diff --git a/varo/src/main/java/de/cliffbreak/varo/managers/TeamManager.java b/varo/src/main/java/de/cliffbreak/varo/managers/TeamManager.java
index a644600..3aa4b4b 100644
--- a/varo/src/main/java/de/cliffbreak/varo/managers/TeamManager.java
+++ b/varo/src/main/java/de/cliffbreak/varo/managers/TeamManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class TeamManager {
     private final JSONConfig config;
     private final Scoreboard scoreboard;
     private final ArrayList<Team> teams;
+    private static final String TEAM_PREFIX = "~";
 
     public TeamManager(final Varo plugin) {
         this.plugin = plugin;
@@ -42,17 +43,18 @@ public class TeamManager {
         for (final Object jsonRawTeam : jsonTeams) {
             final JSONObject jsonTeam = (JSONObject) jsonRawTeam;
             final Team team, afkTeam;
-            if (jsonTeam.get("Name") == null)
+            if (jsonTeam.get("Name") == null) {
                 continue;
+            }
             if (this.scoreboard.getTeam((String) jsonTeam.get("Name")) == null) {
                 team = this.scoreboard.registerNewTeam((String) jsonTeam.get("Name"));
             } else {
                 team = this.scoreboard.getTeam((String) jsonTeam.get("Name"));
             }
-            if (this.scoreboard.getTeam("afk" + jsonTeam.get("Name")) == null) {
-                afkTeam = this.scoreboard.registerNewTeam("afk" + jsonTeam.get("Name"));
+            if (this.scoreboard.getTeam(TEAM_PREFIX + jsonTeam.get("Name")) == null) {
+                afkTeam = this.scoreboard.registerNewTeam(TEAM_PREFIX + jsonTeam.get("Name"));
             } else {
-                afkTeam = this.scoreboard.getTeam("afk" + jsonTeam.get("Name"));
+                afkTeam = this.scoreboard.getTeam(TEAM_PREFIX + jsonTeam.get("Name"));
             }
             this.teams.add(team);
             this.teams.add(afkTeam);
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ public class TeamManager {
                             "§c§lFehler:§r§c beim Verbinden mit der Mojang-API ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Eventuell sind die Mojang Server down.");
                 }
             }
-
         }
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public class TeamManager {
     public void setAFK(final String player) {
         final Team oldTeam = getTeamByPlayer(player);
         for (final Team team : this.teams) {
-            if (team.getName().equals("afk" + oldTeam.getName())) {
+            if (team.getName().equals(TEAM_PREFIX + oldTeam.getName())) {
                 team.addEntry(player);
             }
         }