diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/ChatRewriter.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/ChatRewriter.java
index c70eb5e38..19a94ad78 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/ChatRewriter.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_13to1_12_2/ChatRewriter.java
@@ -3,27 +3,26 @@ package us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
-import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ClickEvent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.rewriters.ComponentRewriter;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_13to1_12_2.data.ComponentRewriter1_13;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.GsonUtil;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 public class ChatRewriter {
     private static final BaseComponent[] EMPTY_COMPONENTS = new BaseComponent[0];
     private static final ComponentRewriter COMPONENT_REWRITER = new ComponentRewriter1_13();
 
     // Based on https://github.com/SpigotMC/BungeeCord/blob/master/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
-    public static String fromLegacyTextAsString(String message, ChatColor defaultColor) {
-        List<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<>();
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+    public static String fromLegacyTextAsString(String message, ChatColor defaultColor, boolean lore) {
+        TextComponent headComponent = new TextComponent();
         TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        if (lore) {
+            // Workaround for all italic lore
+            headComponent.setItalic(false);
+            component.setItalic(true);
+        }
 
         for (int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++) {
             char c = message.charAt(i);
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public class ChatRewriter {
                     component = new TextComponent(old);
                     old.setText(builder.toString());
                     builder = new StringBuilder();
-                    components.add(old);
+                    headComponent.addExtra(old);
                 }
                 if (ChatColor.BOLD.equals(format)) {
                     component.setBold(true);
@@ -71,13 +70,13 @@ public class ChatRewriter {
         }
 
         component.setText(builder.toString());
-        components.add(component);
+        headComponent.addExtra(component);
 
-        return ComponentSerializer.toString(components.toArray(EMPTY_COMPONENTS));
+        return ComponentSerializer.toString(headComponent);
     }
 
     public static JsonElement fromLegacyText(String message, ChatColor defaultColor) {
-        return GsonUtil.getJsonParser().parse(fromLegacyTextAsString(message, defaultColor));
+        return GsonUtil.getJsonParser().parse(fromLegacyTextAsString(message, defaultColor, false));
     }
 
     public static JsonElement legacyTextToJson(String legacyText) {
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ public class ChatRewriter {
     }
 
     public static String legacyTextToJsonString(String legacyText) {
-        return fromLegacyTextAsString(legacyText, ChatColor.WHITE);
+        return fromLegacyTextAsString(legacyText, ChatColor.WHITE, false);
     }
 
     public static String jsonTextToLegacy(String value) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_14to1_13_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_14to1_13_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java
index 15226777c..c93b973f8 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_14to1_13_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/protocols/protocol1_14to1_13_2/packets/InventoryPackets.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.PacketWrapper;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.Via;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.minecraft.item.Item;
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ public class InventoryPackets {
                 display.put(new ListTag(NBT_TAG_NAME + "|Lore", lore.clone().getValue())); // Save old lore
                 for (Tag loreEntry : lore) {
                     if (loreEntry instanceof StringTag) {
-                        ((StringTag) loreEntry).setValue(ChatRewriter.legacyTextToJsonString(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue()));
+                        String jsonText = ChatRewriter.fromLegacyTextAsString(((StringTag) loreEntry).getValue(), ChatColor.WHITE, true);
+                        ((StringTag) loreEntry).setValue(jsonText);
                     }
                 }
             }