Unable to process our input to locate the minecraft code

Hi all, I'm sure that you've seen these kinds of posts a million times but hear me out. I'm trying to set up an older server (1.2.5) with mods and it has been nothing but an uphill battle and a struggle. Everything finally works except for forge. Here's the log:

2020-02-02 01:48:47 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version 1.2.5
·no 02, 2020 1:48:47 DOP. cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler beginLoading
INFO: Attempting early MinecraftForge initialization
·no 02, 2020 1:48:47 DOP. cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLCommonHandler beginLoading
INFO: Completed early MinecraftForge initialization
2020-02-02 01:48:47 [INFO] Forge Mod Loader version 2.2.106.176 for Minecraft c:1.2.5, s:1.2.5 loading
2020-02-02 01:48:47 [SEVERE] Unable to process our input to locate the minecraft code
cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderException
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.ModClassLoader.getParentSources(ModClassLoader.java:77)
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.load(Loader.java:384)
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:616)
        at cpw.mods.fml.server.FMLServerHandler.onPreLoad(FMLServerHandler.java:139)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.s(MinecraftServer.java:158)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:414)
        at dn.run(SourceFile:492)
2020-02-02 01:48:47 [SEVERE] Unexpected exception
cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderException
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.ModClassLoader.getParentSources(ModClassLoader.java:77)
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.load(Loader.java:384)
        at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:616)
        at cpw.mods.fml.server.FMLServerHandler.onPreLoad(FMLServerHandler.java:139)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.s(MinecraftServer.java:158)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:414)
        at dn.run(SourceFile:492)

After that it just pauses and asks me if I want to terminate the batch file. I tried inserting it into the .jar file multiple times and downloading older versions of forge, nothing helped. I'm open to any ideas. I should also probably note that this is a pretty weird install of minecraft since the modpack uses MagicalLauncher and is located in a seprate (dot) folder. All the mods are in the server's directory. No idea why it's throwing me this error. Looked everywhere I could to get a clue and nothing.