diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/MySQL.cs b/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/MySQL.cs
index 6168679c1..62b253b72 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/MySQL.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/MySQL.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.SQL {
             }
         }
         
+        public override List<string> ColumnNames(string table) {
+            ValidateTable(table);
+            using (DataTable results = Database.Fill("DESCRIBE `" + table + "`")) {
+                List<string> columns = new List<string>(results.Rows.Count);
+                foreach (DataRow row in results.Rows) {
+                    columns.Add(row["Field"].ToString());
+                }
+                return columns;
+            }
+        }
+        
         public override void RenameTable(string srcTable, string dstTable) {
             ValidateTable(srcTable);
             ValidateTable(dstTable);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/SQLite.cs b/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/SQLite.cs
index 7c39979fb..ee52423f6 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/SQLite.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Database/Backends/SQLite.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,17 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.SQL {
             }
         }
         
+        public override List<string> ColumnNames(string table) {
+            ValidateTable(table);
+            using (DataTable results = Database.Fill("PRAGMA table_info(`" + table + "`)")) {
+                List<string> columns = new List<string>(results.Rows.Count);
+                foreach (DataRow row in results.Rows) {
+                    columns.Add(row["name"].ToString());
+                }
+                return columns;
+            }
+        }
+        
         public override void RenameTable(string srcTable, string dstTable) {
             ValidateTable(srcTable);
             ValidateTable(dstTable);
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Database/IDatabaseBackend.cs b/MCGalaxy/Database/IDatabaseBackend.cs
index b5fce51a8..6db0ed398 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Database/IDatabaseBackend.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Database/IDatabaseBackend.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.SQL {
         /// <summary> Returns a list of all tables in this database. </summary>
         public abstract List<string> AllTables();
         
+        /// <summary> Returns a list of the column names in the given table. </summary>
+        public abstract List<string> ColumnNames(string table);
+        
         /// <summary> Renames the source table to the given name. </summary>
         public abstract void RenameTable(string srcTable, string dstTable);
         
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.DB.cs b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.DB.cs
index f5114abdd..79fd32bd8 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.DB.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.DB.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     permissions and limitations under the Licenses.
  */
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data;
 using System.IO;
 using MCGalaxy.SQL;
@@ -81,29 +82,22 @@ namespace MCGalaxy {
             // Here, since SQLite is a NEW thing from 5.3.0.0, we do not have to check for existing tables in SQLite.
             if (!ServerConfig.UseMySQL) return;
             // Check if the color column exists.
-            DataTable colorExists = Database.Fill("SHOW COLUMNS FROM Players WHERE `Field`='color'");
-            if (colorExists.Rows.Count == 0) {
+            
+            List<string> columns = Database.Backend.ColumnNames("Players");
+            if (columns.Count == 0) return;
+            
+            if (!columns.CaselessContains("Color")) {
                 Database.Backend.AddColumn("Players", new ColumnDesc("color", ColumnType.VarChar, 6), "totalKicked");
             }
-            colorExists.Dispose();
-
-            DataTable tcolorExists = Database.Fill("SHOW COLUMNS FROM Players WHERE `Field`='title_color'");
-            if (tcolorExists.Rows.Count == 0) {
+            if (!columns.CaselessContains("Title_Color")) {
                 Database.Backend.AddColumn("Players", new ColumnDesc("title_color", ColumnType.VarChar, 6), "color");
             }
-            tcolorExists.Dispose();
-
-            DataTable timespent = Database.Fill("SHOW COLUMNS FROM Players WHERE `Field`='TimeSpent'");
-            if (timespent.Rows.Count == 0) {
+            if (!columns.CaselessContains("TimeSpent")) {
                 Database.Backend.AddColumn("Players", new ColumnDesc("TimeSpent", ColumnType.VarChar, 20), "totalKicked");
             }
-            timespent.Dispose();
-
-            DataTable totalCuboided = Database.Fill("SHOW COLUMNS FROM Players WHERE `Field`='totalCuboided'");
-            if (totalCuboided.Rows.Count == 0) {
+            if (!columns.CaselessContains("TotalCuboided")) {
                 Database.Backend.AddColumn("Players", new ColumnDesc("totalCuboided", ColumnType.Int64), "totalBlocks");
             }
-            totalCuboided.Dispose();
         }
     }
 }
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