diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/slot/ItemSlotRewriter.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/slot/ItemSlotRewriter.java
index f3c7c912c..3a01d3d95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/slot/ItemSlotRewriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/slot/ItemSlotRewriter.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ public class ItemSlotRewriter {
     public static ItemStack readItemStack(ByteBuf input) throws IOException {
         short id = input.readShort();
         if (id < 0) {
+
             return null;
         } else {
             ItemStack item = new ItemStack();
@@ -146,10 +147,10 @@ public class ItemSlotRewriter {
 
     public static class ItemStack {
 
-        private short id;
-        private byte amount;
-        private short data;
-        private CompoundTag tag;
+        public short id;
+        public byte amount;
+        public short data;
+        public CompoundTag tag;
 
         public static ItemStack fromBukkit(org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack stack) {
             ItemStack item = new ItemStack();
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/IncomingTransformer.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/IncomingTransformer.java
index a625595a2..bc4549e85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/IncomingTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/IncomingTransformer.java
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.transformers;
 
+import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.cluster.Packet;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.ListTag;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.CancelException;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.ConnectionInfo;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.ViaVersionPlugin;
@@ -11,8 +17,10 @@ import us.myles.ViaVersion.packets.State;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.PacketUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
 public class IncomingTransformer {
     private final ConnectionInfo info;
@@ -171,6 +179,26 @@ public class IncomingTransformer {
             }
             return;
         }
+        if(packet == PacketType.PLAY_PLUGIN_MESSAGE_REQUEST) {
+            String name = PacketUtil.readString(input);
+            PacketUtil.writeString(name, output);
+            byte[] b = new byte[input.readableBytes()];
+            input.readBytes(b);
+            // patch books
+            if(name.equals("MC|BSign")){
+                ByteBuf in = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(b);
+                try {
+                    ItemSlotRewriter.ItemStack stack = ItemSlotRewriter.readItemStack(in);
+                    stack.id = (short) Material.WRITTEN_BOOK.getId();
+                    // write
+                    ItemSlotRewriter.writeItemStack(stack, output);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            output.writeBytes(b);
+        }
         if (packet == PacketType.PLAY_PLAYER_BLOCK_PLACEMENT) {
             Long position = input.readLong();
             output.writeLong(position);
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/OutgoingTransformer.java b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/OutgoingTransformer.java
index b08c40a9c..72824ae18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/OutgoingTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/transformers/OutgoingTransformer.java
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.transformers;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
+import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;
 import org.json.simple.parser.ParseException;
 import org.spacehq.mc.protocol.data.game.chunk.Column;
 import org.spacehq.mc.protocol.util.NetUtil;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.ListTag;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.StringTag;
+import org.spacehq.opennbt.tag.builtin.Tag;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.CancelException;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.ConnectionInfo;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.ViaVersionPlugin;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.ViaVersion;
-import us.myles.ViaVersion.slot.ItemSlotRewriter;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.metadata.MetadataRewriter;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.packets.PacketType;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.packets.State;
+import us.myles.ViaVersion.slot.ItemSlotRewriter;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.sounds.SoundEffect;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.EntityUtil;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.util.PacketUtil;
@@ -96,6 +101,17 @@ public class OutgoingTransformer {
             output.writeInt(vehicle);
             return;
         }
+        if (packet == PacketType.PLAY_PLUGIN_MESSAGE) {
+            String name = PacketUtil.readString(input);
+            PacketUtil.writeString(name, output);
+            byte[] b = new byte[input.readableBytes()];
+            input.readBytes(b);
+            // patch books
+            if(name.equals("MC|BOpen")){
+                PacketUtil.writeVarInt(0, output);
+            }
+            output.writeBytes(b);
+        }
         if (packet == PacketType.PLAY_DISCONNECT) {
             String reason = readString(input);
             writeString(fixJson(reason), output);
@@ -271,7 +287,7 @@ public class OutgoingTransformer {
                 slot += 1; // add 1 so it's now 2-5
             }
             PacketUtil.writeVarInt(slot, output);
-            
+
             ItemSlotRewriter.rewrite1_8To1_9(input, output);
             return;
         }