diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/AdventureUtil.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/AdventureUtil.java
index e71cad805..37046bd92 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/AdventureUtil.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/utils/AdventureUtil.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public final class AdventureUtil {
         final LegacyComponentSerializer.Builder builder = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder()
                 .flattener(ComponentFlattener.basic())
                 .extractUrls(AbstractChatEvent.URL_PATTERN)
+                .hexColors()
                 .useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat();
         if (VersionUtil.getServerBukkitVersion().isHigherThanOrEqualTo(VersionUtil.v1_16_1_R01)) {
             builder.hexColors();
diff --git a/providers/PaperProvider/src/main/java/net/ess3/provider/providers/PaperChatListenerProvider.java b/providers/PaperProvider/src/main/java/net/ess3/provider/providers/PaperChatListenerProvider.java
index 282e548fe..8369159e5 100644
--- a/providers/PaperProvider/src/main/java/net/ess3/provider/providers/PaperChatListenerProvider.java
+++ b/providers/PaperProvider/src/main/java/net/ess3/provider/providers/PaperChatListenerProvider.java
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ public abstract class PaperChatListenerProvider implements Listener {
         this.serializer = LegacyComponentSerializer.builder()
                 .flattener(ComponentFlattener.basic())
                 .extractUrls(AbstractChatEvent.URL_PATTERN)
-                .useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat().build();
+                .useUnusualXRepeatedCharacterHexFormat()
+                .hexColors()
+                .build();
     }
 
     public void onChatLowest(final AbstractChatEvent event) {