(listener);
+    }
+
     public static void clearSkinCache() {
         LiteLoaderLogger.info("Clearing local player skin cache");
 
         try {
             FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(LiteLoader.getAssetsDirectory(), "skins"));
+            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(LiteLoader.getAssetsDirectory(), "hd"));
             TextureManager textures = Minecraft.getMinecraft().getTextureManager();
             INSTANCE.skinCache.values().stream()
                     .flatMap(m -> m.values().stream())
@@ -238,6 +252,19 @@ public final class HDSkinManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
             var1.printStackTrace();
         }
 
+        INSTANCE.clearListeners = INSTANCE.clearListeners.stream()
+                .filter(HDSkinManager::onSkinCacheCleared)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    private static boolean onSkinCacheCleared(ISkinCacheClearListener callback) {
+        try {
+            return callback.onSkinCacheCleared();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LiteLoaderLogger.warning("Exception ancountered calling skin listener '{}'. It will be removed.", callback.getClass().getName());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     public void addSkinModifier(ISkinModifier modifier) {
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/ISkinCacheClearListener.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/ISkinCacheClearListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1a21d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/ISkinCacheClearListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins;
+
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface ISkinCacheClearListener {
+    boolean onSkinCacheCleared();
+}
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/Later.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/Later.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e979663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/Later.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins;
+
+public final class Later extends Thread {
+
+    private final int delay;
+
+    protected Later(int delay, Runnable runnable) {
+        super(runnable);
+        this.delay = delay;
+        setDaemon(true);
+        setName("Later#" + getId());
+    }
+
+    public static void performLater(int delay, Runnable callable) {
+        new Later(delay, callable).start();
+    }
+
+    public static void performNow(Runnable callable) {
+        new Later(0, callable).start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            if (delay > 0) sleep(delay);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
+        super.run();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GLWindow.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GLWindow.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25059878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GLWindow.java
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.gui;
+
+import java.awt.Canvas;
+import java.awt.Frame;
+import java.awt.dnd.DropTarget;
+import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetListener;
+import java.awt.event.ComponentAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowStateListener;
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.TooManyListenersException;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
+
+import org.lwjgl.LWJGLException;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.Display;
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.DisplayMode;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.Later;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+
+public class GLWindow implements Closeable {
+
+    static GLWindow instance = null;
+
+    public static GLWindow current() {
+        if (instance == null) {
+            instance = new GLWindow();
+        }
+        return instance;
+    }
+
+    private final DropTarget dt;
+
+    private final JFrame frame;
+
+    private DropTargetListener saved = null;
+
+    private final int frameX = 15;
+    private final int frameY = 36;
+
+    private final Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
+
+    private int state = 0;
+
+    private GLWindow() {
+        int x = Display.getX();
+        int y = Display.getY();
+
+        int w = Display.getWidth() + frameX;
+
+        int h = Display.getHeight() + frameY;
+
+        Canvas canvas = new Canvas();
+
+        frame = new JFrame(Display.getTitle());
+        frame.setResizable(Display.isResizable());
+        frame.setLocation(x, y);
+        frame.setSize(w, h);
+        frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
+        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
+        frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent windowEvent) {
+                Minecraft.getMinecraft().shutdown();
+            }
+        });
+        frame.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public void componentResized(ComponentEvent componentEvent) {
+                canvas.setBounds(0, 0, frame.getWidth() - frameX, frame.getHeight() - frameY);
+            }
+        });
+        frame.addWindowStateListener(new WindowStateListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent event) {
+                state = event.getNewState();
+                Later.performLater(1, () -> {
+                    canvas.setBounds(0, 0, frame.getWidth() - frameX, frame.getHeight() - frameY);
+                });
+            }
+        });
+        setIcons(frame);
+
+        frame.getContentPane().add(canvas);
+        frame.setVisible(true);
+
+        try {
+            Display.setParent(canvas);
+        } catch (LWJGLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        if (Display.getWidth() == Display.getDesktopDisplayMode().getWidth()) {
+            frame.setExtendedState(Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
+        }
+
+        state = frame.getExtendedState();
+
+        if (mc.isFullScreen()) {
+            try {
+                Display.setFullscreen(true);
+            } catch (LWJGLException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
+        dt = new DropTarget();
+        canvas.setDropTarget(dt);
+    }
+
+    private final void setIcons(JFrame frame) {
+        try {
+            frame.setIconImages(Lists.newArrayList(
+                    ImageIO.read(mc.getResourceManager().getResource(new ResourceLocation("icons/icon_16x16.png")).getInputStream()),
+                    ImageIO.read(mc.getResourceManager().getResource(new ResourceLocation("icons/icon_32x32.png")).getInputStream())
+            ));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setDropTargetListener(DropTargetListener dtl) {
+        if (saved != null) {
+            dt.removeDropTargetListener(saved);
+        }
+        if (dtl != null) {
+            try {
+                dt.addDropTargetListener(dtl);
+            } catch (TooManyListenersException e) { }
+            saved = dtl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void dispose() {
+        if (instance != null) {
+            try {
+                instance.close();
+            } catch (IOException ignored) {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        mc.addScheduledTask(() -> {
+            try {
+                Display.setParent(null);
+            } catch (LWJGLException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+            try {
+                if (mc.isFullScreen()) {
+                    Display.setFullscreen(true);
+                } else {
+                    if ((state & JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH) == JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH) {
+                        Display.setLocation(0, 0);
+                        Display.setDisplayMode(Display.getDesktopDisplayMode());
+                    } else {
+                        Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(mc.displayWidth, mc.displayHeight));
+                        Display.setLocation(frame.getX(), frame.getY());
+                    }
+                    Display.setResizable(false);
+                    Display.setResizable(true);
+                }
+            } catch (LWJGLException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+
+            frame.setVisible(false);
+            frame.dispose();
+
+            instance = null;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GuiSkins.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GuiSkins.java
index a1f232dc..9ab9853a 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GuiSkins.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/gui/GuiSkins.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
 import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftProfileTexture;
 import com.mumfrey.liteloader.util.log.LiteLoaderLogger;
 import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.HDSkinManager;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.Later;
 import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.skins.SkinUploadResponse;
 import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.upload.awt.ThreadOpenFilePNG;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
@@ -37,14 +38,12 @@ import org.lwjgl.BufferUtils;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 import org.lwjgl.util.glu.GLU;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
-import java.awt.Window.Type;
-import java.awt.dnd.DropTarget;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.DoubleBuffer;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -88,7 +87,8 @@ public class GuiSkins extends GuiScreen implements FutureCallback<SkinUploadResp
     private File selectedSkin;
     private float uploadOpacity = 0.0F;
     private float lastPartialTick;
-    private JFrame fileDrop;
+
+    private static GuiSkins instance;
 
