diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/tileentity/TileEntityShrineCore.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/tileentity/TileEntityShrineCore.java
index 2fdd0393..b03f23be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/tileentity/TileEntityShrineCore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/tileentity/TileEntityShrineCore.java
@@ -142,12 +142,17 @@ public class TileEntityShrineCore extends TileEntity implements ITickable {
 		double z = this.pos.getZ() + 0.5;
 
 		if(!world.isRemote){
+
 			WizardryPacketHandler.net.sendToAllAround(new PacketConquerShrine.Message(this.pos),
 					new NetworkRegistry.TargetPoint(this.world.provider.getDimension(), x, y, z, 64));
-		}
 
-		world.setBlockState(pos, WizardryBlocks.runestone_pedestal.getDefaultState()
-				.withProperty(BlockPedestal.ELEMENT, world.getBlockState(pos).getValue(BlockPedestal.ELEMENT)));
+			if(world.getBlockState(pos).getBlock() == WizardryBlocks.runestone_pedestal){
+				world.setBlockState(pos, WizardryBlocks.runestone_pedestal.getDefaultState()
+						.withProperty(BlockPedestal.ELEMENT, world.getBlockState(pos).getValue(BlockPedestal.ELEMENT)));
+			}else{
+				Wizardry.logger.warn("What's going on?! A shrine core is being conquered but the block at its position is not a runestone pedestal!");
+			}
+		}
 
 		world.markTileEntityForRemoval(this);