--- a/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySign.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySign.java
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
             nbttagcompound.setString("Text" + (i + 1), s);
         }
 
+        // CraftBukkit start
+        if (Boolean.getBoolean("convertLegacySigns")) {
+            nbttagcompound.setBoolean("Bukkit.isConverted", true);
+        }
+        // CraftBukkit end
+
         this.i.b(nbttagcompound);
     }
 
@@ -65,12 +71,27 @@
             public void a(CommandObjectiveExecutor.EnumCommandResult commandobjectiveexecutor_enumcommandresult, int i) {}
         };
 
+        // CraftBukkit start - Add an option to convert signs correctly
+        // This is done with a flag instead of all the time because
+        // we have no way to tell whether a sign is from 1.7.10 or 1.8
+
+        boolean oldSign = Boolean.getBoolean("convertLegacySigns") && !nbttagcompound.getBoolean("Bukkit.isConverted");
+
         for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
             String s = nbttagcompound.getString("Text" + (i + 1));
+            if (s != null && s.length() > 384) {
+                s = "\"\"";
+            }
 
             try {
                 IChatBaseComponent ichatbasecomponent = IChatBaseComponent.ChatSerializer.a(s);
 
+                if (oldSign) {
+                    lines[i] = org.bukkit.craftbukkit.util.CraftChatMessage.fromString(s)[0];
+                    continue;
+                }
+                // CraftBukkit end
+
                 try {
                     this.lines[i] = ChatComponentUtils.filterForDisplay(icommandlistener, ichatbasecomponent, (Entity) null);
                 } catch (CommandException commandexception) {
@@ -155,7 +176,10 @@
                 ChatClickable chatclickable = chatmodifier.h();
 
                 if (chatclickable.a() == ChatClickable.EnumClickAction.RUN_COMMAND) {
-                    MinecraftServer.getServer().getCommandHandler().a(icommandlistener, chatclickable.b());
+                    // CraftBukkit start
+                    // MinecraftServer.getServer().getCommandHandler().a(tileentitysignplayerwrapper, chatclickable.b());
+                    CommandBlockListenerAbstract.executeCommand(entityhuman, (org.bukkit.entity.Player) entityhuman.getBukkitEntity(), chatclickable.b());
+                    // CraftBukkit end
                 }
             }
         }