diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java
index b2e88ffb..c6057e3a 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class TranslatableComponentSerializer extends BaseComponentSerializer imp
         component.setTranslate( object.get( "translate" ).getAsString() );
         if ( object.has( "with" ) )
         {
-            component.setWith( Arrays.asList( context.<BaseComponent>deserialize( object.get( "with" ), BaseComponent[].class ) ) );
+            component.setWith( Arrays.asList( context.<BaseComponent[]>deserialize( object.get( "with" ), BaseComponent[].class ) ) );
         }
         return component;
     }
diff --git a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponentTest.java b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponentTest.java
index 7e63488c..9e37eed0 100644
--- a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponentTest.java
+++ b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponentTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.api.chat;
 
+import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -13,4 +14,15 @@ public class TranslatableComponentTest
         Assert.assertEquals( "Test string with 2 placeholders: aoeu", testComponent.toPlainText() );
         Assert.assertEquals( "§fTest string with §f2§f placeholders: §faoeu", testComponent.toLegacyText() );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testJsonSerialisation()
+    {
+        TranslatableComponent testComponent = new TranslatableComponent( "Test string with %s placeholder", "a" );
+        String jsonString = ComponentSerializer.toString( testComponent );
+        BaseComponent[] baseComponents = ComponentSerializer.parse( jsonString );
+
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Test string with a placeholder", TextComponent.toPlainText( baseComponents ) );
+        Assert.assertEquals( "§fTest string with §fa§f placeholder", TextComponent.toLegacyText( baseComponents ) );
+    }
 }