diff --git a/serializer/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/VersionedComponentSerializer.java b/serializer/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/VersionedComponentSerializer.java
index 3440edf3..f651bd22 100644
--- a/serializer/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/VersionedComponentSerializer.java
+++ b/serializer/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/VersionedComponentSerializer.java
@@ -261,6 +261,18 @@ public class VersionedComponentSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<BaseCompon
         {
             return new TextComponent( json.getAsString() );
         }
+
+        if ( json.isJsonArray() )
+        {
+            JsonArray arr = json.getAsJsonArray();
+            BaseComponent[] components = new BaseComponent[arr.size()];
+            for ( int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++ )
+            {
+                components[i] = deserialize( arr.get( i ), BaseComponent.class, context );
+            }
+            return TextComponent.fromArray( components );
+        }
+
         JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
         if ( object.has( "translate" ) )
         {
diff --git a/serializer/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java b/serializer/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
index 6ce710d6..47e84cd6 100644
--- a/serializer/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
+++ b/serializer/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
@@ -877,4 +877,11 @@ public class ComponentsTest
     {
         return BaseComponent.toLegacyText( TextComponent.fromLegacyText( legacyText ) );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testArrayParsing()
+    {
+        assertEquals( "Outfluencer is very cool bdfg28dhzcathisisacoolcomponent",
+            ComponentSerializer.deserialize( "[Outfluencer,[\" \",is,[\" very\",\" cool \",[b,dfg28dhz,[c,[a,thisisacoolcomponent]]]]]]" ).toPlainText() );
+    }
 }