diff --git a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/AbstractChatHandler.java b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/AbstractChatHandler.java
index 2f774115b..205fad165 100644
--- a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/AbstractChatHandler.java
+++ b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/AbstractChatHandler.java
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractChatHandler {
         return event.isCancelled();
     }
 
+    boolean isPlayerChat(final AsyncPlayerChatEvent event) {
+        // Used to distinguish chats from Player#chat (sync) from chats sent by the player (async)
+        return event.isAsynchronous();
+    }
+
     String getChatType(final User user, final String message) {
         if (message.length() == 0) {
             //Ignore empty chat events generated by plugins
diff --git a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/ChatProcessingCache.java b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/ChatProcessingCache.java
index f2238007f..7936ef586 100644
--- a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/ChatProcessingCache.java
+++ b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/ChatProcessingCache.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ChatProcessingCache {
         return getProcessedChat(player);
     }
 
-    public static abstract class Chat {
+    public abstract static class Chat {
         private final User user;
         private final String type;
         private final String originalMessage;
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public class ChatProcessingCache {
             super(sourceChat.getUser(), sourceChat.getType(), sourceChat.getOriginalMessage());
             this.message = sourceChat.messageResult;
             this.format = sourceChat.formatResult;
+            this.radius = sourceChat.radius;
             this.charge = new Trade(getLongType(), ess);
         }
 
diff --git a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/SignedChatHandler.java b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/SignedChatHandler.java
index 9b36e4f5f..da53657ea 100644
--- a/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/SignedChatHandler.java
+++ b/EssentialsChat/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/chat/processing/SignedChatHandler.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class SignedChatHandler extends AbstractChatHandler {
 
     private void handleChatApplyPreview(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event) {
         final ChatProcessingCache.ProcessedChat chat = cache.getProcessedChat(event.getPlayer());
-        if (chat == null) {
+        if (!isPlayerChat(event) || chat == null) {
             handleChatFormat(event);
             handleChatPostFormat(event);
         } else {