diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 08d718a1..f82d7659 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "minecraft-chat",
+ "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/base_component.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/base_component.rs
index 30e66173..40fb3909 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/src/base_component.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/base_component.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{component::Component, style::Style};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct BaseComponent {
     // implements mutablecomponent
     pub siblings: Vec<Component>,
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/component.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/component.rs
index 3135c3ba..958440ba 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/src/component.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/component.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     translatable_component::{StringOrComponent, TranslatableComponent},
 };
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Component {
     TextComponent(TextComponent),
     TranslatableComponent(TranslatableComponent),
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ impl Component {
 
         // if it's primitive, make it a text component
         if !json.is_array() && !json.is_object() {
-            component = Component::TextComponent(TextComponent::new(
+            return Ok(Component::TextComponent(TextComponent::new(
                 json.as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string(),
-            ));
+            )));
         }
         // if it's an object, do things with { text } and stuff
         else if json.is_object() {
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ impl Component {
                         // if it's a string component with no styling and no siblings, just add a string to with_array
                         // otherwise add the component to the array
                         let c = Component::new(&with[i])?;
-                        if let Component::TextComponent(textComponent) = c {
-                            if textComponent.base.siblings.len() == 0
-                                && textComponent.base.style.is_empty()
+                        if let Component::TextComponent(text_component) = c {
+                            if text_component.base.siblings.len() == 0
+                                && text_component.base.style.is_empty()
                             {
-                                with_array.push(StringOrComponent::String(textComponent.text));
+                                with_array.push(StringOrComponent::String(text_component.text));
                                 break;
                             }
                         }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ impl Component {
             return Ok(component);
         }
         // ok so it's not an object, if it's an array deserialize every item
-        if !json.is_array() {
+        else if !json.is_array() {
             return Err(format!("Don't know how to turn {} into a Component", json));
         }
         let json_array = json.as_array().unwrap();
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ impl Component {
             styled_component.push_str(&sibling.to_ansi(Some(current_style)));
         }
 
-        if is_base_style {
+        if is_base_style && ansi_text.len() > 0 {
             styled_component.push_str("\x1b[m");
         }
 
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/lib.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/lib.rs
index b7035e13..5e9f1e3a 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/src/lib.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 
 pub mod base_component;
 pub mod component;
+pub mod splitter;
 pub mod style;
 pub mod text_component;
 pub mod translatable_component;
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/splitter.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/splitter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812c3365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/splitter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//! Used for splitting text
+//! This includes wrapping long lines and applying legacy color formats.
+//! I'm not sure why applying legacy color formats is done here but that's the way Minecraft does it.
+
+use crate::component::Component;
+
+fn split_lines(component: Component) {}
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/text_component.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/text_component.rs
index e950ee00..bd47d671 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/src/text_component.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/text_component.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{base_component::BaseComponent, component::Component};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct TextComponent {
     pub base: BaseComponent,
     pub text: String,
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/src/translatable_component.rs b/minecraft-chat/src/translatable_component.rs
index 327c5e07..0709f7bf 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/src/translatable_component.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/src/translatable_component.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 use crate::{base_component::BaseComponent, component::Component};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum StringOrComponent {
     String(String),
     Component(Component),
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct TranslatableComponent {
     pub base: BaseComponent,
     pub key: String,
diff --git a/minecraft-chat/tests/integration_test.rs b/minecraft-chat/tests/integration_test.rs
index 4c8a39aa..a454ad3b 100644
--- a/minecraft-chat/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/minecraft-chat/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -65,3 +65,10 @@ fn complex_ansi_test() {
         )
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn component_from_string() {
+    let j: Value = serde_json::from_str("\"foo\"").unwrap();
+    let component = Component::new(&j).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(component.to_ansi(None), "foo");
+}
diff --git a/minecraft-protocol/Cargo.toml b/minecraft-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 80e2b625..7894ecfd 100644
--- a/minecraft-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minecraft-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ tokio = {version = "^1.14.0", features = ["io-util", "net", "macros"]}
 tokio-util = "^0.6.9"
 trust-dns-resolver = "^0.20.3"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
+minecraft-chat = { path = "../minecraft-chat" }
+serde_json = "^1.0.72"
diff --git a/minecraft-protocol/src/packets/status/clientbound_status_response_packet.rs b/minecraft-protocol/src/packets/status/clientbound_status_response_packet.rs
index b61562cf..5099952c 100644
--- a/minecraft-protocol/src/packets/status/clientbound_status_response_packet.rs
+++ b/minecraft-protocol/src/packets/status/clientbound_status_response_packet.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use std::hash::Hash;
+use minecraft_chat::component::Component;
+use serde_json::Value;
 use tokio::io::BufReader;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -7,9 +8,29 @@ use crate::{
     packets::{Packet, PacketTrait},
 };
 
-#[derive(Hash, Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Version {
+    name: String,
+    protocol: u32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct SamplePlayer {
+    id: String,
+    name: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct Players {
+    max: u32,
+    online: u32,
+    sample: Vec<SamplePlayer>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct ClientboundStatusResponsePacket {
-    status: String,
+    // version: Version,
+    description: Component,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -23,8 +44,16 @@ impl PacketTrait for ClientboundStatusResponsePacket {
     async fn read<T: tokio::io::AsyncRead + std::marker::Unpin + std::marker::Send>(
         buf: &mut BufReader<T>,
     ) -> Result<Packet, String> {
-        let status = mc_buf::read_utf(buf).await?;
+        let status_string = mc_buf::read_utf(buf).await?;
+        let status_json: Value =
+            serde_json::from_str(status_string.as_str()).expect("Server status isn't valid JSON");
+        let description_string: &Value = status_json.get("description").unwrap();
+
         // this.status = GsonHelper.fromJson(GSON, friendlyByteBuf.readUtf(32767), ServerStatus.class);
-        Ok(ClientboundStatusResponsePacket { status }.get())
+        Ok(ClientboundStatusResponsePacket {
+            // version: status_json.get("version"),
+            description: Component::new(&description_string)?,
+        }
+        .get())
     }
 }