Server Wont Start... Like, Actually Wont Start... Seriously

[Pryzmm]

Now i know, people have said to repair core files, or check the logs. ive done both with no luck. Heres whats in the logs when i TRY to start it.
 

[19:21:53] [main/FATAL]: Failed to start the minecraft server
com.google.gson.JsonParseException: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:495) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:545) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:541) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:549) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.GeneratorSettings.a(SourceFile:217) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerProperties.<init>(DedicatedServerProperties.java:117) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerProperties.load(DedicatedServerProperties.java:122) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.DedicatedServerSettings.<init>(DedicatedServerSettings.java:17) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.Main.main(Main.java:64) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.Main.main(Main.java:276) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
Caused by: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.syntaxError(JsonReader.java:1559) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.checkLenient(JsonReader.java:1401) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.doPeek(JsonReader.java:593) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.peek(JsonReader.java:425) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:716) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:714) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$35$1.read(TypeAdapters.java:910) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.ChatDeserializer.a(SourceFile:493) ~[server.jar:git-Paper-"36d7de3"]
	... 9 more

I can't make a lick of sense of what this means.