diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/SaveHandler.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/SaveHandler.scala
index b16a850d4..c7fb5b454 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/SaveHandler.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/SaveHandler.scala
@@ -83,11 +83,16 @@ object SaveHandler {
 
   def loadNBT(nbt: NBTTagCompound, name: String): NBTTagCompound = {
     val data = load(nbt, name)
-    if (data.length > 0) {
+    if (data.length > 0) try {
       val bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(data)
       val dis = new DataInputStream(bais)
       CompressedStreamTools.read(dis)
     }
+    catch {
+      case t: Throwable =>
+        OpenComputers.log.warn("There was an error trying to restore a block's state from external data. This indicates that data was somehow corrupted.", t)
+        new NBTTagCompound()
+    }
     else new NBTTagCompound()
   }