diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c39914e44..7659f854e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <groupId>me.lokka30</groupId>
     <artifactId>LevelledMobs</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3.2 b594</version>
+    <version>3.3.2 b595</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>LevelledMobs</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/lokka30/levelledmobs/listeners/paper/PlayerDeathListener.java b/src/main/java/me/lokka30/levelledmobs/listeners/paper/PlayerDeathListener.java
index 34788b7bf..3ea3a005c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/lokka30/levelledmobs/listeners/paper/PlayerDeathListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/lokka30/levelledmobs/listeners/paper/PlayerDeathListener.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.legacy.LegacyComponentSerializer;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
 import org.bukkit.entity.LivingEntity;
@@ -78,13 +79,8 @@ else if (damager instanceof LivingEntity)
     private void updateDeathMessage(@NotNull final PlayerDeathEvent event, final String mobName){
         final TranslatableComponent tc = (TranslatableComponent) event.deathMessage();
         if (tc == null) return;
-        String playerKilled = null;
-
-        for (final net.kyori.adventure.text.Component com : tc.args()){
-            if (com instanceof TextComponent)
-                playerKilled = ((TextComponent) com).content();
-        }
 
+        final String playerKilled = extractPlayerName(tc);
         if (playerKilled == null) return;
 
         final TextComponent tcMobName = LegacyComponentSerializer.legacySection().deserialize(mobName);
@@ -94,4 +90,33 @@ private void updateDeathMessage(@NotNull final PlayerDeathEvent event, final Str
 
         event.deathMessage(newCom);
     }
+
+    @Nullable
+    private String extractPlayerName(final @NotNull TranslatableComponent tc){
+        String playerKilled = null;
+
+        for (final net.kyori.adventure.text.Component com : tc.args()){
+            if (com instanceof TextComponent) {
+                final TextComponent tc2 = (TextComponent) com;
+                playerKilled = tc2.content();
+
+                if (playerKilled.isEmpty() && tc2.hoverEvent() != null) {
+                    // in rare cases the above method returns a empty string
+                    // we'll extract the player name from the hover event
+                    final HoverEvent<?> he = tc2.hoverEvent();
+                    if (he == null || !(he.value() instanceof HoverEvent.ShowEntity)) return null;
+
+                    final HoverEvent.ShowEntity se = (HoverEvent.ShowEntity) he.value();
+
+                    if (se.name() instanceof TextComponent){
+                        final TextComponent tc3 = (TextComponent) se.name();
+                        playerKilled = tc3.content();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return playerKilled != null && playerKilled.isEmpty() ?
+                null : playerKilled;
+    }
 }