diff --git a/patches/server/0976-Temp-Pre-init-PlayerChunkLoaderData-in-order-to-prep.patch b/patches/server/0976-Temp-Pre-init-PlayerChunkLoaderData-in-order-to-prep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76f96a8532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0976-Temp-Pre-init-PlayerChunkLoaderData-in-order-to-prep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:48:11 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Temp: Pre-init PlayerChunkLoaderData in order to prepopulate
+ the BFS lookup cache because potatos
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
+index 717e292040ed7779eb4b6c5fa26665d3df9024e7..d4f6935a1bea77e5118bfd538f9b1358c21591a7 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/Main.java
+@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ public class Main {
+             tryPreloadClass(net.minecraft.world.level.lighting.LayerLightEventListener.DummyLightLayerEventListener.class.getName());
+             tryPreloadClass(net.minecraft.world.level.lighting.LayerLightEventListener.class.getName());
+             tryPreloadClass(net.minecraft.util.ExceptionCollector.class.getName());
++            tryPreloadClass(io.papermc.paper.chunk.system.RegionizedPlayerChunkLoader.PlayerChunkLoaderData.class.getName());
+             // Paper end
+         }
+     }