diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/EntityPickupItemEventListener.java b/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/EntityPickupItemEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..927dd4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/EntityPickupItemEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.trophonix.tradeplus.trade;
+
+import com.trophonix.tradeplus.TradePlus;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityPickupItemEvent;
+
+public class EntityPickupItemEventListener implements Listener {
+
+  private final Trade trade;
+
+  public EntityPickupItemEventListener(Trade trade) {
+    this.trade = trade;
+  }
+
+  @EventHandler
+  public void onPickup(EntityPickupItemEvent event) {
+    if (trade.isCancelled()) return;
+    if (!(event.getEntity() instanceof Player)) return;
+    Player player = (Player) event.getEntity();
+    if (player.equals(trade.getPlayer1()) || player.equals(trade.getPlayer2())) {
+      event.setCancelled(true);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/Trade.java b/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/Trade.java
index 6e40fa3..5ac9121 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/Trade.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/trophonix/tradeplus/trade/Trade.java
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
 
 public class Trade implements Listener {
 
-  public final Player player1;
-  public final Player player2;
+  @Getter public final Player player1, player2;
   private final TradePlus pl = TradePlus.getPlugin(TradePlus.class);
   private List<Integer> mySlots, theirSlots, myExtraSlots, theirExtraSlots;
   private final List<Extra> extras = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ public class Trade implements Listener {
   private boolean forced = false;
   private BukkitTask task;
   @Getter private boolean cancelled;
+  private EntityPickupItemEventListener entityPickupListener;
 
   public Trade(Player p1, Player p2) {
     player1 = p1;
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ public Trade(Player p1, Player p2) {
         .sync(
             () -> {
               Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, pl);
+              try {
+                Class.forName("org.bukkit.event.entity.EntityPickupItemEvent");
+                entityPickupListener = new EntityPickupItemEventListener(this);
+                Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(entityPickupListener, pl);
+              } catch (ClassNotFoundException ignored) {
+              }
 
               this.mySlots = pl.getTradeConfig().getMySlots();
               this.theirSlots = pl.getTradeConfig().getTheirSlots();
@@ -478,6 +484,8 @@ public void onClose(InventoryCloseEvent event) {
                     && inv2.getViewers().isEmpty()
                     && spectatorInv.getViewers().isEmpty()) {
                   HandlerList.unregisterAll(this);
+                  if (entityPickupListener != null)
+                    HandlerList.unregisterAll(entityPickupListener);
                 }
               },
               1L);
@@ -506,6 +514,8 @@ public void onClose(InventoryCloseEvent event) {
                     && inv2.getViewers().isEmpty()
                     && spectatorInv.getViewers().isEmpty()) {
                   HandlerList.unregisterAll(this);
+                  if (entityPickupListener != null)
+                    HandlerList.unregisterAll(entityPickupListener);
                 }
               },
               1L);
@@ -574,16 +584,6 @@ public void onDisable(PluginDisableEvent event) {
     }
   }
 
-  @EventHandler
-  public void onPickup(EntityPickupItemEvent event) {
-    if (cancelled) return;
-    if (!(event.getEntity() instanceof Player)) return;
-    Player player = (Player) event.getEntity();
-    if (player.equals(player1) || player.equals(player2)) {
-      event.setCancelled(true);
-    }
-  }
-
   @EventHandler
   public void onInteract(PlayerInteractAtEntityEvent event) {
     if (event.getPlayer() == player1 || event.getPlayer() == player2) {