diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/type/types/chunk/ChunkSectionType1_8.java b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/type/types/chunk/ChunkSectionType1_8.java
index 73eef9dfd..8d9a8bb48 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/type/types/chunk/ChunkSectionType1_8.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viaversion/api/type/types/chunk/ChunkSectionType1_8.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class ChunkSectionType1_8 extends Type<ChunkSection> {
 
         ByteBuf littleEndianView = buffer.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
         for (int idx = 0; idx < ChunkSection.SIZE; idx++) {
-            blocks.setIdAt(idx, littleEndianView.readShort());
+            blocks.setIdAt(idx, littleEndianView.readUnsignedShort());
         }
 
         return chunkSection;