diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/FormattedTextField.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/FormattedTextField.java
index 686e53cb..ba4f42ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/FormattedTextField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/FormattedTextField.java
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public class FormattedTextField extends GuiTextField {
         super.setFocused(focus);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setText(String rawText) {
+        super.setText(EnumChatFormatting.getTextWithoutFormattingCodes(rawText));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setSelectionPos(int p_146199_1_) {
         String text = this.getText();