diff --git a/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/item/ItemBuilder.java b/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/item/ItemBuilder.java
index c0d06d0..d350bb9 100644
--- a/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/item/ItemBuilder.java
+++ b/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/item/ItemBuilder.java
@@ -182,18 +182,18 @@ public class ItemBuilder implements ItemProvider {
     }
     
     public ItemBuilder setDisplayName(String displayName) {
-        this.displayName = ComponentUtils.fromLegacyText(displayName);
+        this.displayName = ComponentUtils.withoutPreFormatting(displayName);
         return this;
     }
     
-    public ItemBuilder setDisplayName(BaseComponent[] displayName) {
-        this.displayName = displayName;
+    public ItemBuilder setDisplayName(BaseComponent... displayName) {
+        this.displayName = ComponentUtils.withoutPreFormatting(displayName);
         return this;
     }
     
     public ItemBuilder setLegacyLore(@NotNull List<String> lore) {
         this.lore = lore.stream()
-            .map(ComponentUtils::fromLegacyText)
+            .map(ComponentUtils::withoutPreFormatting)
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
         return this;
     }
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ public class ItemBuilder implements ItemProvider {
         if (lore == null) lore = new ArrayList<>();
         
         for (String line : lines)
-            lore.add(ComponentUtils.fromLegacyText(line));
+            lore.add(ComponentUtils.withoutPreFormatting(line));
         return this;
     }
     
     public ItemBuilder addLoreLines(@NotNull BaseComponent[]... lines) {
         if (lore == null) lore = new ArrayList<>();
         
-        lore.addAll(Arrays.asList(lines));
+        lore.addAll(Arrays.stream(lines).map(ComponentUtils::withoutPreFormatting).collect(Collectors.toList()));
         return this;
     }
     
diff --git a/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/util/ComponentUtils.java b/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/util/ComponentUtils.java
index 7c2280d..9c0e761 100644
--- a/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/util/ComponentUtils.java
+++ b/InvUI/src/main/java/de/studiocode/invui/util/ComponentUtils.java
@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
 package de.studiocode.invui.util;
 
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ComponentBuilder;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
 
 public class ComponentUtils {
     
-    public static BaseComponent[] fromLegacyText(String text) {
-        return new ComponentBuilder("")
-            .italic(false)
-            .bold(false)
-            .strikethrough(false)
-            .underlined(false)
-            .obfuscated(false)
-            .append(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(text))
-            .create();
+    private static final BaseComponent FORMATTING_TEMPLATE = new ComponentBuilder("")
+        .italic(false)
+        .bold(false)
+        .strikethrough(false)
+        .underlined(false)
+        .obfuscated(false)
+        .color(ChatColor.WHITE)
+        .create()[0];
+    
+    public static BaseComponent[] withoutPreFormatting(String text) {
+        return withoutPreFormatting(TextComponent.fromLegacyText(text));
+    }
+    
+    public static BaseComponent[] withoutPreFormatting(BaseComponent... components) {
+        BaseComponent previousComponent = FORMATTING_TEMPLATE;
+        for (BaseComponent component : components) {
+            component.copyFormatting(previousComponent, false);
+            previousComponent = component;
+        }
+        
+        return components;
     }
     
 }