diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/api/component/MinecraftComponentFactory.java b/api/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/api/component/MinecraftComponentFactory.java
index 6bab8799..1ace3056 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/api/component/MinecraftComponentFactory.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/api/component/MinecraftComponentFactory.java
@@ -40,5 +40,12 @@ public interface MinecraftComponentFactory {
     @NotNull
     MinecraftComponent empty();
 
-    GameTextBuilder textBuilder(String content);
+    /**
+     * Creates a EnhancedLegacyText {@link GameTextBuilder} based on the given input.
+     * @param enhancedLegacyText the format
+     * @return the new builder
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    GameTextBuilder textBuilder(@NotNull String enhancedLegacyText);
+
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/component/ComponentFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/component/ComponentFactory.java
index 418d34ce..60465bfa 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/component/ComponentFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/component/ComponentFactory.java
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ import com.discordsrv.common.DiscordSRV;
 import com.discordsrv.common.component.renderer.DiscordSRVMinecraftRenderer;
 import com.discordsrv.common.component.translation.Translation;
 import com.discordsrv.common.component.translation.TranslationRegistry;
+import dev.vankka.enhancedlegacytext.EnhancedLegacyText;
 import dev.vankka.mcdiscordreserializer.discord.DiscordSerializer;
 import dev.vankka.mcdiscordreserializer.discord.DiscordSerializerOptions;
 import dev.vankka.mcdiscordreserializer.minecraft.MinecraftSerializer;
 import dev.vankka.mcdiscordreserializer.minecraft.MinecraftSerializerOptions;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.flattener.ComponentFlattener;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.ansi.ANSIComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.plain.PlainTextComponentSerializer;
 import net.kyori.ansi.ColorLevel;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -103,8 +106,16 @@ public class ComponentFactory implements MinecraftComponentFactory {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public GameTextBuilder textBuilder(String content) {
-        return new EnhancedTextBuilderImpl(discordSRV, content);
+    public @NotNull GameTextBuilder textBuilder(@NotNull String enhancedLegacyText) {
+        return new EnhancedTextBuilderImpl(discordSRV, enhancedLegacyText);
+    }
+
+    public @NotNull Component parse(@NotNull String textInput) {
+        if (textInput.contains(String.valueOf(LegacyComponentSerializer.SECTION_CHAR))) {
+            return LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(textInput);
+        }
+
+        return EnhancedLegacyText.get().parse(textInput);
     }
 
     public MinecraftSerializer minecraftSerializer() {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/permission/util/PermissionUtil.java b/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/permission/util/PermissionUtil.java
index cba3f02f..5dec2ee7 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/permission/util/PermissionUtil.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/discordsrv/common/permission/util/PermissionUtil.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package com.discordsrv.common.permission.util;
 
 import com.discordsrv.api.module.type.PermissionDataProvider;
 import com.discordsrv.common.DiscordSRV;
-import com.discordsrv.common.component.util.ComponentUtil;
 import com.discordsrv.common.exception.MessageException;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 
@@ -88,6 +87,6 @@ public final class PermissionUtil {
     }
 
     private static Component translate(DiscordSRV discordSRV, String data) {
-        return data != null ? ComponentUtil.fromAPI(discordSRV.componentFactory().textBuilder(data).build()) : null;
+        return data != null ? discordSRV.componentFactory().parse(data) : null;
     }
 }