diff --git a/mods/CORE/mcl_util/init.lua b/mods/CORE/mcl_util/init.lua
index ec2aa3017d..a43c3d5d0b 100644
--- a/mods/CORE/mcl_util/init.lua
+++ b/mods/CORE/mcl_util/init.lua
@@ -409,9 +409,8 @@ end
 function mcl_util.get_color(colorstr)
 	local mc_color = mcl_colors[colorstr:upper()]
 	if mc_color then
-		return mc_color
-	end
-	if #colorstr ~= 7 or colorstr:sub(1, 1) ~= "#"then
+		colorstr = mc_color
+	elseif #colorstr ~= 7 or colorstr:sub(1, 1) ~= "#"then
 		return
 	end
 	local hex = tonumber(colorstr:sub(2, 7), 16)