diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java
index 0b7ad954b9..11a4ee65d4 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ public static BaseComponent[] parse(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boolean cle
             base.setUnderlined(false);
             base.setObfuscated(false);
             base.setColor(baseColor);
-            root.setText(str.substring(0, firstChar));
+            if (firstChar > 0) {
+                root.addExtra(new TextComponent(str.substring(0, firstChar)));
+            }
         }
         else {
             base.setText(str.substring(0, firstChar));
@@ -260,9 +262,6 @@ public static BaseComponent[] parse(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boolean cle
         int started = 0;
         TextComponent nextText = new TextComponent();
         TextComponent lastText = new TextComponent();
-        if (!str.contains(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR + "[")) {
-
-        }
         for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
             if (chars[i] == ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR && i + 1 < chars.length) {
                 char code = chars[i + 1];
diff --git a/v1_16/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/nms/v1_16/helpers/ItemHelperImpl.java b/v1_16/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/nms/v1_16/helpers/ItemHelperImpl.java
index 800aa0c491..297b86319b 100644
--- a/v1_16/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/nms/v1_16/helpers/ItemHelperImpl.java
+++ b/v1_16/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/nms/v1_16/helpers/ItemHelperImpl.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import com.denizenscript.denizencore.utilities.CoreUtilities;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.*;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
@@ -309,11 +308,7 @@ public void setDisplayName(ItemTag item, String name) {
             return;
         }
         BaseComponent[] components = FormattedTextHelper.parse(name, ChatColor.WHITE);
-        TextComponent actualComponent = new TextComponent();
-        for (BaseComponent component : components) {
-            actualComponent.addExtra(component);
-        }
-        display.set("Name", NBTTagString.a(ComponentSerializer.toString(actualComponent)));
+        display.set("Name", NBTTagString.a(ComponentSerializer.toString(components)));
         item.setItemStack(CraftItemStack.asBukkitCopy(nmsItemStack));
     }