From cf1d0029fcde783abc11f4b0165e1486369f1d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 18:21:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(limbo): convert MOTD to JSON chat format Fixes #1223

---
 scripts/start-setupServerProperties | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/start-setupServerProperties b/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
index 0febd09694e..c700702e521 100755
--- a/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
+++ b/scripts/start-setupServerProperties
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function customizeServerProps {
 
   # If not provided, generate a reasonable default message-of-the-day,
   # which shows up in the server listing in the client
-  if [ -z "$MOTD" ]; then
+  if ! [ -v "$MOTD" ]; then
     # snapshot is the odd case where we have to look at version to identify that label
     if [[ ${ORIGINAL_TYPE} == "VANILLA" && ${VERSION} == "SNAPSHOT" ]]; then
       label=SNAPSHOT
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ function customizeServerProps {
     MOTD="A ${label} Minecraft Server powered by Docker"
   fi
 
+  # normalize MOTD
+  if [[ ${TYPE^^} = LIMBO ]]; then
+    if [[ $MOTD ]] && ! [[ $MOTD =~ ^{ ]]; then
+      MOTD="{\"text\":\"${MOTD}\"}"
+    fi
+  fi
+
   setServerProp "server-name" SERVER_NAME
   setServerProp "server-ip" SERVER_IP
   setServerProp "server-port" SERVER_PORT

From 4e07f3864fa850c197cd3a1477ab5b3126976be9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 18:26:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added note to README

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 948fb452787..55e4310e092 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ Configuration options with defaults:
 - `LIMBO_SCHEMA_FILENAME`=default.schem
 - `LEVEL`="Default;${LIMBO_SCHEMA_FILENAME}"
 
+> NOTE: instead of using format codes in the MOTD, Limbo requires [JSON chat content](https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Raw_JSON_text_format#Java_Edition). If a plain string is provided, which is the default, then it gets converted into the required JSON structure. 
+
 ### Running a Crucible server
 
 A [Crucible](https://github.com/CrucibleMC/Crucible) server can be run by setting `TYPE` to `CRUCIBLE`.