diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/forge/wrappers/chunk/ChunkWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/forge/wrappers/chunk/ChunkWrapper.java
index 27bc79177..6393d6916 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/forge/wrappers/chunk/ChunkWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/forge/wrappers/chunk/ChunkWrapper.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class ChunkWrapper implements IChunkWrapper
 	@Override
 	public IBlockShapeWrapper getBlockShapeWrapper(int x, int y, int z)
 	{
+		if (y < 0) y = 0; //TODO replace with value from version specific constants
 		Block block = chunk.getSections()[y >> CHUNK_SECTION_SHIFT].getBlockState(x & CHUNK_SIZE_MASK, y & CHUNK_SECTION_MASK, z & CHUNK_SIZE_MASK).getBlock();
 		return BlockShapeWrapper.getBlockShapeWrapper(block, this, x, y, z);
 	}