diff --git a/Robust.Client/UserInterface/RichText/MarkupTagManager.cs b/Robust.Client/UserInterface/RichText/MarkupTagManager.cs
index 3a5f39f46..31f3aa353 100644
--- a/Robust.Client/UserInterface/RichText/MarkupTagManager.cs
+++ b/Robust.Client/UserInterface/RichText/MarkupTagManager.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public sealed class MarkupTagManager
                 continue;
 
             var instance = (IMarkupTag)_sandboxHelper.CreateInstance(type);
-            _markupTagTypes.Add(instance.Name.ToLower(),  instance);
+            _markupTagTypes[instance.Name.ToLower()] = instance;
         }
 
         foreach (var (_, tag) in _markupTagTypes)
diff --git a/Robust.Shared/Utility/FormattedMessage.MarkupParser.cs b/Robust.Shared/Utility/FormattedMessage.MarkupParser.cs
index c60899086..7192342ec 100644
--- a/Robust.Shared/Utility/FormattedMessage.MarkupParser.cs
+++ b/Robust.Shared/Utility/FormattedMessage.MarkupParser.cs
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public sealed partial class FormattedMessage
     private static readonly Parser<char, List<MarkupNode>> Text =
          EscapeSequence.Or(Token(c => c != '[' && c != '\\'))
                 .AtLeastOnceString()
-                .Select(s => new MarkupNode(s))
-                .Select(tag => new List<MarkupNode>{tag});
+                .Select(s => new List<MarkupNode>{new(s)});
 
     //Parses a string of letters or digits beginning with a letter
 	private static readonly Parser<char, string> Identifier =