diff --git a/Xplat/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/LexicaBotaniaItem.java b/Xplat/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/LexicaBotaniaItem.java
index 92c0739818..dd0e7f65be 100644
--- a/Xplat/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/LexicaBotaniaItem.java
+++ b/Xplat/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/LexicaBotaniaItem.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import net.minecraft.ChatFormatting;
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
+import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.tags.TagKey;
@@ -84,9 +85,11 @@ public static Component getEdition() {
 	public static Component getTitle(ItemStack stack) {
 		Component title = stack.getHoverName();
 
+		// Akashic tome tag contains a `text` field, which is a stringified text component
 		String akashicTomeNBT = "akashictome:displayName";
 		if (stack.hasTag() && stack.getTag().contains(akashicTomeNBT)) {
-			title = Component.Serializer.fromJson(stack.getTag().getString(akashicTomeNBT));
+			CompoundTag nameTextComponent = stack.getTag().getCompound(akashicTomeNBT);
+			title = Component.Serializer.fromJson(nameTextComponent.getString("text"));
 		}
 
 		return title;