diff --git a/src/main/java/com/shanebeestudios/skbee/api/NBT/NBTCustomTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/shanebeestudios/skbee/api/NBT/NBTCustomTileEntity.java
index fefb42e93..58181ef36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/shanebeestudios/skbee/api/NBT/NBTCustomTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/shanebeestudios/skbee/api/NBT/NBTCustomTileEntity.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public boolean hasTag(String key) {
     public void mergeCompound(NBTCompound comp) {
         super.mergeCompound(comp);
         if (comp.hasTag("custom")) {
-            NBTCompound custom = comp.getCompound("custom");
+            NBTCompound custom = comp.getOrCreateCompound("custom");
             NBTCompound customNBT = getPersistentDataContainer().getOrCreateCompound(KEY);
             customNBT.mergeCompound(custom);
         }