intellij TMC Plugin error

This error occurs anytime I attempt to submit an exercise or test locally using intellijIDEA ce 2020.2.1

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.intellij.spyware.ButtonInputListener.addEvent(ButtonInputListener.java:94) at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.intellij.spyware.ButtonInputListener.sendProjectActionEvent(ButtonInputListener.java:74) at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.intellij.spyware.ButtonInputListener.receiveSettings(ButtonInputListener.java:65) at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.intellij.ui.settings.SettingsPanel.lambda$createActionListenerOk$5(SettingsPanel.java:215) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1967) at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2308) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405) at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262) at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:270) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6654) at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3345) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6419) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2263) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:5029) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2321) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4861) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4918) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4547) at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4488) at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2307) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2773) at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4861) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:778) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:727) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:95) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:751) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:749) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:748) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.defaultDispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:971) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchMouseEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:906) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue._dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:838) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$8(IdeEventQueue.java:452) at com.intellij.openapi.progress.impl.CoreProgressManager.computePrioritized(CoreProgressManager.java:744) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.lambda$dispatchEvent$9(IdeEventQueue.java:451) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl.runIntendedWriteActionOnCurrentThread(ApplicationImpl.java:802) at com.intellij.ide.IdeEventQueue.dispatchEvent(IdeEventQueue.java:505) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90) Caused by: fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.core.exceptions.UninitializedHolderException: Attempted to get item from a holder that was not properly initialized at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.core.holders.TmcSettingsHolder.get(TmcSettingsHolder.java:25) at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.core.communication.TmcServerCommunicationTaskFactory.<init>(TmcServerCommunicationTaskFactory.java:72) at fi.helsinki.cs.tmc.intellij.spyware.SpywareEventManager.<clinit>(SpywareEventManager.java:40) ... 47 more