diff --git a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/fabric/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/fabric/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index b0684e34..c7a4483b 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/fabric/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/fabric/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/fabric/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 package dev.architectury.networking.fabric;
 
+import com.mojang.logging.LogUtils;
 import dev.architectury.networking.NetworkManager;
 import dev.architectury.networking.NetworkManager.NetworkReceiver;
 import dev.architectury.networking.transformers.PacketSink;
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.player.Player;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     private static final Map<ResourceLocation, NetworkReceiver> C2S_RECEIVER = new HashMap<>();
@@ -49,7 +52,12 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     private static final Map<ResourceLocation, PacketTransformer> C2S_TRANSFORMERS = new HashMap<>();
     private static final Map<ResourceLocation, PacketTransformer> S2C_TRANSFORMERS = new HashMap<>();
     
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
+    
     public static void registerReceiver(NetworkManager.Side side, ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(id, "Cannot register receiver with a null ID!");
+        packetTransformers = Objects.requireNonNullElse(packetTransformers, List.of());
+        Objects.requireNonNull(receiver, "Cannot register a null receiver!");
         if (side == NetworkManager.Side.C2S) {
             registerC2SReceiver(id, packetTransformers, receiver);
         } else if (side == NetworkManager.Side.S2C) {
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     }
     
     private static void registerC2SReceiver(ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        LOGGER.info("Registering C2S receiver with id {}", id);
         C2S_RECEIVER.put(id, receiver);
         PacketTransformer transformer = PacketTransformer.concat(packetTransformers);
         ServerPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(id, (server, player, handler, buf, sender) -> {
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     @SuppressWarnings("Convert2Lambda")
     @Environment(EnvType.CLIENT)
     private static void registerS2CReceiver(ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        LOGGER.info("Registering S2C receiver with id {}", id);
         S2C_RECEIVER.put(id, receiver);
         PacketTransformer transformer = PacketTransformer.concat(packetTransformers);
         ClientPlayNetworking.registerGlobalReceiver(id, new ClientPlayNetworking.PlayChannelHandler() {
diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/forge/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/forge/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/forge/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index a431f038..51db81fc 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/forge/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/dev/architectury/networking/forge/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package dev.architectury.networking.forge;
 
 
 import com.google.common.collect.*;
+import com.mojang.logging.LogUtils;
 import dev.architectury.forge.ArchitecturyForge;
 import dev.architectury.networking.NetworkManager;
 import dev.architectury.networking.NetworkManager.NetworkReceiver;
@@ -47,18 +48,17 @@ import net.minecraftforge.network.NetworkHooks;
 import net.minecraftforge.network.NetworkRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.network.event.EventNetworkChannel;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 @Mod.EventBusSubscriber(modid = ArchitecturyForge.MOD_ID)
 public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     public static void registerReceiver(NetworkManager.Side side, ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(id, "Cannot register receiver with a null ID!");
+        packetTransformers = Objects.requireNonNullElse(packetTransformers, List.of());
+        Objects.requireNonNull(receiver, "Cannot register a null receiver!");
         if (side == NetworkManager.Side.C2S) {
             registerC2SReceiver(id, packetTransformers, receiver);
         } else if (side == NetworkManager.Side.S2C) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl {
         }
     }
     
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
     private static final ResourceLocation CHANNEL_ID = new ResourceLocation("architectury:network");
     static final ResourceLocation SYNC_IDS = new ResourceLocation("architectury:sync_ids");
     static final EventNetworkChannel CHANNEL = NetworkRegistry.newEventChannel(CHANNEL_ID, () -> "1", version -> true, version -> true);
@@ -159,12 +159,14 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl {
     
     @OnlyIn(Dist.CLIENT)
     public static void registerS2CReceiver(ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        LOGGER.info("Registering S2C receiver with id {}", id);
         S2C.put(id, receiver);
         PacketTransformer transformer = PacketTransformer.concat(packetTransformers);
         S2C_TRANSFORMERS.put(id, transformer);
     }
     
     public static void registerC2SReceiver(ResourceLocation id, List<PacketTransformer> packetTransformers, NetworkReceiver receiver) {
+        LOGGER.info("Registering C2S receiver with id {}", id);
         C2S.put(id, receiver);
         PacketTransformer transformer = PacketTransformer.concat(packetTransformers);
         C2S_TRANSFORMERS.put(id, transformer);