diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/BukkitMain.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
index bfcd3d92..438d7a74 100644
--- a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/BukkitMain.java
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package com.boydti.fawe.bukkit;
 
 import com.boydti.fawe.Fawe;
+import com.boydti.fawe.util.Jars;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -57,11 +55,9 @@ public class BukkitMain extends JavaPlugin {
         if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("WorldEdit") == null) {
             try {
                 File output = new File(this.getDataFolder().getParentFile(), "WorldEdit.jar");
-                URL worldEditUrl = new URL("https://addons.cursecdn.com/files/2431/372/worldedit-bukkit-6.1.7.2.jar");
-                try (ReadableByteChannel rbc = Channels.newChannel(worldEditUrl.openStream())) {
-                    try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(output)) {
-                        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
-                    }
+                byte[] weJar = Jars.WE_B_6_1_7_2.download();
+                try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(output)) {
+                    fos.write(weJar);
                 }
                 Bukkit.getPluginManager().loadPlugin(output);
             } catch (Throwable e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/util/Jars.java b/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/util/Jars.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bfdd54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/util/Jars.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.boydti.fawe.util;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.security.MessageDigest;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import com.boydti.fawe.Fawe;
+import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
+
+public enum Jars {
+    WE_B_6_1_7_2("https://addons.cursecdn.com/files/2431/372/worldedit-bukkit-6.1.7.2.jar",
+            "711be37301a327aba4e347131875d0564dbfdc2f41053a12db97f0234661778b", 1726340),
+
+    VS_B_5_171_0("https://addons-origin.cursecdn.com/files/912/511/VoxelSniper-5.171.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
+            "292c3b38238e0d8e5f036381d28bccfeb15df67cae53d28b52d066bc6238208f", 3632776);
+
+    public final String url;
+    public final int filesize;
+    public final String digest;
+
+    /**
+     * @param url
+     *            Where this jar can be found and downloaded
+     * @param digest
+     *            The SHA-256 hexadecimal digest
+     * @param filesize
+     *            Size of this jar in bytes
+     */
+    private Jars(String url, String digest, int filesize) {
+        this.url = url;
+        this.digest = digest;
+        this.filesize = filesize;
+    }
+
+    /** download a jar, verify hash, return byte[] containing the jar */
+    public byte[] download() throws IOException {
+        byte[] jarBytes = new byte[this.filesize];
+        URL url = new URL(this.url);
+        try (DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(url.openConnection().getInputStream());) {
+            dis.readFully(jarBytes);
+            if (dis.read() != -1) { // assert that we've read everything
+                throw new IllegalStateException("downloaded jar is longer than expected");
+            }
+
+            MessageDigest md;
+            md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
+            byte[] thisDigest = md.digest(jarBytes);
+            byte[] realDigest = BaseEncoding.base16().decode(this.digest.toUpperCase());
+
+            if (Arrays.equals(thisDigest, realDigest)) {
+                Fawe.debug("++++ HASH CHECK ++++");
+                Fawe.debug(this.url);
+                Fawe.debug(BaseEncoding.base16().encode(thisDigest));
+                return jarBytes;
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("downloaded jar does not match the hash");
+            }
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            // Shouldn't ever happen, Minecraft won't even run on such a JRE
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Your JRE does not support SHA-256");
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/favs/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/favs/Favs.java b/favs/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/favs/Favs.java
index afcbbfd5..9002a274 100644
--- a/favs/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/favs/Favs.java
+++ b/favs/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/favs/Favs.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.boydti.fawe.Fawe;
 import com.boydti.fawe.bukkit.BukkitCommand;
 import com.boydti.fawe.object.FaweCommand;
 import com.boydti.fawe.object.FawePlayer;
+import com.boydti.fawe.util.Jars;
 import com.boydti.fawe.util.MainUtil;
 import com.thevoxelbox.voxelsniper.RangeBlockHelper;
 import com.thevoxelbox.voxelsniper.SnipeData;
@@ -12,9 +13,6 @@ import com.thevoxelbox.voxelsniper.brush.perform.PerformBrush;
 import com.thevoxelbox.voxelsniper.command.VoxelVoxelCommand;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.nio.channels.Channels;
-import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.command.Command;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
@@ -40,11 +38,9 @@ public class Favs extends JavaPlugin {
                     }
                     if (output == null) {
                         output = new File(this.getDataFolder().getParentFile(), "VoxelSniper.jar");
-                        URL worldEditUrl = new URL("https://addons-origin.cursecdn.com/files/912/511/VoxelSniper-5.171.0-SNAPSHOT.jar");
-                        try (ReadableByteChannel rbc = Channels.newChannel(worldEditUrl.openStream())) {
-                            try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(output)) {
-                                fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
-                            }
+                        byte[] vsJar = Jars.VS_B_5_171_0.download();
+                        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(output)) {
+                            fos.write(vsJar);
                         }
                     }
                     Bukkit.getPluginManager().loadPlugin(output);