public Connection openConnection() {
		try {
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
			connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + this.hostname + ":" + this.port + "/" + this.database, this.user, this.password);
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			plugin.getLogger().log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not connect to MySQL server! because: " + e.getMessage());
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			plugin.getLogger().log(Level.SEVERE, "JDBC Driver not found!");
		}
		return connection;
	}