diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
index d39d856..49b0037 100755
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/objects/ChatFilter.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class ChatFilter {
             String group = matcher.group();
             modifiableString.replace(TextReplacementConfig.builder()
                     .matchLiteral(group)
-                    .replacement(group.substring(0, length))
+                    .replacement(Component.text(group.substring(0, length), modifiableString.component().color()))
                     .build());
         }
     }
diff --git a/galaxy/build.gradle.kts b/galaxy/build.gradle.kts
index b1b5eb8..7ad5145 100644
--- a/galaxy/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/galaxy/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":api")) // API
-    compileOnly("com.alttd:Galaxy-API:1.19.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Galaxy
+    compileOnly("com.alttd:Galaxy-API:1.20.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT") // Galaxy
     compileOnly("com.gitlab.ruany:LiteBansAPI:0.3.5") // move to proxy
     compileOnly("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0") // needs an alternative, already removed from upstream api and will be removed in server
     compileOnly("net.luckperms:api:5.3") // Luckperms
diff --git a/galaxy/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/listeners/ChatListener.java b/galaxy/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/listeners/ChatListener.java
index 91c77a2..1ce73a0 100755
--- a/galaxy/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/listeners/ChatListener.java
+++ b/galaxy/src/main/java/com/alttd/chat/listeners/ChatListener.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import io.papermc.paper.event.player.AsyncChatEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.PatternReplacementResult;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextReplacementConfig;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.MiniMessage;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.Placeholder;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.minimessage.tag.resolver.TagResolver;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public class ChatListener implements Listener {
                 .filter(receiver -> !ChatUserManager.getChatUser(receiver.getUniqueId()).getIgnoredPlayers().contains(player.getUniqueId()))
                 .collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
-        Component input = event.message();
+        Component input = event.message().colorIfAbsent(NamedTextColor.WHITE);
 
         ModifiableString modifiableString = new ModifiableString(input);
          // todo a better way for this