Encountered an unexpected exception

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>> [16:56:33] [Server thread/INFO]: Loading properties

> [16:56:33] [Server thread/INFO]: Default game type: SURVIVAL

> [16:56:33] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair

> [16:56:34] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting Minecraft server on 0.0.0.0:37662

> [16:56:34] [Server thread/INFO]: Using epoll channel type

> [16:56:36] [Server thread/INFO]: This server is running CraftBukkit version 3096a-Bukkit-af1a232 (MC: 1.16.5) (Implementing API version 1.16.5-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)

> [16:56:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: Encountered an unexpected exception

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.google.gson.JsonArray.iterator()" because "jsonarray" is null

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.JsonList.load(JsonList.java:166) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedPlayerList.y(SourceFile:95) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedPlayerList.<init>(SourceFile:22) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:217) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:905) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.lambda$0(MinecraftServer.java:263) ~[server.jar:3096a-Bukkit-af1a232]

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:831) [?:?]

> [16:56:36] [Server thread/ERROR]: This crash report has been saved to: /home/container/./crash-reports/crash-2023-10-16_16.56.36-server.txt

> [16:56:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Stopping server

> [16:56:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Saving worlds

>

[Free-5 Daemon]: ---------- Detected server process in a crashed state! ----------

[Free-5 Daemon]: Exit code: 0

[Free-5 Daemon]: Out of memory: false

[Free-5 Daemon]: Aborting automatic restart, last crash occurred less than 60 seconds ago.