diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0873d6..c1b0016 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,12 +112,16 @@
 		</repository>
 		<!-- <repository> <id>WorldEdit</id> <url>http://maven.sk89q.com/artifactory/repo</url> 
 			</repository> -->
+		<repository>
+			<id>projectlombok.org</id>
+			<url>http://projectlombok.org/mavenrepo</url>
+		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.9.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.12-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.github.TBMCPlugins.ButtonCore</groupId>
@@ -159,6 +163,12 @@
 			<version>1.6</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<version>1.16.16</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<artifactId>ButtonChat</artifactId>
 	<organization>
diff --git a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/chat/formatting/ChatFormatterBuilder.java b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/chat/formatting/ChatFormatterBuilder.java
index 9177a31..1f2df12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/buttondevteam/chat/formatting/ChatFormatterBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/buttondevteam/chat/formatting/ChatFormatterBuilder.java
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 package buttondevteam.chat.formatting;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
-
 import buttondevteam.lib.chat.*;
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 
 public class ChatFormatterBuilder implements Serializable {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -6115913400749778686L;
@@ -23,8 +26,12 @@ public class ChatFormatterBuilder implements Serializable {
 	short removecharcount = 0;
 	boolean range = false;
 
+	@SneakyThrows
 	public ChatFormatter build() {
-		return new ChatFormatter((ChatFormatterBuilder) SerializationUtils.clone(this));
+		final ByteArrayOutputStream str = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		new ObjectOutputStream(str).writeObject(this);
+		return new ChatFormatter(
+				(ChatFormatterBuilder) new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(str.toByteArray())).readObject());
 	}
 
 	public Pattern getRegex() {