diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/AbstractCellInventory.java b/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/AbstractCellInventory.java
index 2cf41b6a1..27ca71d3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/AbstractCellInventory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/AbstractCellInventory.java
@@ -192,16 +192,29 @@ public abstract class AbstractCellInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>> implements IC
 		this.cellItems.resetStatus(); // clears totals and stuff.
 
 		final int types = (int) this.getStoredItemTypes();
+		boolean needsUpdate = false;
 
 		for( int slot = 0; slot < types; slot++ )
 		{
 			NBTTagCompound compoundTag = this.tagCompound.getCompoundTag( ITEM_SLOT_KEYS[slot] );
 			int stackSize = this.tagCompound.getInteger( ITEM_SLOT_COUNT_KEYS[slot] );
-			this.loadCellItem( compoundTag, stackSize );
+			needsUpdate |= !this.loadCellItem( compoundTag, stackSize );
+		}
+
+		if( needsUpdate )
+		{
+			this.saveChanges();
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected abstract void loadCellItem( NBTTagCompound compoundTag, int stackSize );
+	/**
+	 * Load a single item.
+	 *
+	 * @param compoundTag
+	 * @param stackSize
+	 * @return true when successfully loaded
+	 */
+	protected abstract boolean loadCellItem( NBTTagCompound compoundTag, int stackSize );
 
 	@Override
 	public IItemList<T> getAvailableItems( final IItemList<T> out )
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/BasicCellInventory.java b/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/BasicCellInventory.java
index e7ed348e6..15cdff2d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/BasicCellInventory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/me/storage/BasicCellInventory.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public class BasicCellInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends AbstractCellInven
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void loadCellItem( NBTTagCompound compoundTag, int stackSize )
+	protected boolean loadCellItem( NBTTagCompound compoundTag, int stackSize )
 	{
 		// Now load the item stack
 		final T t;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class BasicCellInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends AbstractCellInven
 			if( t == null )
 			{
 				AELog.warn( "Removing item " + compoundTag + " from storage cell because the associated item type couldn't be found." );
-				return;
+				return false;
 			}
 		}
 		catch( Throwable ex )
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ public class BasicCellInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends AbstractCellInven
 			if( AEConfig.instance().isRemoveCrashingItemsOnLoad() )
 			{
 				AELog.warn( ex, "Removing item " + compoundTag + " from storage cell because loading the ItemStack crashed." );
-				return;
+				return false;
 			}
 			throw ex;
 		}
@@ -282,5 +282,7 @@ public class BasicCellInventory<T extends IAEStack<T>> extends AbstractCellInven
 		{
 			this.cellItems.add( t );
 		}
+
+		return true;
 	}
 }