diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/relays/belt/BeltTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/relays/belt/BeltTileEntity.java
index 253f54500..1624eb195 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/relays/belt/BeltTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/relays/belt/BeltTileEntity.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fml.DistExecutor;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.CapabilityItemHandler;
 import net.minecraftforge.items.IItemHandler;
 
-
 public class BeltTileEntity extends KineticTileEntity implements LightUpdateListener {
 
 	public Map<Entity, TransportedEntityInfo> passengers;
@@ -118,7 +117,8 @@ public class BeltTileEntity extends KineticTileEntity implements LightUpdateList
 
 		if (light == null && world.isRemote) {
 			initializeLight();
-			LightUpdater.getInstance().startListening(getBeltVolume(), this);
+			LightUpdater.getInstance()
+				.startListening(getBeltVolume(), this);
 		}
 
 		getInventory().tick();
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ public class BeltTileEntity extends KineticTileEntity implements LightUpdateList
 	private boolean canInsertFrom(Direction side) {
 		if (getSpeed() == 0)
 			return false;
+		BlockState state = getBlockState();
+		if (state.contains(BeltBlock.SLOPE)
+			&& (state.get(BeltBlock.SLOPE) == BeltSlope.SIDEWAYS || state.get(BeltBlock.SLOPE) == BeltSlope.VERTICAL))
+			return false;
 		return getMovementFacing() != side.getOpposite();
 	}
 
@@ -515,7 +519,10 @@ public class BeltTileEntity extends KineticTileEntity implements LightUpdateList
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean shouldRenderAsTE() {
-		return isController();
+		if (world == null)
+			return isController();
+		BlockState state = getBlockState();
+		return state != null && state.contains(BeltBlock.PART) && state.get(BeltBlock.PART) == BeltPart.START;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/redstone/NixieTubeRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/redstone/NixieTubeRenderer.java
index 34a659bc4..88fe71188 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/redstone/NixieTubeRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/block/redstone/NixieTubeRenderer.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import com.simibubi.create.foundation.utility.MatrixStacker;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.FontRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.client.gui.fonts.TexturedGlyph;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer.Impl;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntityRendererDispatcher;
 import net.minecraft.util.text.Style;
 
@@ -86,6 +88,10 @@ public class NixieTubeRenderer extends SafeTileEntityRenderer<NixieTubeTileEntit
 		FontRenderer fontRenderer = Minecraft.getInstance().fontRenderer;
 		fontRenderer.draw(c, 0, 0, color, false, ms.peek()
 			.getModel(), buffer, false, 0, 15728880);
+		if (buffer instanceof Impl) {
+			TexturedGlyph texturedglyph = fontRenderer.getFontStorage(Style.DEFAULT_FONT_ID).getRectangleRenderer();
+			((Impl) buffer).draw(texturedglyph.getLayer(false));
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static float getCharWidth(char p_211125_1_, FontRenderer fontRenderer) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/belt/BeltProcessingBehaviour.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/belt/BeltProcessingBehaviour.java
index 2cb4f867a..8725bce5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/belt/BeltProcessingBehaviour.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/foundation/tileEntity/behaviour/belt/BeltProcessingBehaviour.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.belt;
 
 import com.simibubi.create.content.contraptions.relays.belt.transport.TransportedItemStack;
+import com.simibubi.create.content.logistics.block.funnel.AbstractFunnelBlock;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.SmartTileEntity;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.TileEntityBehaviour;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.tileEntity.behaviour.BehaviourType;
 
+import net.minecraft.block.BlockState;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 import net.minecraft.world.IBlockReader;
 
@@ -41,8 +43,10 @@ public class BeltProcessingBehaviour extends TileEntityBehaviour {
 	}
 
 	public static boolean isBlocked(IBlockReader world, BlockPos processingSpace) {
-		return !world.getBlockState(processingSpace.up())
-			.getCollisionShape(world, processingSpace.up())
+		BlockState blockState = world.getBlockState(processingSpace.up());
+		if (AbstractFunnelBlock.isFunnel(blockState))
+			return false;
+		return !blockState.getCollisionShape(world, processingSpace.up())
 			.isEmpty();
 	}