     private MinecraftProfileTexture.Type textureType = SKIN;
 
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ public class GuiSkins extends GuiScreen implements FutureCallback<SkinUploadResp
         rm.renderViewEntity = this.localPlayer;
         this.reloadRemoteSkin();
         this.fetchingSkin = true;
+
+        instance = this;
     }
 
     protected EntityPlayerModel getModel(GameProfile profile) {
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ public class GuiSkins extends GuiScreen implements FutureCallback<SkinUploadResp
     @Override
     public void initGui() {
         enableDnd();
+
         this.initPanoramaRenderer();
         this.buttonList.clear();
         this.buttonList.add(this.btnBrowse = new GuiButton(0, 30, this.height - 36, 60, 20, "Browse..."));
@@ -189,35 +192,9 @@ public class GuiSkins extends GuiScreen implements FutureCallback<SkinUploadResp
     }
 
     private void enableDnd() {
-        if (fileDrop != null) {
-            fileDrop.setVisible(true);
-            return;
-        }
-        fileDrop = new JFrame("Skin Drop");
-        fileDrop.setType(Type.UTILITY);
-        fileDrop.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
-        fileDrop.setResizable(false);
-        fileDrop.setTitle("Skin Drop");
-        fileDrop.setSize(256, 256);
-        // fileDrop.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
-        fileDrop.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
-        panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 1, 1, 1, Color.GRAY));
-        panel.setBounds(10, 11, 230, 205);
-        fileDrop.getContentPane().add(panel);
-        JLabel txtInst = new JLabel("Drop skin file here");
-        txtInst.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
-        txtInst.setVerticalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
-        panel.add(txtInst);
-
-        DropTarget dt = new DropTarget();
-        fileDrop.setDropTarget(dt);
-        try {
-            dt.addDropTargetListener((FileDropListener) files -> files.stream().findFirst().ifPresent(this::loadLocalFile));
-            fileDrop.setVisible(true);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+        GLWindow.current().setDropTargetListener((FileDropListener) files -> {
+            files.stream().findFirst().ifPresent(instance::loadLocalFile);
+        });
     }
 
