diff --git a/.run/Run Tests.run.xml b/.run/Run Tests.run.xml
index 2ad121e..b48f65b 100644
--- a/.run/Run Tests.run.xml	
+++ b/.run/Run Tests.run.xml	
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
   <configuration default="false" name="Run Tests" type="JUnit" factoryName="JUnit">
     <module name="Scroll.test" />
-    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="true" />
-    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" value="corretto-21" />
     <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/Component.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/Component.kt
index b2b9f9d..e2b4d7e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/Component.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/Component.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package io.github.dockyardmc.scroll
 
+import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.serializers.ComponentDeserializer
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.serializers.ComponentToJsonSerializer
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.serializers.ComponentSerializer
+import kotlinx.serialization.KeepGeneratedSerializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag
 
-@Serializable
+@KeepGeneratedSerializer
+@Serializable(with = ComponentDeserializer::class)
 open class Component(
     var extra: MutableList<Component>? = null,
     var keybind: String? = null,
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/serializers/JsonToComponentSerializer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/serializers/JsonToComponentSerializer.kt
index e712581..8746892 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/serializers/JsonToComponentSerializer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/dockyardmc/scroll/serializers/JsonToComponentSerializer.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,23 @@ package io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.serializers
 
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.Component
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonTransformingSerializer
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.buildJsonObject
 
 object JsonToComponentSerializer {
     fun serialize(json: String): Component {
-        return Json.decodeFromString<Component>(json)
+        return Json.decodeFromString(ComponentDeserializer(), json)
+    }
+}
+
+internal class ComponentDeserializer : JsonTransformingSerializer<Component>(Component.generatedSerializer()) {
+    override fun transformDeserialize(element: JsonElement): JsonElement = when (element) {
+        is JsonPrimitive -> buildJsonObject {
+            put("text", element)
+        }
+
+        else -> element
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/JsonSerializationTests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/JsonSerializationTests.kt
index 64a58a0..627a630 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/JsonSerializationTests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/JsonSerializationTests.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.ClickEvent
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.Component
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.serializers.JsonToComponentSerializer
 import io.github.dockyardmc.scroll.extensions.toComponent
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertDoesNotThrow
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
@@ -43,4 +44,13 @@ class JsonSerializationTests {
 
         assertEquals(input.toJson(), expected)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testJsonStringToComponent() {
+        val input = "\"test_text\""
+        val expected = Component(text = "test_text")
+
+        val result = assertDoesNotThrow { JsonToComponentSerializer.serialize(input) }
+        assertEquals(expected.toJson(), result.toJson())
+    }
 }
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