Forge Server keeps crashing on start

[luketran11]

Forge server starts up and as soon as the gui opens it auto-closes or crashes
Here is the crash log. Please and thankyou for help.

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Surprise! Haha. Well, this is awkward.

Time: 6/8/22, 3:08 PM
Description: Exception in server tick loop

com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: Expected a com.google.gson.JsonArray but was com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive
    at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$33$1.read(TypeAdapters.java:869) ~[gson-2.8.9.jar%2319!/:?] {}
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:963) ~[gson-2.8.9.jar%2319!/:?] {}
    at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:901) ~[gson-2.8.9.jar%2319!/:?] {}
    at net.minecraft.server.players.StoredUserList.m_11399_(StoredUserList.java:118) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:classloading}
    at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedPlayerList.m_139596_(DedicatedPlayerList.java:84) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:classloading}
    at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedPlayerList.<init>(DedicatedPlayerList.java:23) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:classloading}
    at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer.m_7038_(DedicatedServer.java:167) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B}
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m_130011_(MinecraftServer.java:661) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:mixin:APP:balm.mixins.json:MinecraftServerMixin,pl:mixin:A}
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.m_177918_(MinecraftServer.java:261) ~[server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar%2370!/:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:mixin:APP:balm.mixins.json:MinecraftServerMixin,pl:mixin:A}
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) [?:?] {}