     private void initPanoramaRenderer() {
@@ -227,10 +204,9 @@ public class GuiSkins extends GuiScreen implements FutureCallback<SkinUploadResp
     @Override
     public void onGuiClosed() {
         super.onGuiClosed();
-        if (this.fileDrop != null)
-            this.fileDrop.dispose();
-        this.localPlayer.releaseTextures();
-        this.remotePlayer.releaseTextures();
+        localPlayer.releaseTextures();
+        remotePlayer.releaseTextures();
+        HDSkinManager.clearSkinCache();
     }
 
     private void onFileOpenDialogClosed(JFileChooser fileDialog, int dialogResult) {
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/mixin/MixinMinecraft.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/mixin/MixinMinecraft.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8613f940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/mixin/MixinMinecraft.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.mixin;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.lwjgl.LWJGLException;
+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.CallbackInfo;
+
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.gui.GLWindow;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
+import net.minecraft.crash.CrashReport;
+
+@Mixin(Minecraft.class)
+public class MixinMinecraft {
+
+    //public void displayCrashReport(CrashReport crashReportIn)
+    @Inject(method = "displayCrashReport(Lnet/minecraft/crash/CrashReport;)V", at = @At("HEAD"))
+    private void onGameCrash(CrashReport report, CallbackInfo info) {
+        GLWindow.dispose();
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "init()V", at = @At("RETURN"))
+    private void onInit(CallbackInfo info) throws LWJGLException, IOException {
+        GLWindow.current();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/upload/awt/ThreadOpenFile.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/upload/awt/ThreadOpenFile.java
index fbd68e5d..7735c96a 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/upload/awt/ThreadOpenFile.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/upload/awt/ThreadOpenFile.java
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@ package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.upload.awt;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 
+import java.awt.AWTEvent;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+
 import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
 import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
 
+import org.lwjgl.opengl.Display;
+
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.Later;
+
 /**
  * Base class for "open file" dialog threads
  *
@@ -19,6 +27,10 @@ public abstract class ThreadOpenFile extends Thread {
      */
     protected final IOpenFileCallback parentScreen;
 
+    private JFileChooser fileDialog;
+
+    private JFrame parent = null;
+
     protected ThreadOpenFile(Minecraft minecraft, String dialogTitle, IOpenFileCallback callback)
             throws IllegalStateException {
         if (minecraft.isFullScreen()) {
@@ -29,14 +41,35 @@ public abstract class ThreadOpenFile extends Thread {
         this.dialogTitle = dialogTitle;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+        Later.performLater(0, this);
+    }
+
+    public ThreadOpenFile setParent(JFrame parent) {
+        this.parent = parent;
+        this.parent.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void run() {
-        JFileChooser fileDialog = new JFileChooser();
+        if (parent == null) {
+            parent = new JFrame("InternalDialog");
+            parent.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
+        }
+
+        parent.requestFocusInWindow();
+        parent.setVisible(false);
+
+        fileDialog = new JFileChooser();
         fileDialog.setDialogTitle(this.dialogTitle);
         fileDialog.setFileFilter(this.getFileFilter());
 
-        int dialogResult = fileDialog.showOpenDialog(null);
+        int dialogResult = fileDialog.showOpenDialog(parent);
 
+        parent.setVisible(true);
         this.parentScreen.onFileOpenDialogClosed(fileDialog, dialogResult);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/hdskins/resources/hdskins.mixin.json b/src/hdskins/resources/hdskins.mixin.json
index 415b0371..130a9936 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/resources/hdskins.mixin.json
+++ b/src/hdskins/resources/hdskins.mixin.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "package": "com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.mixin",
   "refmap": "hdskins.mixin.refmap.json",
   "mixins": [
+    "MixinMinecraft",
     "MixinGuiMainMenu",
     "MixinImageBufferDownload",
     "MixinPlayerInfo",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/MineLittlePony.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/MineLittlePony.java
index 86d447eb..7ab8e845 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/MineLittlePony.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/MineLittlePony.java
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ public class MineLittlePony {
     public static final String MOD_NAME = "Mine Little Pony";
     public static final String MOD_VERSION = "@VERSION@";
 
