diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd28cf4..0b02e8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>eu.endermite</groupId>
     <artifactId>CommandWhitelist</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7.3</version>
+    <version>1.7.4</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>CommandWhitelist</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/endermite/commandwhitelist/spigot/listeners/PlayerCommandPreProcessListener.java b/src/main/java/eu/endermite/commandwhitelist/spigot/listeners/PlayerCommandPreProcessListener.java
index 2411cb4..b87f5b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/endermite/commandwhitelist/spigot/listeners/PlayerCommandPreProcessListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/endermite/commandwhitelist/spigot/listeners/PlayerCommandPreProcessListener.java
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@ public class PlayerCommandPreProcessListener implements Listener {
         if (player.hasPermission("commandwhitelist.bypass"))
             return;
         String command = event.getMessage().toLowerCase();
+        if (command.startsWith("/"))
+            command = command.substring(1);
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> s : CommandWhitelist.getConfigCache().getPermList().entrySet()) {
             if (!player.hasPermission("commandwhitelist.commands." + s.getKey()))
                 continue;
             for (String comm : s.getValue()) {
                 comm = comm.toLowerCase();
-                if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("/" + comm) || command.startsWith("/" + comm + " ")) {
+                if (command.equalsIgnoreCase(comm) || command.startsWith(comm + " ")) {
                     String rawCmd = event.getMessage();
                     List<String> bannedSubCommands = CommandsList.getSuggestions(player);
                     for (String bannedSubCommand : bannedSubCommands) {
-                        if (rawCmd.startsWith("/"+bannedSubCommand)) {
+                        if (rawCmd.startsWith(bannedSubCommand)) {
                             event.setCancelled(true);
                             ConfigCache config = CommandWhitelist.getConfigCache();
                             player.sendMessage(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', config.getPrefix() + RandomStuff.getMessage(config.getCommandDeniedList(), config.getSubCommandDenied())));