Crash on launch across all Minecraft versions and all versions of the mod. "Error during the sided_setup event phase javalangExceptioninInitializerError: null"

Crash log below -

-- MOD lod --

Details:
	Caused by 0: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
		at com.seibel.lod.core.api.ClientApi.<clinit>(ClientApi.java:68) ~[DistantHorizons-1.6.8a-1.19.1.jar%23147!/:?] {re:mixin,re:classloading}
		at com.seibel.lod.forge.ForgeClientProxy.<init>(ForgeClientProxy.java:59) ~[DistantHorizons-1.6.8a-1.19.1.jar%23147!/:?] {re:classloading}
		at com.seibel.lod.forge.ForgeMain.onClientStart(ForgeMain.java:119) ~[DistantHorizons-1.6.8a-1.19.1.jar%23147!/:?] {re:classloading}
		at net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus.doCastFilter(EventBus.java:247) ~[eventbus-6.0.0.jar%2378!/:?] {}
		at net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus.lambda$addListener$11(EventBus.java:239) ~[eventbus-6.0.0.jar%2378!/:?] {}
		at net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:302) ~[eventbus-6.0.0.jar%2378!/:?] {}
		at net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:283) ~[eventbus-6.0.0.jar%2378!/:?] {}
		at net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer.acceptEvent(FMLModContainer.java:107) ~[javafmllanguage-1.19-41.1.0.jar%23154!/:?] {}
		at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModContainer.lambda$buildTransitionHandler$10(ModContainer.java:122) ~[fmlcore-1.19-41.1.0.jar%23153!/:?] {}
		at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.run(CompletableFuture.java:1804) ~[?:?] {}
		at java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$AsyncRun.exec(CompletableFuture.java:1796) ~[?:?] {}
		at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:373) ~[?:?] {}
		at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.topLevelExec(ForkJoinPool.java:1182) ~[?:?] {}
		at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(ForkJoinPool.java:1655) ~[?:?] {re:computing_frames}
		at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1622) ~[?:?] {re:computing_frames}
		at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:165) ~[?:?] {}

	Mod File: /C:/Users/RobWi/curseforge/minecraft/Instances/1.19 (1)/mods/DistantHorizons-1.6.8a-1.19.1.jar
	Failure message: Distant Horizons (lod) encountered an error during the sided_setup event phase
		java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
	Mod Version: 1.6.8a
	Mod Issue URL: https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/-/issues
	Exception message: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException