diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/CableBusBlock.java b/src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/CableBusBlock.java
index 6a9794f33..ace257fa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/CableBusBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/block/networking/CableBusBlock.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import net.minecraft.item.BlockItemUseContext;
 import net.minecraft.item.DyeColor;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemGroup;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.state.IntegerProperty;
+import net.minecraft.state.StateContainer;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.util.ActionResultType;
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
@@ -82,8 +84,12 @@ public class CableBusBlock extends AEBaseTileBlock<CableBusTileEntity> implement
 
     private static final ICableBusContainer NULL_CABLE_BUS = new NullCableBusContainer();
 
+    private static final IntegerProperty LIGHT_LEVEL = IntegerProperty.create("light_level", 0, 15);
+
     public CableBusBlock() {
-        super(defaultProps(AEMaterials.GLASS).notSolid().noDrops().variableOpacity());
+        super(defaultProps(AEMaterials.GLASS).notSolid().noDrops().variableOpacity()
+                .setLightLevel(state -> state.get(LIGHT_LEVEL)));
+        setDefaultState(getDefaultState().with(LIGHT_LEVEL, 0));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -126,11 +132,9 @@ public class CableBusBlock extends AEBaseTileBlock<CableBusTileEntity> implement
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int getLightValue(final BlockState state, final IBlockReader world, final BlockPos pos) {
-        if (state.getBlock() != this) {
-            return state.getBlock().getLightValue(state, world, pos);
-        }
-        return this.cb(world, pos).getLightValue();
+    protected void fillStateContainer(StateContainer.Builder<Block, BlockState> builder) {
+        super.fillStateContainer(builder);
+        builder.add(LIGHT_LEVEL);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -386,4 +390,13 @@ public class CableBusBlock extends AEBaseTileBlock<CableBusTileEntity> implement
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected BlockState updateBlockStateFromTileEntity(BlockState currentState, CableBusTileEntity te) {
+        if (currentState.getBlock() != this) {
+            return currentState;
+        }
+        int lightLevel = te.getCableBus().getLightValue();
+        return super.updateBlockStateFromTileEntity(currentState, te).with(LIGHT_LEVEL, lightLevel);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/AEBaseTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/AEBaseTileEntity.java
index 02fc63c1d..9d8430c27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/tile/AEBaseTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/tile/AEBaseTileEntity.java
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ import net.minecraft.network.play.server.SUpdateTileEntityPacket;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntityType;
 import net.minecraft.util.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.util.text.ITextComponent;
 import net.minecraft.util.text.StringTextComponent;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.Dist;
+import net.minecraftforge.api.distmarker.OnlyIn;
 import net.minecraftforge.client.model.data.IModelData;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.IItemHandler;
 
@@ -458,4 +461,15 @@ public class AEBaseTileEntity extends TileEntity implements IOrientable, ICommon
         return new AEModelData(up, forward);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * AE Tile Entities will generally confine themselves to rendering within the
+     * bounding block. Forge however would retrieve the collision box here, which is
+     * very expensive.
+     */
+    @OnlyIn(Dist.CLIENT)
+    @Override
+    public AxisAlignedBB getRenderBoundingBox() {
+        return new AxisAlignedBB(pos, pos.add(1, 1, 1));
+    }
+
 }