diff --git a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/user/User.java b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/user/User.java
index 64278ed29..6ce478236 100644
--- a/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/user/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/api/user/User.java
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ public void sendMessage(String reference, String... variables) {
      * @param message The message to send, containing inline commands in square brackets.
      */
     public void sendRawMessage(String message) {
+        BentoBox.getInstance().logDebug(message);
         // Create a base TextComponent for the message
         TextComponent baseComponent = new TextComponent();
 
@@ -632,7 +633,7 @@ public void sendRawMessage(String message) {
             // Add any text before the current match
             if (matcher.start() > lastMatchEnd) {
                 String beforeMatch = message.substring(lastMatchEnd, matcher.start());
-                baseComponent.addExtra(new TextComponent(beforeMatch));
+                baseComponent.addExtra(TextComponent.fromLegacy(beforeMatch));
             }
 
             // Check if it's a recognized command or an unknown bracketed text
@@ -658,12 +659,12 @@ public void sendRawMessage(String message) {
                         break;
                     default:
                         // Unrecognized command; preserve it in the output text
-                        baseComponent.addExtra(new TextComponent(matcher.group(0)));
+                        baseComponent.addExtra(TextComponent.fromLegacy(matcher.group(0)));
                 }
 
             } else if (matcher.group(3) != null) {
                 // Unrecognized bracketed text; preserve it in the output
-                baseComponent.addExtra(new TextComponent("[[" + matcher.group(3) + "]]"));
+                baseComponent.addExtra(TextComponent.fromLegacy("[[" + matcher.group(3) + "]]"));
             }
 
             // Update the last match end position
@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ public void sendRawMessage(String message) {
         // Add any remaining text after the last match
         if (lastMatchEnd < message.length()) {
             String remainingText = message.substring(lastMatchEnd);
-            baseComponent.addExtra(new TextComponent(remainingText));
+            baseComponent.addExtra(TextComponent.fromLegacy(remainingText));
         }
 
         // Apply the first encountered ClickEvent and HoverEvent to the entire message
diff --git a/src/test/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/AbstractCommonSetup.java b/src/test/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/AbstractCommonSetup.java
index 11adee0ad..d81205f35 100644
--- a/src/test/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/AbstractCommonSetup.java
+++ b/src/test/java/world/bentobox/bentobox/AbstractCommonSetup.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public void checkSpigotMessage(String expectedMessage, int expectedOccurrences)
         List<TextComponent> capturedMessages = captor.getAllValues();
 
         // Count the number of occurrences of the expectedMessage in the captured messages
-        long actualOccurrences = capturedMessages.stream().map(component -> component.toPlainText()) // Convert each TextComponent to plain text
+        long actualOccurrences = capturedMessages.stream().map(component -> component.toLegacyText()) // Convert each TextComponent to plain text
                 .filter(messageText -> messageText.contains(expectedMessage)) // Check if the message contains the expected text
                 .count(); // Count how many times the expected message appears