diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLib.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLib.java
index 32de577d..12515c9d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLib.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLib.java
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 
 package net.jitse.npclib;
 
+import net.jitse.npclib.NPCLibOptions.MovementHandling;
 import net.jitse.npclib.api.NPC;
 import net.jitse.npclib.api.utilities.Logger;
 import net.jitse.npclib.listeners.ChunkListener;
 import net.jitse.npclib.listeners.PacketListener;
+import net.jitse.npclib.listeners.PeriodicMoveListener;
 import net.jitse.npclib.listeners.PlayerListener;
+import net.jitse.npclib.listeners.PlayerMoveEventListener;
 import net.jitse.npclib.metrics.NPCLibMetrics;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.PluginManager;
 import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ public final class NPCLib {
 
     private double autoHideDistance = 50.0;
 
-    public NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin) {
+    private NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin, MovementHandling moveHandling) {
         this.plugin = plugin;
         this.logger = new Logger("NPCLib");
 
@@ -49,6 +52,12 @@ public NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin) {
         pluginManager.registerEvents(new PlayerListener(this), plugin);
         pluginManager.registerEvents(new ChunkListener(this), plugin);
 
+        if (moveHandling.usePme) {
+        	pluginManager.registerEvents(new PlayerMoveEventListener(), plugin);
+        } else {
+        	pluginManager.registerEvents(new PeriodicMoveListener(this, moveHandling.updateInterval), plugin);
+        }
+
         // Boot the according packet listener.
         new PacketListener().start(this);
 
@@ -59,6 +68,14 @@ public NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin) {
         logger.info("Enabled for Minecraft " + versionName);
     }
 
+    public NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin) {
+    	this(plugin, MovementHandling.playerMoveEvent());
+    }
+
+    public NPCLib(JavaPlugin plugin, NPCLibOptions options) {
+    	this(plugin, options.moveHandling);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return The JavaPlugin instance.
      */
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLibOptions.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLibOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ca8445f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/NPCLibOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package net.jitse.npclib;
+
+/**
+ * Mutable preferences for library usage
+ * 
+ * @author A248
+ *
+ */
+public class NPCLibOptions {
+
+	MovementHandling moveHandling;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the default options
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public NPCLibOptions() {
+		moveHandling = MovementHandling.playerMoveEvent();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies the motion handling which will be used for the library. <br>
+	 * Programmers may choose between using the PlayerMoveEvent or
+	 * a periodic task. <br>
+	 * <br>
+	 * Note that NPCLib will always use events such as the PlayerTeleportEvent
+	 * and PlayerChangedWorldEvent in addition to the specified option.
+	 * 
+	 * @param moveHandling the movement handling
+	 * @return the same NPCLibOptions
+	 */
+	public NPCLibOptions setMovementHandling(MovementHandling moveHandling) {
+		this.moveHandling = moveHandling;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Options relating to movement handling
+	 * 
+	 * @author A248
+	 *
+	 */
+	public static class MovementHandling {
+
+		final boolean usePme;
+		final long updateInterval;
+
+		private MovementHandling(boolean usePme, long updateInterval) {
+			this.usePme = usePme;
+			this.updateInterval = updateInterval;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Gets movement handling using the PlayerMoveEvent
+		 * 
+		 * @return movement handling
+		 */
+		public static MovementHandling playerMoveEvent() {
+			return new MovementHandling(false, 0);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Gets movement handling using a periodic update interval in ticks.
+		 * 
+		 * @param updateInterval the update interval in ticks
+		 * @return movement handling
+		 */
+		public static MovementHandling repeatingTask(long updateInterval) {
+			if (updateInterval <= 0) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative update interval");
+			}
+			return new MovementHandling(true, updateInterval);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/HandleMoveBase.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/HandleMoveBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11d375ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/HandleMoveBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package net.jitse.npclib.listeners;
+
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+
+import net.jitse.npclib.internal.NPCBase;
+import net.jitse.npclib.internal.NPCManager;
+
+public class HandleMoveBase {
+
+    void handleMove(Player player) {
+        for (NPCBase npc : NPCManager.getAllNPCs()) {
+            if (!npc.getShown().contains(player.getUniqueId())) {
+                continue; // NPC was never supposed to be shown to the player.
+            }
+
+            if (!npc.isShown(player) && npc.inRangeOf(player) && npc.inViewOf(player)) {
+                // The player is in range and can see the NPC, auto-show it.
+                npc.show(player, true);
+            } else if (npc.isShown(player) && !npc.inRangeOf(player)) {
+                // The player is not in range of the NPC anymore, auto-hide it.
+                npc.hide(player, true);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+	
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PeriodicMoveListener.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PeriodicMoveListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66623e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PeriodicMoveListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package net.jitse.npclib.listeners;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent;
+import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;
+
+import net.jitse.npclib.NPCLib;
+
+public class PeriodicMoveListener extends HandleMoveBase implements Listener {
+
+	private final NPCLib instance;
+	private final long updateInterval;
+
+	private final HashMap<UUID, BukkitTask> tasks = new HashMap<>();
+
+	public PeriodicMoveListener(NPCLib instance, long updateInterval) {
+		this.instance = instance;
+		this.updateInterval = updateInterval;
+	}
+
+	private void startTask(UUID uuid) {
+		// purposefully using UUIDs and not holding player references
+		tasks.put(uuid, Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskTimer(instance.getPlugin(), () -> {
+			Player player = Bukkit.getPlayer(uuid);
+			if (player != null) { // safety check
+				handleMove(player);
+			}
+		}, 1L, updateInterval));
+	}
+
+	@EventHandler
+	public void onPlayerJoin(PlayerJoinEvent evt) {
+		startTask(evt.getPlayer().getUniqueId());
+	}
+
+	@EventHandler
+	public void onPlayerQuit(PlayerQuitEvent evt) {
+		tasks.remove(evt.getPlayer().getUniqueId()).cancel();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerListener.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerListener.java
index 5f87379b..6a72aa28 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerListener.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerListener.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
-import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.*;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Jitse Boonstra
  */
-public class PlayerListener implements Listener {
+public class PlayerListener extends HandleMoveBase implements Listener {
 
