diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ai/formations/Formation.java b/core/src/mindustry/ai/formations/Formation.java
index db2ce02e14..cbbb02a541 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ai/formations/Formation.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ai/formations/Formation.java
@@ -175,16 +175,6 @@ public class Formation{
         return -1;
     }
 
-    // debug
-    public SlotAssignment getSlotAssignmentAt(int index){
-        return slotAssignments.get(index);
-    }
-
-    // debug
-    public int getSlotAssignmentCount(){
-        return slotAssignments.size;
-    }
-
     /** Writes new slot locations to each member */
     public void updateSlots(){
         positionOffset.set(anchor);
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/async/AsyncCore.java b/core/src/mindustry/async/AsyncCore.java
index 88272feb95..5de761d0ca 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/async/AsyncCore.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/async/AsyncCore.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package mindustry.async;
 
 import arc.*;
 import arc.struct.*;
+import arc.util.async.*;
 import mindustry.game.EventType.*;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public class AsyncCore{
                 executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(processes.size, r -> {
                     Thread thread = new Thread(r, "AsyncLogic-Thread");
                     thread.setDaemon(true);
-                    thread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler((t, e) -> Core.app.post(() -> { throw new RuntimeException(e); }));
+                    thread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler((t, e) -> Threads.throwAppException(e));
                     return thread;
                 });
             }
diff --git a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/ChatFragment.java b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/ChatFragment.java
index 75eaac5ab0..4b4bd3e46d 100644
--- a/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/ChatFragment.java
+++ b/core/src/mindustry/ui/fragments/ChatFragment.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class ChatFragment extends Table{
     private Font font;
     private GlyphLayout layout = new GlyphLayout();
     private float offsetx = Scl.scl(4), offsety = Scl.scl(4), fontoffsetx = Scl.scl(2), chatspace = Scl.scl(50);
-    private Color shadowColor = new Color(0, 0, 0, 0.4f);
+    private Color shadowColor = new Color(0, 0, 0, 0.5f);
     private float textspacing = Scl.scl(10);
     private Seq<String> history = new Seq<>();
     private int historyPos = 0;
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3506311dc0..b4b9d4eeb2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ kapt.include.compile.classpath=false
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
 #needed for android compilation
 android.useAndroidX=true
-archash=a9dedf9345fe888e54ab2be3c56bf8d4d2aeb2b8
+archash=1412891bd14e01db3f3cb3576cf4f7dd502dd14b