diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/processors/HeightmapProcessor.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/processors/HeightmapProcessor.java
index 769aac96e..b51f9c5c8 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/processors/HeightmapProcessor.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/processors/HeightmapProcessor.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.boydti.fawe.beta.IBatchProcessor;
 import com.boydti.fawe.beta.IChunk;
 import com.boydti.fawe.beta.IChunkGet;
 import com.boydti.fawe.beta.IChunkSet;
+import com.boydti.fawe.beta.implementation.blocks.CharBlocks;
 import com.boydti.fawe.beta.implementation.lighting.HeightMapType;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.extent.Extent;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.world.World;
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ public class HeightmapProcessor implements IBatchProcessor {
                     }
                     if (block == null || block.getBlockType() == RESERVED) {
                         if (!hasSectionGet) continue;
+                        // TODO this is only a workaround to avoid large stacktraces
+                        // and needs to be fixed in CharBlocks/BukkitGetBlocks
+                        if (((CharBlocks) get).blocks[y >> 4] == null) continue;
+
                         block = get.getBlock(x, y, z);
                     }
                     // fast skip if block isn't relevant for any height map