diff --git a/paper/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/paper/PaperModule.java b/paper/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/paper/PaperModule.java
index 0104fbeeb0..77e97a0cd2 100644
--- a/paper/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/paper/PaperModule.java
+++ b/paper/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/paper/PaperModule.java
@@ -132,7 +132,13 @@ public static Component parseFormattedText(String text, ChatColor baseColor) {
         if (text == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        return jsonToComponent(FormattedTextHelper.componentToJson(FormattedTextHelper.parse(text, baseColor)));
+        try {
+            return jsonToComponent(FormattedTextHelper.componentToJson(FormattedTextHelper.parse(text, baseColor)));
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) {
+            Debug.verboseLog("Failed to parse formatted text: " + text.replace(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR, '&'));
+            throw ex;
+        }
     }
 
     public static String stringifyComponent(Component component) {
@@ -146,7 +152,13 @@ public static Component jsonToComponent(String json) {
         if (json == null) {
             return null;
         }
-        return GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(json);
+        try {
+            return GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(json);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) {
+            Debug.verboseLog("Failed to parse json to component: " + json);
+            throw ex;
+        }
     }
 
     public static String componentToJson(Component component) {
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 6bf8cddc26..7b0f7482c6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/utilities/FormattedTextHelper.java
@@ -446,11 +446,10 @@ public static BaseComponent[] parse(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boolean cle
         return new BaseComponent[]{new TextComponent(str)};
     }
 
-    private static TranslatableComponent parseTranslatable(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boolean optimize) {
-        TranslatableComponent component = new TranslatableComponent();
+    private static BaseComponent parseTranslatable(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boolean optimize) {
         if (!str.startsWith("map@")) {
             List<String> innardParts = CoreUtilities.split(str, ';');
-            component.setTranslate(unescape(innardParts.get(0)));
+            TranslatableComponent component = new TranslatableComponent(unescape(innardParts.get(0)));
             for (int i = 1; i < innardParts.size(); i++) {
                 for (BaseComponent subComponent : parseInternal(unescape(innardParts.get(i)), baseColor, false, optimize)) {
                     component.addWith(subComponent);
@@ -460,13 +459,13 @@ private static TranslatableComponent parseTranslatable(String str, ChatColor bas
         }
         MapTag map = MapTag.valueOf(unescape(str), CoreUtilities.noDebugContext);
         if (map == null) {
-            return component;
+            return new TextComponent(str);
         }
         ElementTag translationKey = map.getElement("key");
         if (translationKey == null) {
-            return component;
+            return new TextComponent(str);
         }
-        component.setTranslate(translationKey.asString());
+        TranslatableComponent component = new TranslatableComponent(translationKey.asString());
         ElementTag fallback = map.getElement("fallback");
         if (NMSHandler.getVersion().isAtLeast(NMSVersion.v1_20) && fallback != null) {
             component.setFallback(fallback.asString());
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ public static BaseComponent[] parseInternal(String str, ChatColor baseColor, boo
             }
             if (str.length() > 3 && str.startsWith((ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR + "")) && hexMatcher.isMatch(str.charAt(1))
                     && str.startsWith(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR + "[translate=", 2) && str.indexOf(']') == str.length() - 1) { // eg "&6&[translate=block.minecraft.ominous_banner]"
-                TranslatableComponent component = parseTranslatable(str.substring("&[translate=".length() + 2, str.length() - 1), baseColor, optimize);
+                BaseComponent component = parseTranslatable(str.substring("&[translate=".length() + 2, str.length() - 1), baseColor, optimize);
                 component.setColor(ChatColor.getByChar(str.charAt(1)));
                 return new BaseComponent[] {component};
             }