diff --git a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/CUIChannelHandler.java b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/CUIChannelHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1be22b0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/CUIChannelHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * WorldEdit, a Minecraft world manipulation toolkit
+ * Copyright (C) sk89q <http://www.sk89q.com>
+ * Copyright (C) WorldEdit team and contributors
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.sk89q.worldedit.sponge;
+
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.LocalSession;
+import org.spongepowered.api.Platform;
+import org.spongepowered.api.Sponge;
+import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.Player;
+import org.spongepowered.api.network.*;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class CUIChannelHandler implements RawDataListener {
+    public static final String CUI_PLUGIN_CHANNEL = "WECUI";
+
+    private static ChannelBinding.RawDataChannel channel;
+
+    public static void init() {
+        channel = Sponge.getChannelRegistrar().createRawChannel(SpongeWorldEdit.inst(), CUI_PLUGIN_CHANNEL);
+        channel.addListener(Platform.Type.SERVER, new CUIChannelHandler());
+    }
+
+
+    public static ChannelBinding.RawDataChannel getActiveChannel() {
+        return channel;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handlePayload(ChannelBuf data, RemoteConnection connection, Platform.Type side) {
+        if (connection instanceof PlayerConnection) {
+            Player player = ((PlayerConnection) connection).getPlayer();
+
+            LocalSession session = SpongeWorldEdit.inst().getSession(player);
+
+            if (session.hasCUISupport()) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            session.handleCUIInitializationMessage(new String(data.readBytes(data.available()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            session.describeCUI(SpongeWorldEdit.inst().wrapPlayer(player));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongePlayer.java b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongePlayer.java
index bed23f3cc..30b1ea0c1 100644
--- a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongePlayer.java
+++ b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongePlayer.java
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ import com.sk89q.worldedit.internal.LocalWorldAdapter;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.internal.cui.CUIEvent;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.session.SessionKey;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.Location;
-import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
-import net.minecraft.util.ChatComponentText;
 import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.Player;
 import org.spongepowered.api.item.inventory.ItemStack;
-import org.spongepowered.api.text.LiteralText;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.format.TextColor;
 import org.spongepowered.api.text.format.TextColors;
@@ -42,6 +39,7 @@ import org.spongepowered.api.text.serializer.TextSerializers;
 import org.spongepowered.api.world.World;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -116,6 +114,9 @@ public class SpongePlayer extends AbstractPlayerActor {
         if (params.length > 0) {
             send = send + "|" + StringUtil.joinString(params, "|");
         }
+
+        String finalData = send;
+        CUIChannelHandler.getActiveChannel().sendTo(player, buffer -> buffer.writeBytes(finalData.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeWorldEdit.java b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeWorldEdit.java
index 7b241cbd4..0ff60109a 100644
--- a/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeWorldEdit.java
+++ b/worldedit-sponge/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/sponge/SpongeWorldEdit.java
@@ -37,14 +37,11 @@ import org.spongepowered.api.config.ConfigManager;
 import org.spongepowered.api.entity.living.player.Player;
 import org.spongepowered.api.event.Listener;
 import org.spongepowered.api.event.block.InteractBlockEvent;
-import org.spongepowered.api.event.cause.NamedCause;
 import org.spongepowered.api.event.game.state.*;
 import org.spongepowered.api.item.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.spongepowered.api.plugin.Plugin;
 import org.spongepowered.api.plugin.PluginContainer;
 import org.spongepowered.api.scheduler.Task;
-import org.spongepowered.api.text.Text;
-import org.spongepowered.api.text.channel.MessageChannel;
 import org.spongepowered.api.world.Location;
 import org.spongepowered.api.world.World;
 
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ public class SpongeWorldEdit {
 
     @Listener
     public void init(GameInitializationEvent event) {
-        // WECUIPacketHandler.init();
+        CUIChannelHandler.init();
     }
 
     @Listener