diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
index ec91daed4a..9f194d731a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/mixin/ChatHudMixin.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ private int addMessageListSizeProxy(int size) {
 
     @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "render", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/util/math/MathHelper;ceil(F)I"))
     private int onRender_modifyWidth(int width) {
-        return betterChat.modifyChatWidth(width);
+        return getBetterChat().modifyChatWidth(width);
     }
 
     @ModifyReceiver(method = "render", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/gui/DrawContext;drawTextWithShadow(Lnet/minecraft/client/font/TextRenderer;Lnet/minecraft/text/OrderedText;III)I"))