diff --git a/Application/EventParsers/BaseEventParser.cs b/Application/EventParsers/BaseEventParser.cs
index 4dc14a982..fd1549747 100644
--- a/Application/EventParsers/BaseEventParser.cs
+++ b/Application/EventParsers/BaseEventParser.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public BaseEventParser(IParserRegexFactory parserRegexFactory, ILogger logger, A
             Configuration = new DynamicEventParserConfiguration(parserRegexFactory)
             {
                 GameDirectory = "main",
+                LocalizeText = "\x15",
             };
 
             Configuration.Say.Pattern = @"^(say|sayteam);(-?[A-Fa-f0-9_]{1,32}|bot[0-9]+|0);([0-9]+);([^;]*);(.*)$";
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ public virtual GameEvent GenerateGameEvent(string logLine)
                 if (matchResult.Success)
                 {
                     var message = matchResult.Values[Configuration.Say.GroupMapping[ParserRegex.GroupType.Message]]
-                        .Replace("\x15", "")
+                        .Replace(Configuration.LocalizeText, "")
                         .Trim();
 
                     if (message.Length > 0)
diff --git a/Application/EventParsers/DynamicEventParserConfiguration.cs b/Application/EventParsers/DynamicEventParserConfiguration.cs
index 55d1455b2..df093391f 100644
--- a/Application/EventParsers/DynamicEventParserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Application/EventParsers/DynamicEventParserConfiguration.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ internal sealed class DynamicEventParserConfiguration : IEventParserConfiguratio
     {
         public string GameDirectory { get; set; }
         public ParserRegex Say { get; set; }
+        public string LocalizeText { get; set; }
         public ParserRegex Join { get; set; }
         public ParserRegex JoinTeam { get; set; }
         public ParserRegex Quit { get; set; }
diff --git a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserS1x.js b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserS1x.js
index bb56df7c5..e596130ef 100644
--- a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserS1x.js
+++ b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/ParserS1x.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var plugin = {
         rconParser.Configuration.DefaultRConPort = 27016;
 
         eventParser.Configuration.GameDirectory = '';
+        eventParser.Configuration.GameDirectory = '\x1F';
 
         rconParser.Version = 'S1 MP 1.22 build 2195988 Wed Apr 18 11:26:14 2018 win64';
         rconParser.GameName = 9; // SHG1
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IEventParserConfiguration.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IEventParserConfiguration.cs
index cdf3889da..9e247d394 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IEventParserConfiguration.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/IEventParserConfiguration.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ public interface IEventParserConfiguration
         /// </summary>
         ParserRegex Say { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     stores the special ASCII value used by CoD games that prevents the text in the chat from being localized
+        /// </summary>
+        string LocalizeText { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     stores the regex information for a join event printed in the game log
         /// </summary>