diff --git a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/block/BlockMimic.java b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/block/BlockMimic.java
index 08324ae1..8a386ff1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/block/BlockMimic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/block/BlockMimic.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class BlockMimic extends BlockStringContainer implements IVariantProvider
             if (stack != null && stack.getItem() instanceof ItemBlock)
             {
                 Block block = ((ItemBlock) stack.getItem()).getBlock();
-                IBlockState mimicState = block.getStateFromMeta(stack.getItemDamage());
+                IBlockState mimicState = block.getStateFromMeta(mimic.metaOfReplacedBlock);
                 if (block != this)
                 {
                     if (block.getRenderType(mimicState) == EnumBlockRenderType.ENTITYBLOCK_ANIMATED)
diff --git a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/item/block/ItemBlockMimic.java b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/item/block/ItemBlockMimic.java
index f6a5641d..0c9b0af2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/item/block/ItemBlockMimic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/item/block/ItemBlockMimic.java
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ public class ItemBlockMimic extends ItemBlock
                 if (tile instanceof TileMimic)
                 {
                     TileMimic mimic = (TileMimic) tile;
+                    mimic.metaOfReplacedBlock = block.getMetaFromState(iblockstate);
                     mimic.setInventorySlotContents(0, replacedStack);
+                    mimic.refreshTileEntity();
+
                     if (player.capabilities.isCreativeMode)
                     {
                         mimic.dropItemsOnBreak = false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/tile/TileMimic.java b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/tile/TileMimic.java
index 1821cff5..a4ac1557 100644
--- a/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/tile/TileMimic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/tile/TileMimic.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package WayofTime.bloodmagic.tile;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.block.ITileEntityProvider;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
@@ -13,14 +15,18 @@ import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumHand;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.relauncher.ReflectionHelper;
 import WayofTime.bloodmagic.registry.ModBlocks;
 import WayofTime.bloodmagic.util.Utils;
 
 public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
 {
+    private static Field _blockMetadata = ReflectionHelper.findField(TileEntity.class, "blockMetadata", "field_145847_g");
+
     public boolean dropItemsOnBreak = true;
     public NBTTagCompound tileTag = new NBTTagCompound();
     public TileEntity mimicedTile = null;
+    public int metaOfReplacedBlock = 0;
 
     public TileMimic()
     {
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
             return false;
 
         Utils.insertItemToTile(this, player);
-        mimicedTile = getTileFromStackWithTag(worldObj, pos, getStackInSlot(0), tileTag);
+        this.refreshTileEntity();
 
         if (player.capabilities.isCreativeMode)
         {
@@ -63,6 +69,11 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
         return false;
     }
 
+    public void refreshTileEntity()
+    {
+        mimicedTile = getTileFromStackWithTag(worldObj, pos, getStackInSlot(0), tileTag, metaOfReplacedBlock);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void readFromNBT(NBTTagCompound tag)
     {
@@ -70,7 +81,8 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
 
         dropItemsOnBreak = tag.getBoolean("dropItemsOnBreak");
         tileTag = tag.getCompoundTag("tileTag");
-        mimicedTile = getTileFromStackWithTag(worldObj, pos, getStackInSlot(0), tileTag);
+        metaOfReplacedBlock = tag.getInteger("metaOfReplacedBlock");
+        mimicedTile = getTileFromStackWithTag(worldObj, pos, getStackInSlot(0), tileTag, metaOfReplacedBlock);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -80,6 +92,7 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
 
         tag.setBoolean("dropItemsOnBreak", dropItemsOnBreak);
         tag.setTag("tileTag", tileTag);
+        tag.setInteger("metaOfReplacedBlock", metaOfReplacedBlock);
 
         return tag;
     }
@@ -116,7 +129,7 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
         return false;
     }
 
-    public static TileEntity getTileFromStackWithTag(World world, BlockPos pos, ItemStack stack, NBTTagCompound tag)
+    public static TileEntity getTileFromStackWithTag(World world, BlockPos pos, ItemStack stack, NBTTagCompound tag, int replacementMeta)
     {
         if (stack != null && stack.getItem() instanceof ItemBlock)
         {
@@ -136,6 +149,17 @@ public class TileMimic extends TileInventory
 
                 tile.setWorldObj(world);
 
+                try
+                {
+                    _blockMetadata.setInt(tile, replacementMeta);
+                } catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
+                {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                } catch (IllegalAccessException e)
+                {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
                 return tile;
             }
         }