diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/helpers/MultiCraftingTracker.java b/src/main/java/appeng/helpers/MultiCraftingTracker.java
index 464ef0716..8d8d4e2b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/helpers/MultiCraftingTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/helpers/MultiCraftingTracker.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class MultiCraftingTracker
 
 	private Future<ICraftingJob>[] jobs = null;
 	private ICraftingLink[] links = null;
+	private int failedCraftTriesSlot[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
 
 	public MultiCraftingTracker( final ICraftingRequester o, final int size )
 	{
@@ -130,10 +131,14 @@ public class MultiCraftingTracker
 				if( this.getLink( x ) == null )
 				{
 					final IAEItemStack aisC = ais.copy();
-					aisC.setStackSize( itemToCraft );
-
-					this.setJob( x, cg.beginCraftingJob( w, g, mySrc, aisC, null ) );
+					if (this.failedCraftTriesSlot[x] == 0) {
+						aisC.setStackSize(itemToCraft);
+						this.setJob(x, cg.beginCraftingJob(w, g, mySrc, aisC, null));
+					}
+					if (getJob(x) != null) this.failedCraftTriesSlot[x] = 0;
+					else this.failedCraftTriesSlot[x] += 2;
 				}
+				this.failedCraftTriesSlot[x] += 2;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;