public void start()
    {
        try {
            // Load the JDBC driver
            try {
                Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                    debug("Missing MariaDB JDBC Driver:" + e.getMessage());
                    return;
            }
            debug("Loaded MariaDB JDBC Driver!");

            Connection con = null;

            try {
                    con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mariadb://"+Main.ip+"/"+Main.database,Main.user,Main.pass);

            } catch (SQLException e) {
                    debug("Error Connecting to MariaDB Server: "+e.getMessage());
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    return;
            }

            if (con != null) {
                    debug("Successfully connected to MariaDB server on "+ Main.ip +":"+ Main.port);
            } else {
                    debug("Failed to make connection!");
            }

        } catch(Exception ex) {
            debug("Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
        }
    }