diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index dae17e73b0..5798965727 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 2.2.026
+    Fixed NPE on ChunkUnloadEvent
+
 Version 2.2.025
     Fixed NullPointerException spam when processing XP for child skills
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12419f99c8..f16a290b29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.gmail.nossr50.mcMMO</groupId>
     <artifactId>mcMMO</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.025</version>
+    <version>2.2.026</version>
     <name>mcMMO</name>
     <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO</url>
     <scm>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/HashChunkManager.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/HashChunkManager.java
index aa5d9da2f4..5d860e0e31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/HashChunkManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/HashChunkManager.java
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ public synchronized void closeAll() {
     }
 
     private synchronized @Nullable ChunkStore readChunkStore(@NotNull World world, int cx, int cz) throws IOException {
-        McMMOSimpleRegionFile rf = getReadableSimpleRegionFile(world, cx, cz);
-        if (rf == null)
-            return null; // If there is no region file, there can't be a chunk
+        final McMMOSimpleRegionFile rf = getWriteableSimpleRegionFile(world, cx, cz);
         try (DataInputStream in = rf.getInputStream(cx, cz)) { // Get input stream for chunk
             if (in == null)
                 return null; // No chunk
@@ -74,17 +72,6 @@ private synchronized void writeChunkStore(@NotNull World world, @NotNull ChunkSt
         });
     }
 
-    private synchronized @Nullable McMMOSimpleRegionFile getReadableSimpleRegionFile(@NotNull World world, int cx, int cz) {
-        CoordinateKey regionKey = toRegionKey(world.getUID(), cx, cz);
-
-        return regionMap.computeIfAbsent(regionKey, k -> {
-            File regionFile = getRegionFile(world, regionKey);
-            if (!regionFile.exists())
-                return null; // Don't create the file on read-only operations
-            return new McMMOSimpleRegionFile(regionFile, regionKey.x, regionKey.z);
-        });
-    }
-
     private @NotNull File getRegionFile(@NotNull World world, @NotNull CoordinateKey regionKey) {
         if (world.getUID() != regionKey.worldID)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
@@ -112,7 +99,7 @@ private void unloadChunk(int cx, int cz, @NotNull World world) {
         CoordinateKey regionKey = toRegionKey(world.getUID(), cx, cz);
         HashSet<CoordinateKey> chunkKeys = chunkUsageMap.get(regionKey);
         chunkKeys.remove(chunkKey); // remove from region file in-use set
-        // If it was last chunk in region, close the region file and remove it from memory
+        // If it was last chunk in the region, close the region file and remove it from memory
         if (chunkKeys.isEmpty()) {
             chunkUsageMap.remove(regionKey);
             regionMap.remove(regionKey).close();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/UserBlockTrackerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/UserBlockTrackerTest.java
index 5bdf5e4853..a522b35855 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/UserBlockTrackerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/blockmeta/UserBlockTrackerTest.java
@@ -170,6 +170,27 @@ void testRegressionChunkMirrorBug() {
         assertTrue(chunkManager.isIneligible(mockBlockA));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testUnload() {
+        final ChunkManager chunkManager = new HashChunkManager();
+        Block mockBlockA = Mockito.mock(Block.class);
+        when(mockBlockA.getX()).thenReturn(15);
+        when(mockBlockA.getZ()).thenReturn(15);
+        when(mockBlockA.getY()).thenReturn(0);
+        when(mockBlockA.getWorld()).thenReturn(mockWorld);
+        Block mockBlockB = Mockito.mock(Block.class);
+        when(mockBlockB.getX()).thenReturn(-15);
+        when(mockBlockB.getZ()).thenReturn(-15);
+        when(mockBlockB.getY()).thenReturn(0);
+        when(mockBlockB.getWorld()).thenReturn(mockWorld);
+
+        chunkManager.setIneligible(mockBlockA);
+        chunkManager.setEligible(mockBlockB);
+        assertTrue(chunkManager.isIneligible(mockBlockA));
+
+        chunkManager.chunkUnloaded(0, 0, mockWorld);
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     private Block initMockBlock(int x, int y, int z) {
         final Block mockBlock = Mockito.mock(Block.class);