diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 169ec52..0a18f83 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:7.0 AS base
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:8.0 AS base
 WORKDIR /app
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY ["VPLink/VPLink.csproj", "VPLink/"]
 RUN dotnet restore "VPLink/VPLink.csproj"
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ RUN dotnet publish "VPLink.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish
 
 FROM base AS vpsdk
 WORKDIR /vpsdk
-ADD http://static.virtualparadise.org/dev-downloads/vpsdk_20231217_422bcbfc_linux_debian10_x86_64.tar.gz ./vpsdk.tar.gz
-RUN echo "5F5710EEFC1FC2C5246434A52B9DC05F477A6EFE91394001FAA4097F5CA7BC77 vpsdk.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -&& \
+ADD http://edwin-share.virtualparadise.org/2024/01/vpsdk_20240102_e6701b5e_linux_debian10_x86_64 ./vpsdk.tar.gz
+RUN echo "5784270749FFC3AD31EFF9BA7DD82203C31968C60DD732A4F76CBB2947C1DB6D vpsdk.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -&& \
     tar xfv vpsdk.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \
     rm -r vpsdk.tar.gz include
 
diff --git a/VPLink.Common/VPLink.Common.csproj b/VPLink.Common/VPLink.Common.csproj
index d052804..796fad4 100644
--- a/VPLink.Common/VPLink.Common.csproj
+++ b/VPLink.Common/VPLink.Common.csproj
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Discord.Net" Version="3.12.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Discord.Net" Version="3.13.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Humanizer.Core" Version="2.14.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="VpSharp" Version="0.1.0-nightly.43"/>
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/VPLink.Tests/VPLink.Tests.csproj b/VPLink.Tests/VPLink.Tests.csproj
index 1c1233e..d9a563d 100644
--- a/VPLink.Tests/VPLink.Tests.csproj
+++ b/VPLink.Tests/VPLink.Tests.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.5.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.0.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.13.3"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.8.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.1.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="4.0.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.5.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="NUnit.Analyzers" Version="3.6.1"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="NUnit.Analyzers" Version="3.10.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="6.0.0">
             <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
             <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
diff --git a/VPLink/Services/VirtualParadiseMessageService.cs b/VPLink/Services/VirtualParadiseMessageService.cs
index 48f0117..c730b01 100644
--- a/VPLink/Services/VirtualParadiseMessageService.cs
+++ b/VPLink/Services/VirtualParadiseMessageService.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ internal sealed class VirtualParadiseMessageService : BackgroundService, IVirtua
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public Task SendMessageAsync(RelayedMessage message)
     {
+        if (_virtualParadiseClient.CurrentWorld is null) return Task.CompletedTask;
+
         IChatConfiguration configuration = _configurationService.VirtualParadiseConfiguration.Chat;
 
         Color color = Color.FromArgb((int)(message.IsReply ? configuration.ReplyColor : configuration.Color));
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ internal sealed class VirtualParadiseMessageService : BackgroundService, IVirtua
     private void OnVPMessageReceived(VirtualParadiseMessage message)
     {
         if (message is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(message));
+        if (_virtualParadiseClient.CurrentWorld is null) return;
         if (message.Type != MessageType.ChatMessage) return;
         if (message.Author == _virtualParadiseClient.CurrentAvatar) return;
         if (message.Author.IsBot && !_configurationService.BotConfiguration.RelayBotMessages) return;
diff --git a/VPLink/VPLink.csproj b/VPLink/VPLink.csproj
index cf34467..9620466 100644
--- a/VPLink/VPLink.csproj
+++ b/VPLink/VPLink.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="3.1.1"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.0"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="5.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.0"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="5.0.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="5.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="System.Reactive" Version="6.0.0"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Tomlyn.Extensions.Configuration" Version="1.0.5"/>
-        <PackageReference Include="VpSharp" Version="0.1.0-nightly.44"/>
+        <PackageReference Include="VpSharp" Version="1.0.0-nightly.45"/>
         <PackageReference Include="X10D" Version="3.3.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="X10D.Hosting" Version="3.3.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="ZString" Version="2.5.0"/>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 36e1a9e..b5b37b6 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "7.0.0",
+    "version": "8.0.0",
     "rollForward": "latestMajor",
     "allowPrerelease": false
   }