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- System Details --
Details:
    Minecraft Version: 1.18.2
    Minecraft Version ID: 1.18.2
    Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0
    Java Version: 17.0.1, Oracle Corporation
    Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode, sharing), Oracle Corporation
    Memory: 29774410384 bytes (28395 MiB) / 34359738368 bytes (32768 MiB) up to 34359738368 bytes (32768 MiB)
    CPUs: 16
    Processor Vendor: GenuineIntel
    Processor Name: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz
    Identifier: Intel64 Family 6 Model 167 Stepping 1
    Microarchitecture: unknown
    Frequency (GHz): 3.50
    Number of physical packages: 1
    Number of physical CPUs: 8
    Number of logical CPUs: 16
    Graphics card #0 name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
    Graphics card #0 vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
    Graphics card #0 VRAM (MB): 4095.00
    Graphics card #0 deviceId: 0x2204
    Graphics card #0 versionInfo: DriverVersion=30.0.15.1215
    Memory slot #0 capacity (MB): 32768.00
    Memory slot #0 clockSpeed (GHz): 2.40
    Memory slot #0 type: DDR4
    Memory slot #1 capacity (MB): 32768.00
    Memory slot #1 clockSpeed (GHz): 2.40
    Memory slot #1 type: DDR4
    Virtual memory max (MB): 75161.61
    Virtual memory used (MB): 44591.12
    Swap memory total (MB): 9728.00
    Swap memory used (MB): 0.00
    JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xmx32G -Xms32G
    Server Running: true
    Data Packs: vanilla, mod:tconstruct (incompatible), mod:farmersdelight (incompatible), mod:jei (incompatible), mod:mekanism, mod:mmlib (incompatible), mod:easy_villagers (incompatible), mod:sophisticatedcore (incompatible), mod:flywheel (incompatible), mod:mantle (incompatible), mod:create, mod:blockui (incompatible), mod:forgeendertech, mod:adlods, mod:journeymap, mod:citadel (incompatible), mod:alexsmobs (incompatible), mod:storagedrawers (incompatible), mod:sit (incompatible), mod:sereneseasons (incompatible), mod:structurize (incompatible), mod:sophisticatedbackpacks (incompatible), mod:constructionwand, mod:simpleplanes (incompatible), mod:corn_delight (incompatible), mod:mekanismgenerators, mod:balm (incompatible), mod:waterstrainer, mod:forge (incompatible), mod:corpse (incompatible), mod:createaddition (incompatible), mod:sophisticatedstorage (incompatible)
    World Generation: Experimental
    Is Modded: Definitely; Server brand changed to 'forge'
    Type: Dedicated Server (map_server.txt)
    ModLauncher: 9.1.3+9.1.3+main.9b69c82a
    ModLauncher launch target: forgeserver
    ModLauncher naming: srg
    ModLauncher services: 
         mixin PLUGINSERVICE 
         eventbus PLUGINSERVICE 
         slf4jfixer PLUGINSERVICE 
         object_holder_definalize PLUGINSERVICE 
         runtime_enum_extender PLUGINSERVICE 
         capability_token_subclass PLUGINSERVICE 
         accesstransformer PLUGINSERVICE 
         runtimedistcleaner PLUGINSERVICE 
         mixin TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE 
         OptiFine TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE 
         fml TRANSFORMATIONSERVICE 
    FML Language Providers: 
        minecraft@1.0
        javafml@null
    Mod List: 
        server-1.18.2-20220404.173914-srg.jar             |Minecraft                     |minecraft                     |1.18.2              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        TConstruct-1.18.2-3.5.0.17.jar                    |Tinkers' Construct            |tconstruct                    |3.5.0.17            |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        FarmersDelight-1.18.2-1.1.1.jar                   |Farmer's Delight              |farmersdelight                |1.18.2-1.1.1        |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        sophisticatedstorage-1.18.2-0.1.1.35.jar          |Sophisticated Storage         |sophisticatedstorage          |1.18.2-0.1.1.35     |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        jei-1.18.2-9.7.0.195 (1).jar                      |Just Enough Items             |jei                           |9.7.0.195           |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        Mekanism-1.18.2-10.2.2.462.jar                    |Mekanism                      |mekanism                      |10.2.2              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        mmlib-1.0.2-1.18.2.jar                            |Mysterious Mountain Lib       |mmlib                         |1.0.2-1.18.2        |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        easy_villagers-1.18.2-1.0.5.jar                   |Easy Villagers                |easy_villagers                |1.18.2-1.0.5        |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        sophisticatedcore-1.18.2-0.2.5.28.jar             |Sophisticated Core            |sophisticatedcore             |1.18.2-0.2.5.28     |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        flywheel-forge-1.18-0.6.2.jar                     |Flywheel                      |flywheel                      |1.18-0.6.2          |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        Mantle-1.18.2-1.9.20.jar                          |Mantle                        |mantle                        |1.9.20              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        create-mc1.18.2_v0.4.1.jar                        |Create                        |create                        |0.4.1               |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        blockui-1.18.2-0.0.47-ALPHA.jar                   |UI Library Mod                |blockui                       |1.18.2-0.0.47-ALPHA |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        ForgeEndertech-1.18.2-9.0.2.0-build.0935.jar      |ForgeEndertech                |forgeendertech                |9.0.2.0             |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        AdLods-1.18.2-6.0.0.0-build.0342.jar              |Large Ore Deposits            |adlods                        |6.0.0.0             |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        journeymap-1.18.2-5.8.4-forge.jar                 |Journeymap                    |journeymap                    |5.8.4               |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        citadel-1.11.3-1.18.2.jar                         |Citadel                       |citadel                       |1.11.3              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        alexsmobs-1.18.3.jar                              |Alex's Mobs                   |alexsmobs                     |1.18.3              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        StorageDrawers-1.18.2-10.2.1.jar                  |Storage Drawers               |storagedrawers                |10.2.1              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        sit-1.18.2-1.3.2.jar                              |Sit                           |sit                           |1.3.2               |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        Serene Seasons-1.18.2-7.0.0.13.jar                |Serene Seasons                |sereneseasons                 |1.18.2-7.0.0.13     |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        structurize-1.18.2-1.0.399-RELEASE.jar            |Structurize                   |structurize                   |1.18.2-1.0.399-RELEA|DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        sophisticatedbackpacks-1.18.2-3.17.2.588.jar      |Sophisticated Backpacks       |sophisticatedbackpacks        |1.18.2-3.17.2.588   |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        constructionwand-1.18.2-2.7.jar                   |Construction Wand             |constructionwand              |1.18.2-2.7          |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        simpleplanes-1.18.2-4.13.3.jar                    |Simple Planes                 |simpleplanes                  |1.18.2-4.13.3       |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        corn_delight-1.0.4-1.18.2.jar                     |Corn Delight                  |corn_delight                  |1.0.4-1.18.2        |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        MekanismGenerators-1.18.2-10.2.2.462.jar          |Mekanism: Generators          |mekanismgenerators            |10.2.2              |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        balm-3.0.3+0.jar                                  |Balm                          |balm                          |3.0.3+0             |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        WaterStrainer-1.18.2-13.0.0.jar                   |Water Strainer                |waterstrainer                 |1.18.2-13.0.0       |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        forge-1.18.2-40.1.20-universal.jar                |Forge                         |forge                         |40.1.20             |DONE      |Manifest: 84:ce:76:e8:45:35:e4:0e:63:86:df:47:59:80:0f:67:6c:c1:5f:6e:5f:4d:b3:54:47:1a:9f:7f:ed:5e:f2:90
        corpse-1.18.2-1.0.1.jar                           |Corpse                        |corpse                        |1.18.2-1.0.1        |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
        createaddition-1.18.2-20220517a.jar               |Create Crafts & Additions     |createaddition                |1.18.2-20220517a    |DONE      |Manifest: NOSIGNATURE
    Crash Report UUID: 9151c4e1-9837-4a49-97c5-83dee3341f84
    FML: 40.1
    Forge: net.minecraftforge:40.1.20

[luketran11]

  On 6/9/2022 at 7:12 AM, diesieben07 said:

Your banned-players.json is invalid.

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-luketran11

I deleted it and tried those fixes before I did the post, I tried deleting them(all the different .json file one by one) and replaced them with ones from previous backups. And still didn't get anywhere. I also tried with the .tmol files and those also didn't work