diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Minosoft.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Minosoft.java
index b9a8cea14..e80d69e13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Minosoft.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/Minosoft.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.network.Connection;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.protocol.ProtocolVersion;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.util.OSUtil;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.util.Util;
+import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ public class Minosoft {
     }
 
     private static void loadMappings() {
-
         try {
             for (ProtocolVersion version : ProtocolVersion.versionMappingArray) {
                 if (version.getVersionNumber() < ProtocolVersion.VERSION_1_12_2.getVersionNumber()) {
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ public class Minosoft {
 
                 }
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (IOException | JSONException e) {
+            Log.fatal("Error occurred while loading version mapping: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
             System.exit(1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/blocks/Block.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/blocks/Block.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127a92ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/blocks/Block.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Codename Minosoft
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Moritz Zwerger
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  This software is not affiliated with Mojang AB, the original developer of Minecraft.
+ */
+
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.game.datatypes.blocks;
+
+public class Block {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/entities/Items.java b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/entities/Items.java
index 0888ec822..9e55a06ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/entities/Items.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/game/datatypes/entities/Items.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.game.datatypes.entities;
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.protocol.ProtocolVersion;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -27,7 +26,11 @@ public class Items {
     static HashMap<ProtocolVersion, HashMap<Integer, String>> itemProtocolMap = new HashMap<>();
 
     public static String getIdentifierByLegacy(int id, int metaData, ProtocolVersion version) {
-        return getIdentifier((id << 4 | metaData), version);
+        int itemId = id << 4;
+        if (metaData > 0 && metaData <= 15) {
+            itemId |= metaData;
+        }
+        return getIdentifier(itemId, version);
     }
 
     public static String getIdentifier(int id, ProtocolVersion version) {
@@ -37,10 +40,20 @@ public class Items {
         return itemProtocolMap.get(version).get(id);
     }
 
-    public static void load(ProtocolVersion version, JSONObject json) throws IOException {
+    public static void load(ProtocolVersion version, JSONObject json) {
         HashMap<Integer, String> versionMapping = new HashMap<>();
-        if (version == ProtocolVersion.VERSION_1_13_2) {
-            // old format
+        if (version.getVersionNumber() <= ProtocolVersion.VERSION_1_12_2.getVersionNumber()) {
+            // old format (with metadata
+            for (Iterator<String> it = json.keys(); it.hasNext(); ) {
+                String identifier = it.next();
+                JSONObject identifierJSON = json.getJSONObject(identifier);
+                int itemId = identifierJSON.getInt("protocol_id") << 4;
+                if (identifierJSON.has("protocol_meta")) {
+                    itemId |= identifierJSON.getInt("protocol_meta");
+                }
+                versionMapping.put(itemId, identifier);
+            }
+        } else {
             for (Iterator<String> it = json.keys(); it.hasNext(); ) {
                 String identifier = it.next();
                 versionMapping.put(json.getJSONObject(identifier).getInt("protocol_id"), identifier);