diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/json/Jackson.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/json/Jackson.kt
index 4a800899b..541403bf8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/json/Jackson.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/json/Jackson.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.util.json
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.json.JsonReadFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategies
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ object Jackson {
         .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
         .disable(JsonParser.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE)
         .enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS)
+        .enable(JsonReadFeature.ALLOW_UNESCAPED_CONTROL_CHARS)
         .build()
         .registerModule(
             KotlinModule.Builder()
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
index 7e60b9df1..1f93cab0d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/text/ChatComponentTest.kt
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ internal class ChatComponentTest {
         assertEquals(expected, component)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `JSON not escaped new line`() {
+        val text = ChatComponent.of("""{"text":"Unsupported protocol version 762.""" + "\n" + """Try connecting with Minecraft 1.8.x-1.12.x"}""")
+        val expected = TextComponent("Unsupported protocol version 762.\nTry connecting with Minecraft 1.8.x-1.12.x")
+        assertEquals(text, expected)
+    }
+
     private fun assertEquals(expected: ChatComponent, actual: ChatComponent) {
         when (expected) {
             is BaseComponent -> {