diff --git a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chipmunkmod/modules/CustomChat.java b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chipmunkmod/modules/CustomChat.java
index 1983853..ddf94ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chipmunkmod/modules/CustomChat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chipmunkmod/modules/CustomChat.java
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ public class CustomChat {
 
         final LegacyComponentSerializer serializer = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacyAmpersand();
 
+        final String randomized = String.valueOf(Math.random());
+
         final Component deserialized = serializer.deserialize(message);
-        final String messageWithColor = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serialize(deserialized);
+        final String messageWithColor = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serialize(deserialized).replace("MESSAGE", randomized);
 
         try {
 //            final MutablePlayerListEntry entry = Players.INSTANCE.getEntry(client.getNetworkHandler().getProfile().getId());
@@ -59,18 +61,11 @@ public class CustomChat {
             String sanitizedFormat = format
 //                        .replace("\"PREFIX\"", prefix)
 //                        .replace("\"DISPLAYNAME\"", displayName)
-                    .replace("USERNAME", username);
-            // these 4 lines are toooooo ohio code
-            if (
-                    sanitizedFormat.contains("{\"text\":\"MESSAGE\"}") ||
-                            sanitizedFormat.contains("\"extra\":[\"MESSAGE\"],\"color\":")
-            ) {
-                sanitizedFormat = sanitizedFormat
-                        .replace("{\"text\":\"MESSAGE\"}", messageWithColor)
-                        .replace("\"extra\":[\"MESSAGE\"],\"color\":", "\"extra\":[" + messageWithColor + "],\"color\":");
-            } else {
-                sanitizedFormat = sanitizedFormat.replace("MESSAGE", sanitizedMessage.replaceAll("&.", "")); // TODO: make this not use regex
-            }
+                            .replace("USERNAME", username)
+                            .replace("{\"text\":\"MESSAGE\"}", messageWithColor)
+                            .replace("\"extra\":[\"MESSAGE\"],\"color\":", "\"extra\":[" + messageWithColor + "],\"color\":")
+                            .replace("MESSAGE", sanitizedMessage.replaceAll("&.", "")) // TODO: make this not use regex
+                            .replace(randomized, "MESSAGE"); // ohio ohio
 
             CommandCore.INSTANCE.run("minecraft:tellraw @a " + sanitizedFormat);
         } catch (Exception e) {