diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/PacketHandlerClient.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/PacketHandlerClient.java
index 1b18d02e3..9362f3e7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/PacketHandlerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/client/PacketHandlerClient.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public class PacketHandlerClient extends PacketHandlerServer{
 			Minecraft.getMinecraft().thePlayer.swingItem();
 		}
 		else if(type == EnumPacketClient.PLAYER_UPDATE_SKIN_OVERLAYS) {
-			EntityPlayer sendingPlayer = (EntityPlayer) Minecraft.getMinecraft().theWorld.getEntityByID(buffer.readInt());
+			EntityPlayer sendingPlayer = Minecraft.getMinecraft().theWorld.getPlayerEntityByName(Server.readString(buffer));
 			NBTTagCompound compound = Server.readNBT(buffer);
 			NoppesUtil.updateSkinOverlayData(sendingPlayer, compound);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/data/DataSkinOverlays.java b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/data/DataSkinOverlays.java
index 881cfb2fb..5e88b9ab8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/data/DataSkinOverlays.java
+++ b/src/main/java/noppes/npcs/entity/data/DataSkinOverlays.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class DataSkinOverlays implements IOverlayHandler {
         if (parent instanceof PlayerData) {
             NBTTagCompound compound = this.writeToNBT(new NBTTagCompound());
             ((PlayerData) parent).player.getEntityData().setTag("SkinOverlayData", compound.getTagList("SkinOverlayData",10));
-            Server.sendToAll(EnumPacketClient.PLAYER_UPDATE_SKIN_OVERLAYS, ((PlayerData) parent).player.getEntityId(), compound);
+            Server.sendToAll(EnumPacketClient.PLAYER_UPDATE_SKIN_OVERLAYS, ((PlayerData) parent).player.getCommandSenderName(), compound);
         } else if (parent instanceof EntityNPCInterface) {
             ((EntityNPCInterface) parent).updateClient = true;
         }