diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/tile/TileEntityDropper.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/tile/TileEntityDropper.java
index 2aa0b1515..5863bb51f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/tile/TileEntityDropper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/tile/TileEntityDropper.java
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ public class TileEntityDropper extends TileEntityInventoryBase{
     }
 
     private void doWork(){
-        if(StackUtil.isValid(this.removeFromInventory(false))){
-            ItemStack stack = this.removeFromInventory(true);
-            stack = StackUtil.setStackSize(stack, 1);
+        ItemStack theoreticalRemove = this.removeFromInventory(false);
+        if(StackUtil.isValid(theoreticalRemove)){
             IBlockState state = this.world.getBlockState(this.pos);
-            WorldUtil.dropItemAtSide(WorldUtil.getDirectionByPistonRotation(state.getBlock().getMetaFromState(state)), this.world, this.pos, stack);
+            if(WorldUtil.dropItemAtSide(WorldUtil.getDirectionByPistonRotation(state.getBlock().getMetaFromState(state)), this.world, this.pos, StackUtil.setStackSize(theoreticalRemove.copy(), 1))){
+                this.removeFromInventory(true);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/util/WorldUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/util/WorldUtil.java
index 1c6edf728..e901c62ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/util/WorldUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/actuallyadditions/mod/util/WorldUtil.java
@@ -181,13 +181,17 @@ public final class WorldUtil{
         return stack;
     }
 
-    public static void dropItemAtSide(EnumFacing side, World world, BlockPos pos, ItemStack stack){
+    public static boolean dropItemAtSide(EnumFacing side, World world, BlockPos pos, ItemStack stack){
         BlockPos coords = pos.offset(side);
-        EntityItem item = new EntityItem(world, coords.getX()+0.5, coords.getY()+0.5, coords.getZ()+0.5, stack);
-        item.motionX = 0;
-        item.motionY = 0;
-        item.motionZ = 0;
-        world.spawnEntity(item);
+        if(world.isBlockLoaded(coords)){
+            EntityItem item = new EntityItem(world, coords.getX()+0.5, coords.getY()+0.5, coords.getZ()+0.5, stack);
+            item.motionX = 0;
+            item.motionY = 0;
+            item.motionZ = 0;
+
+            return world.spawnEntity(item);
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     public static EnumFacing getDirectionBySidesInOrder(int side){