diff --git a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
index a7dfef83..138892e8 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
@@ -4811,7 +4811,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
 		private static void Rules(CommandArgs args)
 		{
-			TShock.Utils.ShowFileToUser(args.Player, "rules.txt");
+			TShock.Utils.ShowFileToUser(args.Player, FileTools.RulesPath);
 		}
 
 		private static void Whisper(CommandArgs args)
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
index 6af27068..d6fc4a3b 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 		/// <summary>instance - an instance of the utils class</summary>
 		private static readonly Utils instance = new Utils();
 
-		private Regex byteRegex = new Regex("%\\s*(?<r>\\d{1,3})\\s*,\\s*(?<g>\\d{1,3})\\s*,\\s*(?<b>\\d{1,3})\\s*%");
+		/// <summary> This regex will look for the old MotD format for colors and replace them with the new chat format. </summary>
+		private Regex motdColorRegex = new Regex(@"\%\s*(?<r>\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(?<g>\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(?<b>\d{1,3})\s*\%(?<text>((?!\%\s*\d{1,3}\s*,\s*\d{1,3}\s*,\s*\d{1,3}\s*\%).)*)");
 
 		/// <summary>Utils - Creates a utilities object.</summary>
 		private Utils() {}
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			TSPlayer.Server.SendMessage(log, color);
 			foreach (TSPlayer player in TShock.Players)
 			{
-				if (player != null && player != excludedPlayer && player.Active && player.HasPermission(Permissions.logs) && 
+				if (player != null && player != excludedPlayer && player.Active && player.HasPermission(Permissions.logs) &&
 						player.DisplayLogs && TShock.Config.DisableSpewLogs == false)
 					player.SendMessage(log, color);
 			}
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			}
 			return found;
 		}
-				
+
 				/// <summary>
 		/// Gets a prefix by ID or name
 		/// </summary>
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Stops the server after kicking all players with a reason message, and optionally saving the world then attempts to 
+		/// Stops the server after kicking all players with a reason message, and optionally saving the world then attempts to
 		/// restart it.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="save">bool perform a world save before stop (default: true)</param>
@@ -683,7 +684,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 							{
 									TShock.Bans.RemoveBan(ban.IP, false, false, false);
 							}
-							
+
 							return true;
 					}
 
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 		{
 			string foo = "";
 			bool containsOldFormat = false;
-			using (var tr = new StreamReader(Path.Combine(TShock.SavePath, file)))
+			using (var tr = new StreamReader(file))
 			{
 				while ((foo = tr.ReadLine()) != null)
 				{
@@ -710,18 +711,40 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
 					foo = foo.Replace("%map%", (TShock.Config.UseServerName ? TShock.Config.ServerName : Main.worldName));
 					foo = foo.Replace("%players%", String.Join(",", GetPlayers(false)));
-					if (byteRegex.IsMatch(foo) && !containsOldFormat)
+
+					string newFoo = ReplaceDeprecatedColorCodes(foo);
+					if (newFoo != foo && !containsOldFormat)
 					{
 						TShock.Log.ConsoleInfo($"You are using an old color format in file {file}.");
 						TShock.Log.ConsoleInfo("To send coloured text please use Terraria's inbuilt format of: [c/#hex:text].");
 						TShock.Log.ConsoleInfo("For example: [c/ff00aa:This is a message!].");
 						containsOldFormat = true;
 					}
+					foo = newFoo;
+
 					player.SendMessage(foo, Color.White);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Returns a string with deprecated %###,###,###% formats replaced with the new chat format colors.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="input">The input string</param>
+		/// <returns>A replaced version of the input with the new chat color format.</returns>
+		private string ReplaceDeprecatedColorCodes(string input)
+		{
+			String tempString = input;
+			Match match = null;
+
+			while ((match = motdColorRegex.Match(tempString)).Success)
+			{
+				tempString = tempString.Replace(match.Groups[0].Value, String.Format("[c/{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}:{3}]", Int32.Parse(match.Groups["r"].Value), Int32.Parse(match.Groups["g"].Value), Int32.Parse(match.Groups["b"].Value), match.Groups["text"]));
+			}
+
+			return tempString;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Returns a Group from the name of the group
 		/// </summary>
@@ -874,7 +897,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 					int num;
 					if (!int.TryParse(sb.ToString(), out num))
 						return false;
-					
+
 					sb.Clear();
 					switch (str[i])
 					{