diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/protocol/packet/PacketWrapper.java b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/protocol/packet/PacketWrapper.java
index 8cfdf07fb..d02e7bd58 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/protocol/packet/PacketWrapper.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/protocol/packet/PacketWrapper.java
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ public interface PacketWrapper {
      */
     void sendRaw() throws InformativeException;
 
+    /**
+     * Sends this packet to the associated user, submitted to netty's event loop.
+     * <b>Unlike {@link #sendFuture(Class)}, this method does not handle the pipeline with packet id and data changes.</b>
+     *
+     * @throws InformativeException if it fails to write
+     */
+    ChannelFuture sendFutureRaw() throws InformativeException;
+
     /**
      * Sends this packet to the associated user, submitted to netty's event loop.
      * <b>Unlike {@link #send(Class)}, this method does not handle the pipeline with packet id and data changes.</b>
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocol/packet/PacketWrapperImpl.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocol/packet/PacketWrapperImpl.java
index bacf3e035..ca562eb41 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocol/packet/PacketWrapperImpl.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocol/packet/PacketWrapperImpl.java
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public class PacketWrapperImpl implements PacketWrapper {
             }
             return user().sendRawPacketFuture(output);
         }
-        return user().getChannel().newFailedFuture(new RuntimeException("Tried to send cancelled packet"));
+        return cancelledFuture();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -348,6 +348,21 @@ public class PacketWrapperImpl implements PacketWrapper {
         sendRaw(true);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ChannelFuture sendFutureRaw() throws InformativeException {
+        if (isCancelled()) {
+            return cancelledFuture();
+        }
+
+        ByteBuf output = inputBuffer == null ? user().getChannel().alloc().buffer() : inputBuffer.alloc().buffer();
+        try {
+            writeToBuffer(output);
+            return user().sendRawPacketFuture(output.retain());
+        } finally {
+            output.release();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void scheduleSendRaw() throws InformativeException {
         sendRaw(false);
@@ -371,6 +386,10 @@ public class PacketWrapperImpl implements PacketWrapper {
         }
     }
 
+    private ChannelFuture cancelledFuture() {
+        return user().getChannel().newFailedFuture(new RuntimeException("Tried to send cancelled packet"));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public PacketWrapperImpl create(int packetId) {
         return new PacketWrapperImpl(packetId, null, user());
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/base/v1_7/ServerboundBaseProtocol1_7.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/base/v1_7/ServerboundBaseProtocol1_7.java
index 2c7bd2802..a355ef171 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/base/v1_7/ServerboundBaseProtocol1_7.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/base/v1_7/ServerboundBaseProtocol1_7.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.v1_7;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.Via;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.connection.ProtocolInfo;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.api.connection.UserConnection;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.ServerboundLoginPackets;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.packet.BaseClientboundPacket;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.packet.BasePacketTypesProvider;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.base.packet.BaseServerboundPacket;
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.v1_8to1_9.Protocol1_8To1_9;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ChatColorUtil;
 import com.viaversion.viaversion.util.ComponentUtil;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
@@ -62,10 +64,16 @@ public class ServerboundBaseProtocol1_7 extends AbstractProtocol<BaseClientbound
 
                 final String disconnectMessage = ChatColorUtil.translateAlternateColorCodes(Via.getConfig().getBlockedDisconnectMsg());
                 final PacketWrapper disconnectPacket = PacketWrapper.create(ClientboundLoginPackets.LOGIN_DISCONNECT, user);
-                disconnectPacket.write(Types.COMPONENT, ComponentUtil.plainToJson(disconnectMessage));
+
+                final JsonObject object = ComponentUtil.plainToJson(disconnectMessage);
+                if (protocol.olderThanOrEqualTo(ProtocolVersion.v1_8)) {
+                    disconnectPacket.write(Types.STRING, object.toString());
+                } else {
+                    disconnectPacket.write(Types.COMPONENT, object);
+                }
 
                 // Send and close
-                final ChannelFuture future = disconnectPacket.sendFuture(null);
+                final ChannelFuture future = disconnectPacket.sendFutureRaw();
                 future.addListener(f -> user.getChannel().close());
             }
         });
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_8to1_9/Protocol1_8To1_9.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_8to1_9/Protocol1_8To1_9.java
index c658d7826..1796fd814 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_8to1_9/Protocol1_8To1_9.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/protocols/v1_8to1_9/Protocol1_8To1_9.java
@@ -83,14 +83,7 @@ public class Protocol1_8To1_9 extends AbstractProtocol<ClientboundPackets1_8, Cl
     protected void registerPackets() {
         super.registerPackets();
 
-        registerClientbound(State.LOGIN, ClientboundLoginPackets.LOGIN_DISCONNECT, wrapper -> {
-            if (wrapper.isReadable(Types.COMPONENT, 0)) {
-                // Already written as component in the base protocol
-                return;
-            }
-
-            STRING_TO_JSON.write(wrapper, wrapper.read(Types.STRING));
-        });
+        registerClientbound(State.LOGIN, ClientboundLoginPackets.LOGIN_DISCONNECT, wrapper -> STRING_TO_JSON.write(wrapper, wrapper.read(Types.STRING)));
 
         // Other Handlers
         SpawnPacketRewriter1_9.register(this);