diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8027040..bd74235 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly fg.deobf("mezz.jei:jei-1.16.2:7.3.2.25:api")
     runtimeOnly fg.deobf("mezz.jei:jei-1.16.2:7.3.2.25")
 
-    // to test the rf requiring stuff
-    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:powah:3057732")
-    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:lollipop:3057731")
+    // to test the rf requiring and crafting stuff
+    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:powah-352656:3057732")
+    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:lollipop-347954:3057731")
+    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:mcjtylib-233105:3131241")
+    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:rftools-base-326041:3140147")
+    runtimeOnly fg.deobf("curse.maven:rftools-utility-342466:3152948")
 }
 
 // Example for how to get properties into the manifest for reading by the runtime..
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/IModule.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/IModule.java
index faf88b8..ff77258 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/IModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/IModule.java
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ public interface IModule {
 
     List<ItemStack> getAllCraftables(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile);
 
-    int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain);
+    int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain);
 
-    ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack);
+    ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain);
 
     Integer getCustomNextNode(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, List<BlockPos> nodes, int index);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/ModuleItem.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/ModuleItem.java
index f709c50..60fae92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/ModuleItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/items/ModuleItem.java
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ public abstract class ModuleItem extends Item implements IModule {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain) {
+    public int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         return 0;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack) {
+    public ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         return stack;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/network/PipeNetwork.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/network/PipeNetwork.java
index 87167e0..8d804a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/network/PipeNetwork.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/network/PipeNetwork.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.PrettyPipes;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.Registry;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.Utility;
-import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.items.IModule;
-import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.items.ModuleItem;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.misc.ItemEqualityType;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.packets.PacketHandler;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.packets.PacketItemEnterPipe;
@@ -196,17 +194,17 @@ public class PipeNetwork implements ICapabilitySerializable<CompoundNBT>, GraphL
                 return remain;
         }
         // check craftable items
-        return this.requestCraftedItem(destPipe, null, remain, equalityTypes);
+        return this.requestCraftedItem(destPipe, null, remain, new Stack<>(), equalityTypes);
     }
 
-    public ItemStack requestCraftedItem(BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
+    public ItemStack requestCraftedItem(BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
         for (Pair<BlockPos, ItemStack> craftable : this.getAllCraftables(destPipe)) {
             if (!ItemEqualityType.compareItems(stack, craftable.getRight(), equalityTypes))
                 continue;
             PipeTileEntity pipe = this.getPipe(craftable.getLeft());
             if (pipe == null)
                 continue;
-            stack = pipe.craft(destPipe, unavailableConsumer, stack);
+            stack = pipe.craft(destPipe, unavailableConsumer, stack, dependencyChain);
             if (stack.isEmpty())
                 break;
         }
@@ -301,7 +299,7 @@ public class PipeNetwork implements ICapabilitySerializable<CompoundNBT>, GraphL
         return craftables;
     }
 
-    public int getCraftableAmount(BlockPos node, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
+    public int getCraftableAmount(BlockPos node, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
         int total = 0;
         for (Pair<BlockPos, ItemStack> pair : this.getAllCraftables(node)) {
             if (!ItemEqualityType.compareItems(pair.getRight(), stack, equalityTypes))
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/PipeTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/PipeTileEntity.java
index cc4c537..2f68aa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/PipeTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/PipeTileEntity.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.PrettyPipes;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.Registry;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.Utility;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.items.IModule;
-import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.items.ModuleItem;
+import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.misc.ItemEqualityType;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.network.NetworkLock;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.network.PipeNetwork;
 import de.ellpeck.prettypipes.pipe.containers.MainPipeContainer;
@@ -307,13 +307,13 @@ public class PipeTileEntity extends TileEntity implements INamedContainerProvide
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
-    public int getCraftableAmount(Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain) {
+    public int getCraftableAmount(Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         int total = 0;
         Iterator<Pair<ItemStack, IModule>> modules = this.streamModules().iterator();
         while (modules.hasNext()) {
             Pair<ItemStack, IModule> module = modules.next();
             // make sure we don't factor in recursive dependencies like ingot -> block -> ingot etc.
-            if (!dependencyChain.contains(module.getRight())) {
+            if (dependencyChain.stream().noneMatch(d -> ItemEqualityType.compareItems(module.getLeft(), d, ItemEqualityType.NBT))) {
                 int amount = module.getRight().getCraftableAmount(module.getLeft(), this, unavailableConsumer, stack, dependencyChain);
                 if (amount > 0)
                     total += amount;
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ public class PipeTileEntity extends TileEntity implements INamedContainerProvide
         return total;
     }
 
