diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/ActionBarCommand.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/ActionBarCommand.java
index 6683d5a737..e1b9b9484b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/ActionBarCommand.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/ActionBarCommand.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void execute(ScriptEntry scriptEntry) {
 
         }
         if (format != null) {
-            text = new ElementTag(format.getFormattedText(scriptEntry));
+            text = new ElementTag(format.getFormattedText(text.asString(), scriptEntry));
         }
 
         for (PlayerTag player : targets) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/NarrateCommand.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/NarrateCommand.java
index a1fb47c439..c20b9ee7ae 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/NarrateCommand.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/player/NarrateCommand.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public void execute(ScriptEntry scriptEntry) {
 
         boolean perPlayer = perPlayerObj != null && perPlayerObj.asBoolean();
         BukkitTagContext context = new BukkitTagContext(scriptEntry, false);
-        if (!perPlayer) {
+        if (!perPlayer || targets == null) {
             text = TagManager.tag(text, context);
         }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public void execute(ScriptEntry scriptEntry) {
 
         FormatScriptContainer format = formatObj == null ? null : (FormatScriptContainer) formatObj.getContainer();
         if (targets == null) {
-            Bukkit.getServer().getConsoleSender().sendMessage(format != null ? format.getFormattedText(scriptEntry) : text);
+            Bukkit.getServer().getConsoleSender().sendMessage(format != null ? format.getFormattedText(text, scriptEntry) : text);
             return;
         }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public void execute(ScriptEntry scriptEntry) {
                 if (perPlayer) {
                     personalText = TagManager.tag(personalText, context);
                 }
-                player.getPlayerEntity().spigot().sendMessage(FormattedTextHelper.parse(format != null ? format.getFormattedText(scriptEntry) : personalText));
+                player.getPlayerEntity().spigot().sendMessage(FormattedTextHelper.parse(format != null ? format.getFormattedText(personalText, scriptEntry) : personalText));
             }
             else {
                 Debug.echoError("Narrated to non-existent or offline player!");
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/server/AnnounceCommand.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/server/AnnounceCommand.java
index 632ac4508d..45b0508dcc 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/server/AnnounceCommand.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/commands/server/AnnounceCommand.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void execute(ScriptEntry scriptEntry) {
                             + (flag != null ? ArgumentHelper.debugObj("Flag_Name", flag) : ""));
         }
 
-        String message = format != null ? format.getFormattedText(scriptEntry) : text.asString();
+        String message = format != null ? format.getFormattedText(text.asString(), scriptEntry) : text.asString();
 
         // Use Bukkit to broadcast the message to everybody in the server.
         if (type == AnnounceType.ALL) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/containers/core/FormatScriptContainer.java b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/containers/core/FormatScriptContainer.java
index 6e6b8c6354..ee5d973740 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/containers/core/FormatScriptContainer.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/com/denizenscript/denizen/scripts/containers/core/FormatScriptContainer.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.denizenscript.denizen.scripts.containers.core;
 
-import com.denizenscript.denizen.utilities.implementation.BukkitScriptEntryData;
+import com.denizenscript.denizen.utilities.Utilities;
 import com.denizenscript.denizen.objects.NPCTag;
 import com.denizenscript.denizen.objects.PlayerTag;
 import com.denizenscript.denizen.tags.BukkitTagContext;
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ public String getFormat() {
         return getString("format", "<text>");
     }
 
-    public String getFormattedText(ScriptEntry entry) {
-        return getFormattedText(entry.getElement("text").asString(),
-                ((BukkitScriptEntryData) entry.entryData).getNPC(),
-                ((BukkitScriptEntryData) entry.entryData).getPlayer());
+    public String getFormattedText(String text, ScriptEntry entry) {
+        return getFormattedText(text, Utilities.getEntryNPC(entry), Utilities.getEntryPlayer(entry));
     }
 
     public String getFormattedText(String textToReplace, NPCTag npc, PlayerTag player) {