diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BiomeWrapper.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BiomeWrapper.java
index 843817892..9cbdd9816 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BiomeWrapper.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/wrappers/block/BiomeWrapper.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
     #endif
 	
 	public static final String EMPTY_STRING = "EMPTY";
-	public static final BiomeWrapper EMPTY_WRAPPER = new BiomeWrapper(null, null);
+	public static final BiomeWrapper EMPTY_WRAPPER = new BiomeWrapper();
 	
 	/** keep track of broken biomes so we don't log every time */
 	private static final HashSet<String> brokenResourceLocationStrings = new HashSet<>();
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 			return newWrapper;
 		}
 	}
-	
 	private BiomeWrapper(#if MC_VER < MC_1_18_2 Biome #else Holder<Biome> #endif biome, ILevelWrapper levelWrapper)
 	{
 		this.biome = biome;
@@ -123,6 +122,13 @@ public class BiomeWrapper implements IBiomeWrapper
 		LOGGER.trace("Created BiomeWrapper ["+this.serialString+"] for ["+biome+"]");
 	}
 	
+	/** should only be used to create {@link BiomeWrapper#EMPTY_WRAPPER} */
+	private BiomeWrapper()
+	{
+		this.biome = null;
+		this.serialString = EMPTY_STRING;
+	}
+	
 	
 	
 	//=========//
diff --git a/coreSubProjects b/coreSubProjects
index 7df442878..5c30d077d 160000
--- a/coreSubProjects
+++ b/coreSubProjects
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7df442878dc533a4b85623c9bb5dd416e401b2b9
+Subproject commit 5c30d077ddf6cf21e5ba2b47c18a2c98d3d15738