diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
index bd8e309aa..84e8139c4 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_21_9to1_21_7/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_21_9.java
@@ -315,10 +315,11 @@ private String randomHackyEmptyName() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         // Player names cannot be updated after the initial add without fully respawning them;
         // Stack random color codes to appear as an empty name, later filled with a team prefix
-        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
             final int random = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(ChatColorUtil.ALL_CODES.length());
             builder.append('§').append(ChatColorUtil.ALL_CODES.charAt(random));
         }
+        builder.append("§r");
         return builder.toString();
     }