Banning issues

Hopefully I'm not the only one who has been experiencing this issue.

Not only do we still have to /kick after /ban to get people off of the server, but the banlist wipes clean every time the server restarts. This began a few Alphas ago. I've always assumed this was a Code}{atch problem, but with so many issues lately, I can't be sure.

 

On the vanilla server I play on we have no issues with ban lists. the player gets kicked and banned. we have been using the same banlist since Alpha 11

I make plugins for the community on my test server but its not a server people "play on" its for development only.