diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viarewind/protocol/v1_9to1_8/rewriter/PlayerPacketRewriter1_9.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viarewind/protocol/v1_9to1_8/rewriter/PlayerPacketRewriter1_9.java
index cfb710b2b..626e00eda 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viarewind/protocol/v1_9to1_8/rewriter/PlayerPacketRewriter1_9.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viarewind/protocol/v1_9to1_8/rewriter/PlayerPacketRewriter1_9.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public void register() {
 
 			final PacketWrapper chatMessage = wrapper.create(ClientboundPackets1_8.CHAT);
 			chatMessage.write(Types.COMPONENT, message);
-			chatMessage.write(Types.BYTE, (byte) 1); // Position - in chat
+			chatMessage.write(Types.BYTE, (byte) 2); // Position - above hotbar
 			chatMessage.scheduleSend(Protocol1_9To1_8.class);
 		});