-    private static final String SKIN_SERVER_URL = "minelpskins.voxelmodpack.com";
-    private static final String GATEWAY_URL = "minelpskinmanager.voxelmodpack.com";
+    private static final String MINELP_LEGACY_SERVER = "legacy:http://minelpskins.voxelmodpack.com;http://minelpskinmanager.voxelmodpack.com";
 
     private static final KeyBinding SETTINGS_GUI = new KeyBinding("Settings", Keyboard.KEY_F9, "Mine Little Pony");
 
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ public class MineLittlePony {
 
         config = new PonyConfig();
         ponyManager = new PonyManager(config);
+
         renderManager = new PonyRenderManager();
 
         LiteLoader.getInstance().registerExposable(config, null);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class MineLittlePony {
         ms.registerMetadataSectionType(new PonyDataSerialzier(), IPonyData.class);
 
         // This also makes it the default gateway server.
-        SkinServer.defaultServers.add("legacy:" + SKIN_SERVER_URL + ";" + GATEWAY_URL);
+        SkinServer.defaultServers.add(MINELP_LEGACY_SERVER);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class MineLittlePony {
 //        manager.setGatewayURL(GATEWAY_URL);
         manager.addSkinModifier(new PonySkinModifier());
 //        logger.info("Set MineLP skin server URL.");
+        manager.addClearListener(ponyManager);
 
         RenderManager rm = minecraft.getRenderManager();
         renderManager.initialisePlayerRenderers(rm);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/PonyManager.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/PonyManager.java
index 7e9a4254..d92b2c46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/PonyManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/PonyManager.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import com.minelittlepony.model.PMAPI;
 import com.minelittlepony.pony.data.Pony;
 import com.minelittlepony.pony.data.PonyLevel;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.HDSkinManager;
+import com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.ISkinCacheClearListener;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.entity.AbstractClientPlayer;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
  * The PonyManager is responsible for reading and recoding all the pony data associated with an entity of skin.
  *
  */
-public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
+public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener, ISkinCacheClearListener {
 
     public static final ResourceLocation STEVE = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/steve_pony.png");
     public static final ResourceLocation ALEX = new ResourceLocation("minelittlepony", "textures/entity/alex_pony.png");
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@ public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
     private PonyConfig config;
 
     private Map<ResourceLocation, Pony> poniesCache = Maps.newHashMap();
-    private Map<ResourceLocation, Pony> backgroudPoniesCache = Maps.newHashMap();
 
     public PonyManager(PonyConfig config) {
         this.config = config;
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
     }
 
     public Pony getPony(NetworkPlayerInfo playerInfo) {
+        // force load HDSkins if they're not available
+        HDSkinManager.INSTANCE.getProfileData(playerInfo.getGameProfile());
+
         ResourceLocation skin = playerInfo.getLocationSkin();
         UUID uuid = playerInfo.getGameProfile().getId();
 
@@ -149,7 +153,6 @@ public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
     @Override
     public void onResourceManagerReload(IResourceManager resourceManager) {
         poniesCache.clear();
-        backgroudPoniesCache.clear();
         backgroundPonyList.clear();
         try {
             for (IResource res : resourceManager.getAllResources(BGPONIES_JSON)) {
@@ -202,4 +205,11 @@ public class PonyManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
             return ponies.stream().map(this::apply).collect(Collectors.toList());
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onSkinCacheCleared() {
+        MineLittlePony.logger.info("Flushed {} cached ponies.", poniesCache.size());
+        poniesCache.clear();
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/gui/GuiSkinsMineLP.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/gui/GuiSkinsMineLP.java
index 1a540e88..87b434c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/gui/GuiSkinsMineLP.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/gui/GuiSkinsMineLP.java
@@ -40,12 +40,4 @@ public class GuiSkinsMineLP extends GuiSkins {
             ponyManager.removePony(resource);
         }
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onGuiClosed() {
-        super.onGuiClosed();
-        ponyManager.removePony(localPlayer.getSkinTexture());
-        ponyManager.removePony(remotePlayer.getSkinTexture());
-
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/model/components/PonyTail.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/model/components/PonyTail.java
index ee58f1ed..4409fc0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/model/components/PonyTail.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/model/components/PonyTail.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class PonyTail extends PlaneRenderer implements IModelPart {
 
     @Override
     public void renderPart(float scale) {
-        this.render(scale);
+        render(scale);
     }
 
     private class TailSegment extends PlaneRenderer {