diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeClientProvider.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeClientProvider.java
index bc9d8410..3057e4e0 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeClientProvider.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeClientProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.pcal.fastback.mod.neoforge;
 
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModContainer;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.CustomizeGuiOverlayEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.client.event.ScreenEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ final class ForgeClientProvider extends ForgeCommonProvider {
     private long hudTextTime;
     private final Minecraft client;
 
-    public ForgeClientProvider() {
-        final IEventBus modEventBus = ModLoadingContext.get().getActiveContainer().getEventBus();
-        modEventBus.addListener(this::onClientStartupEvent);
+    public ForgeClientProvider(ModContainer container) {
+        super(container);
+        container.getEventBus().addListener(this::onClientStartupEvent);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(this::onGuiOverlayEvent);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(this::onScreenRenderEvent);
         this.client = requireNonNull(Minecraft.getInstance(), "MinecraftClient.getInstance() returned null");
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ private void onClientStartupEvent(FMLClientSetupEvent event) {
         this.onInitialize();
     }
 
-    private void onGuiOverlayEvent(CustomizeGuiOverlayEvent event) {
+    private void onGuiOverlayEvent(CustomizeGuiOverlayEvent.Chat event) {
         this.renderOverlayText(event.getGuiGraphics());
     }
 
diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
index 1aa8408a..24c18e16 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.storage.LevelResource;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModContainer;
+import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLPaths;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.common.NeoForge;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.RegisterCommandsEvent;
-import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.level.LevelEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStartedEvent;
 import net.neoforged.neoforge.event.server.ServerStoppingEvent;
 import net.neoforged.bus.api.IEventBus;
@@ -40,13 +41,15 @@ class ForgeCommonProvider implements MinecraftProvider, MixinGateway {
 
     static final String MOD_ID = "fastback";
     private MinecraftServer logicalServer;
+    private ModContainer container;
     private LifecycleListener lifecycleListener = null;
     private Runnable autoSaveListener;
     private boolean isWorldSaveEnabled = true;
 
-    ForgeCommonProvider() {
-        final IEventBus modEventBus = ModLoadingContext.get().getActiveContainer().getEventBus();
-        modEventBus.addListener(this::onDedicatedServerStartupEvent);
+    ForgeCommonProvider(ModContainer container) {
+        this.container = container;
+
+        container.getEventBus().addListener(this::onDedicatedServerStartupEvent);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(this::onServerStartupEvent);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(this::onServerStoppingEvent);
         NeoForge.EVENT_BUS.addListener(this::onRegisterCommandEvent);
@@ -89,9 +92,9 @@ void onInitialize() {
         this.lifecycleListener = MinecraftProvider.register(this);
         syslog().debug("registered backup command");
         this.lifecycleListener.onInitialize();
-        syslog().info("Fastback initialized");
+        syslog().info("Fastback " + getModVersion() + " initialized");
         syslog().warn("------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
-        syslog().warn("Thanks for trying the new Forge version of Fastback.  For help, go to:");
+        syslog().warn("Thanks for trying the new NeoForge version of Fastback.  For help, go to:");
         syslog().warn("https://pcal43.github.io/fastback/");
         syslog().warn("Please note that this is an alpha release.  A list of known issues is available here:");
         syslog().warn("https://github.com/pcal43/fastback/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aforge");
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ void renderOverlayText(GuiGraphics drawContext) {
 
     @Override
     public String getModVersion() {
-        return "0.15.3+1.20.1-alpha"; //FIXME
+        return container.getModInfo().getVersion().toString();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -205,14 +208,10 @@ public void addBackupProperties(Map<String, String> props) {
     @Override
     public Collection<Path> getModsBackupPaths() {
         final List<Path> out = new ArrayList<>();
-        /**
-         final FabricLoader fl = FabricLoader.getInstance();
-         final Path gameDir = fl.getGameDir();
-         out.add(gameDir.resolve("options.txt´"));
-         out.add(gameDir.resolve("mods"));
-         out.add(gameDir.resolve("config"));
-         out.add(gameDir.resolve("resourcepacks"));
-         **/
+        out.add(FMLPaths.GAMEDIR.get().resolve("options.txt"));
+        out.add(FMLPaths.MODSDIR.get());
+        out.add(FMLPaths.CONFIGDIR.get());
+        out.add(FMLPaths.GAMEDIR.get().resolve("resourcepacks"));
         return out;
     }
 }
diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeInitializer.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeInitializer.java
index df89eaac..34903d06 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeInitializer.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeInitializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.pcal.fastback.mod.neoforge;
 
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModContainer;
+import net.neoforged.fml.ModLoadingContext;
 import net.neoforged.fml.common.Mod;
 import net.neoforged.fml.loading.FMLEnvironment;
 
@@ -12,13 +14,13 @@
 @Mod("fastback")
 final public class ForgeInitializer {
 
-    public ForgeInitializer() {
+    public ForgeInitializer(ModContainer container) {
         try {
             if (FMLEnvironment.dist.isDedicatedServer()) {
-                new ForgeCommonProvider();
+                new ForgeCommonProvider(container);
             } else if (FMLEnvironment.dist.isClient()) {
                 // Forge yells at us if we touch any client classes in a server.  So,
-                Class.forName("net.pcal.fastback.mod.neoforge.ForgeClientProvider").getConstructor().newInstance();
+                Class.forName("net.pcal.fastback.mod.neoforge.ForgeClientProvider").getConstructor(ModContainer.class).newInstance(container);
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalStateException("where am i?  server or client?");
             }
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ public ForgeInitializer() {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/Slf4jSystemLogger.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/Slf4jSystemLogger.java
index f388be5b..080d05a7 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/Slf4jSystemLogger.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/Slf4jSystemLogger.java
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ public void warn(String message) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void warn(String message, Throwable t) {
-        this.slf4j.warn(message, t);
-    }
+    public void warn(String message, Throwable t) {this.slf4j.warn(message, t);}
 
     @Override
     public void info(String message) {