diff --git a/vane-admin/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/admin/ChatMessageFormatter.java b/vane-admin/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/admin/ChatMessageFormatter.java
index b20bb89c3..3eba59980 100644
--- a/vane-admin/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/admin/ChatMessageFormatter.java
+++ b/vane-admin/src/main/java/org/oddlama/vane/admin/ChatMessageFormatter.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public Component render(
 				) {
 					// TODO more sophisticated formatting?
 					final var who = sourceDisplayName.color(NamedTextColor.AQUA);
-					return lang_player_chat_format.format(who, message);
+					return lang_player_chat_format.str_component(who, message);
 				}
 			};
 	}