diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/rewriter/ComponentRewriter.java b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/rewriter/ComponentRewriter.java
index 706a3b176..5b74adcc8 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/rewriter/ComponentRewriter.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/rewriter/ComponentRewriter.java
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ public interface ComponentRewriter {
     void processTag(UserConnection connection, @Nullable Tag tag);
 
     void processText(UserConnection connection, @Nullable JsonElement element);
+
+    JsonElement processText(UserConnection connection, @Nullable String json);
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/rewriter/text/ComponentRewriterBase.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/rewriter/text/ComponentRewriterBase.java
index a56d47610..fcf2a4eed 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/rewriter/text/ComponentRewriterBase.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/rewriter/text/ComponentRewriterBase.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public abstract class ComponentRewriterBase<C extends ClientboundPacketType> imp
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Json methods
 
+    @Override
     public JsonElement processText(final UserConnection connection, final String value) {
         try {
             final JsonElement root = JsonParser.parseString(value);