-    public ItemStack craft(BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack) {
+    public ItemStack craft(BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         Iterator<Pair<ItemStack, IModule>> modules = this.streamModules().iterator();
         while (modules.hasNext()) {
             Pair<ItemStack, IModule> module = modules.next();
-            stack = module.getRight().craft(module.getLeft(), this, destPipe, unavailableConsumer, stack);
+            stack = module.getRight().craft(module.getLeft(), this, destPipe, unavailableConsumer, stack, dependencyChain);
             if (stack.isEmpty())
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/modules/craft/CraftingModuleItem.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/modules/craft/CraftingModuleItem.java
index 1cfe20d..8750856 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/modules/craft/CraftingModuleItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/pipe/modules/craft/CraftingModuleItem.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class CraftingModuleItem extends ModuleItem {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain) {
+    public int getCraftableAmount(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         PipeNetwork network = PipeNetwork.get(tile.getWorld());
         List<NetworkLocation> items = network.getOrderedNetworkItems(tile.getPos());
         ItemEqualityType[] equalityTypes = ItemFilter.getEqualityTypes(tile);
@@ -148,12 +148,8 @@ public class CraftingModuleItem extends ModuleItem {
         for (int i = 0; i < output.getSlots(); i++) {
             ItemStack out = output.getStackInSlot(i);
             if (!out.isEmpty() && ItemEqualityType.compareItems(out, stack, equalityTypes)) {
-                // we copy the dependency chain, because we want to pass down the dependencies for this output only
-                Stack<IModule> deps = (Stack<IModule>) dependencyChain.clone();
-                // we can craft this item *in general*, so add us to the dependency chain
-                deps.push(this);
                 // figure out how many crafting operations we can actually do with the input items we have in the network
-                int availableCrafts = CraftingTerminalTileEntity.getAvailableCrafts(tile, input.getSlots(), input::getStackInSlot, k -> true, s -> items, unavailableConsumer, deps, equalityTypes);
+                int availableCrafts = CraftingTerminalTileEntity.getAvailableCrafts(tile, input.getSlots(), input::getStackInSlot, k -> true, s -> items, unavailableConsumer, addDependency(dependencyChain, module), equalityTypes);
                 if (availableCrafts > 0)
                     craftable += out.getCount() * availableCrafts;
             }
@@ -162,9 +158,9 @@ public class CraftingModuleItem extends ModuleItem {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack) {
+    public ItemStack craft(ItemStack module, PipeTileEntity tile, BlockPos destPipe, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain) {
         // check if we can craft the required amount of items
-        int craftableAmount = this.getCraftableAmount(module, tile, unavailableConsumer, stack, new Stack<>());
+        int craftableAmount = this.getCraftableAmount(module, tile, unavailableConsumer, stack, dependencyChain);
         if (craftableAmount <= 0)
             return stack;
 
@@ -183,7 +179,7 @@ public class CraftingModuleItem extends ModuleItem {
                 continue;
             ItemStack copy = in.copy();
             copy.setCount(in.getCount() * toCraft);
-            Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> ret = ItemTerminalTileEntity.requestItemLater(tile.getWorld(), tile.getPos(), items, unavailableConsumer, copy, equalityTypes);
+            Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> ret = ItemTerminalTileEntity.requestItemLater(tile.getWorld(), tile.getPos(), items, unavailableConsumer, copy, addDependency(dependencyChain, module), equalityTypes);
             tile.craftIngredientRequests.addAll(ret.getLeft());
         }
 
@@ -229,4 +225,10 @@ public class CraftingModuleItem extends ModuleItem {
         }
         return resultAmount;
     }
+
+    private static Stack<ItemStack> addDependency(Stack<ItemStack> deps, ItemStack module) {
+        deps = (Stack<ItemStack>) deps.clone();
+        deps.push(module);
+        return deps;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/CraftingTerminalTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/CraftingTerminalTileEntity.java
index f2ccca5..8ddd6aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/CraftingTerminalTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/CraftingTerminalTileEntity.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class CraftingTerminalTileEntity extends ItemTerminalTileEntity {
         return remain;
     }
 
-    public static int getAvailableCrafts(PipeTileEntity tile, int slots, Function<Integer, ItemStack> inputFunction, Predicate<Integer> isGhost, Function<EquatableItemStack, Collection<NetworkLocation>> locationsFunction, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, Stack<IModule> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
+    public static int getAvailableCrafts(PipeTileEntity tile, int slots, Function<Integer, ItemStack> inputFunction, Predicate<Integer> isGhost, Function<EquatableItemStack, Collection<NetworkLocation>> locationsFunction, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
         PipeNetwork network = PipeNetwork.get(tile.getWorld());
         // the highest amount we can craft with the items we have
         int lowestAvailable = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/ItemTerminalTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/ItemTerminalTileEntity.java
index 406441e..952eda7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/ItemTerminalTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ellpeck/prettypipes/terminal/ItemTerminalTileEntity.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class ItemTerminalTileEntity extends TileEntity implements INamedContaine
     public int requestItemImpl(ItemStack stack, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer) {
         NetworkItem item = this.networkItems.get(new EquatableItemStack(stack, ItemEqualityType.NBT));
         Collection<NetworkLocation> locations = item == null ? Collections.emptyList() : item.getLocations();
-        Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> ret = requestItemLater(this.world, this.getConnectedPipe().getPos(), locations, unavailableConsumer, stack, ItemEqualityType.NBT);
+        Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> ret = requestItemLater(this.world, this.getConnectedPipe().getPos(), locations, unavailableConsumer, stack, new Stack<>(), ItemEqualityType.NBT);
         this.existingRequests.addAll(ret.getLeft());
         return stack.getCount() - ret.getRight().getCount();
     }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class ItemTerminalTileEntity extends TileEntity implements INamedContaine
         return true;
     }
 
-    public static Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> requestItemLater(World world, BlockPos destPipe, Collection<NetworkLocation> locations, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
+    public static Pair<List<NetworkLock>, ItemStack> requestItemLater(World world, BlockPos destPipe, Collection<NetworkLocation> locations, Consumer<ItemStack> unavailableConsumer, ItemStack stack, Stack<ItemStack> dependencyChain, ItemEqualityType... equalityTypes) {
         List<NetworkLock> requests = new ArrayList<>();
         ItemStack remain = stack.copy();
         PipeNetwork network = PipeNetwork.get(world);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public class ItemTerminalTileEntity extends TileEntity implements INamedContaine
         }
         // check for craftable items
         if (!remain.isEmpty())
-            remain = network.requestCraftedItem(destPipe, unavailableConsumer, remain, equalityTypes);
+            remain = network.requestCraftedItem(destPipe, unavailableConsumer, remain, dependencyChain, equalityTypes);
         return Pair.of(requests, remain);
     }