diff --git a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeCommandSender.java b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeCommandSender.java
index f9986101f..a2a3fa138 100644
--- a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeCommandSender.java
+++ b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeCommandSender.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.auth.AuthorizationException;
 import org.spongepowered.api.command.CommandSource;
 import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.Player;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;
+import org.spongepowered.api.text.format.TextColor;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.format.TextColors;
+import org.spongepowered.api.text.serializer.TextSerializers;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -67,28 +69,28 @@ public class SpongeCommandSender implements Actor {
     @Override
     public void printRaw(String msg) {
         for (String part : msg.split("\n")) {
-            sender.sendMessage(Text.of(part));
+            sender.sendMessage(TextSerializers.LEGACY_FORMATTING_CODE.deserialize(part));
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void print(String msg) {
-        for (String part : msg.split("\n")) {
-            sender.sendMessage(Text.of(TextColors.LIGHT_PURPLE, part));
-        }
+        sendColorized(msg, TextColors.LIGHT_PURPLE);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void printDebug(String msg) {
-        for (String part : msg.split("\n")) {
-            sender.sendMessage(Text.of(TextColors.GRAY, part));
-        }
+        sendColorized(msg, TextColors.GRAY);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void printError(String msg) {
+        sendColorized(msg, TextColors.RED);
+    }
+
+    private void sendColorized(String msg, TextColor formatting) {
         for (String part : msg.split("\n")) {
-            sender.sendMessage(Text.of(TextColors.RED, part));
+            sender.sendMessage(Text.of(formatting, TextSerializers.LEGACY_FORMATTING_CODE.deserialize(part)));
         }
     }