diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoard.java b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoard.java
index ee78cba..4447c3f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoard.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoard.java
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ protected Object toMinecraftComponent(String line) throws Throwable {
         return Array.get(MESSAGE_FROM_STRING.invoke(line), 0);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected String serializeLine(String value) {
+        return value;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String emptyLine() {
         return "";
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoardHandler.java b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoardHandler.java
index e73d1c5..407c3b8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoardHandler.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/SternalBoardHandler.java
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ public void delete() {
 
     protected abstract void sendLineChange(int score) throws Throwable;
 
+    protected abstract String serializeLine(T value);
+
     protected abstract Object toMinecraftComponent(T value) throws Throwable;
 
     protected abstract T emptyLine();
@@ -584,7 +586,8 @@ private void setField(Object packet, Class<?> fieldType, Object value, int count
 
     private void setComponentField(Object packet, T value, int count) throws Throwable {
         if (!VersionType.V1_13.isHigherOrEqual()) {
-            setField(packet, String.class, value != null ? value : "", count);
+            String line = value != null ? serializeLine(value) : "";
+            setField(packet, String.class, line, count);
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/adventure/SternalBoard.java b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/adventure/SternalBoard.java
index ecb4f07..9d15632 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/adventure/SternalBoard.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/xism4/sternalboard/adventure/SternalBoard.java
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ protected Object toMinecraftComponent(Component component) throws Throwable {
             return EMPTY_COMPONENT;
         }
 
+        // If the server isn't running adventure natively, we convert the component to legacy text
+        // and then to a Minecraft chat component
         if (!ADVENTURE_SUPPORT) {
-            String legacy = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(component);
+            String legacy = serializeLine(component);
 
             return Array.get(COMPONENT_METHOD.invoke(legacy), 0);
         }
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ protected Object toMinecraftComponent(Component component) throws Throwable {
         return COMPONENT_METHOD.invoke(component);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected String serializeLine(Component value) {
+        return LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().serialize(value);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Component emptyLine() {
         return Component.empty();