     private final NPCLib instance;
 
@@ -30,17 +29,8 @@ public PlayerListener(NPCLib instance) {
 
     @EventHandler
     public void onPlayerQuit(PlayerQuitEvent event) {
-        onPlayerLeave(event.getPlayer());
-    }
-
-    @EventHandler(ignoreCancelled = true, priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
-    public void onPlayerKick(PlayerKickEvent event) {
-        onPlayerLeave(event.getPlayer());
-    }
-
-    private void onPlayerLeave(Player player) {
-        for (NPCBase npc : NPCManager.getAllNPCs())
-            npc.onLogout(player);
+    	for (NPCBase npc : NPCManager.getAllNPCs())
+            npc.onLogout(event.getPlayer());
     }
 
     @EventHandler
@@ -74,7 +64,7 @@ public void run() {
                         this.cancel();
                     }
                 }
-            }.runTaskTimerAsynchronously(instance.getPlugin(), 0, 1);
+            }.runTaskTimer(instance.getPlugin(), 0L, 1L);
         }
     }
 
@@ -91,36 +81,8 @@ public void onPlayerChangedWorld(PlayerChangedWorldEvent event) {
         }
     }
 
-    @EventHandler
-    public void onPlayerMove(PlayerMoveEvent event) {
-        Location from = event.getFrom();
-        Location to = event.getTo();
-        // Only check movement when the player moves from one block to another. The event is called often
-        // as it is also called when the pitch or yaw change. This is worth it from a performance view.
-        if (to == null || from.getBlockX() != to.getBlockX()
-                || from.getBlockY() != to.getBlockY()
-                || from.getBlockZ() != to.getBlockZ())
-            handleMove(event.getPlayer());
-    }
-
     @EventHandler
     public void onPlayerTeleport(PlayerTeleportEvent event) {
         handleMove(event.getPlayer());
     }
-
-    private void handleMove(Player player) {
-        for (NPCBase npc : NPCManager.getAllNPCs()) {
-            if (!npc.getShown().contains(player.getUniqueId())) {
-                continue; // NPC was never supposed to be shown to the player.
-            }
-
-            if (!npc.isShown(player) && npc.inRangeOf(player) && npc.inViewOf(player)) {
-                // The player is in range and can see the NPC, auto-show it.
-                npc.show(player, true);
-            } else if (npc.isShown(player) && !npc.inRangeOf(player)) {
-                // The player is not in range of the NPC anymore, auto-hide it.
-                npc.hide(player, true);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerMoveEventListener.java b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerMoveEventListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07aa10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/jitse/npclib/listeners/PlayerMoveEventListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.jitse.npclib.listeners;
+
+import org.bukkit.Location;
+import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
+import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerMoveEvent;
+
+public class PlayerMoveEventListener extends HandleMoveBase implements Listener {
+
+    @EventHandler
+    public void onPlayerMove(PlayerMoveEvent event) {
+        Location from = event.getFrom();
+        Location to = event.getTo();
+        // Only check movement when the player moves from one block to another. The event is called often
+        // as it is also called when the pitch or yaw change. This is worth it from a performance view.
+        if (to == null || from.getBlockX() != to.getBlockX()
+                || from.getBlockY() != to.getBlockY()
+                || from.getBlockZ() != to.getBlockZ())
+            handleMove(event.getPlayer());
+    }
+
+}