diff --git a/app/config/motd_format.json b/app/config/motd_format.json
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+{
+    "dark_red":"§4",
+    "red":"§c",
+    "gold":"§6",
+    "yellow":"§e",
+    "dark_green":"§2",
+    "green":"§a",
+    "aqua":"§b",
+    "dark_aqua":"§3",
+    "dark_blue":"§1",
+    "blue":"§9",
+    "light_purple":"§d",
+    "dark_purple":"§5",
+    "white":"§f",
+    "gray":"§7",
+    "dark_gray":"§8",
+    "black":"§0",
+    "reset":"§r",
+    "bold":"§l",
+    "italic":"§o",
+    "underlined":"§n",
+    "strikethrough":"§m",
+    "obfuscated":"§k"
+}