diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCodeCollection.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCodeCollection.cs
index f3ee385..af3380b 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCodeCollection.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/FormattingCodeCollection.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace MLEM.Formatting {
-    public class FormattingCodeCollection : Dictionary<int, List<FormattingCode>> {
+    public class FormattingCodeCollection : Dictionary<int, List<FormattingCodeData>> {
+
+    }
+
+    public class FormattingCodeData {
+
+        public readonly FormattingCode Code;
+        public readonly Match Match;
+        public readonly int UnformattedIndex;
+
+        public FormattingCodeData(FormattingCode code, Match match, int unformattedIndex) {
+            this.Code = code;
+            this.Match = match;
+            this.UnformattedIndex = unformattedIndex;
+        }
 
     }
 }
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diff --git a/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs b/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
index 49b7e85..6947741 100644
--- a/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Formatting/TextFormatting.cs
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
                 if (code == null)
                     continue;
                 var index = match.Index - codeLengths;
+                var data = new FormattingCodeData(code, match, index);
                 if (codes.TryGetValue(index, out var curr)) {
-                    curr.Add(code);
+                    curr.Add(data);
                 } else {
-                    codes.Add(index, new List<FormattingCode> {code});
+                    codes.Add(index, new List<FormattingCodeData> {data});
                 }
                 codeLengths += match.Length - code.GetReplacementString(font).Length;
             }
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             foreach (var c in unformattedText) {
                 // check if the current character's index has a formatting code
                 if (formatting.TryGetValue(formatIndex, out var codes)) {
-                    foreach (var code in codes) {
+                    foreach (var data in codes) {
+                        var code = data.Code;
                         // if so, apply it
                         switch (code.CodeType) {
                             case FormattingCode.Type.Color: