diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/java/world/JavaUpdateTileEntityTranslator.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/java/world/JavaUpdateTileEntityTranslator.java
index 822be8c89..ae4ed7792 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/java/world/JavaUpdateTileEntityTranslator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/network/translators/java/world/JavaUpdateTileEntityTranslator.java
@@ -40,12 +40,17 @@ public class JavaUpdateTileEntityTranslator extends PacketTranslator<ServerUpdat
     @Override
     public void translate(ServerUpdateTileEntityPacket packet, GeyserSession session) {
         String id = BlockEntityUtils.getBedrockBlockEntityId(packet.getType().name());
+        if (packet.getNbt().isEmpty()) { // Fixes errors in CubeCraft sending empty NBT
+            BlockEntityUtils.updateBlockEntity(session, null, packet.getPosition());
+            return;
+        }
         BlockEntityTranslator translator = BlockEntityUtils.getBlockEntityTranslator(id);
         // If not null then the BlockState is used in BlockEntityTranslator.translateTag()
-        if (ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.get(packet.getPosition()) != null) {
+        if (ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.containsKey(packet.getPosition())) {
+            int blockState = ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.getOrDefault(packet.getPosition(), 0);
             BlockEntityUtils.updateBlockEntity(session, translator.getBlockEntityTag(id, packet.getNbt(),
-                    ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.get(packet.getPosition())), packet.getPosition());
-            ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.remove(packet.getPosition());
+                    blockState), packet.getPosition());
+            ChunkUtils.CACHED_BLOCK_ENTITIES.remove(packet.getPosition(), blockState);
         } else {
             BlockEntityUtils.updateBlockEntity(session, translator.getBlockEntityTag(id, packet.getNbt(), 0), packet.getPosition());
         }