diff --git a/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/block/BlockCrate.java b/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/block/BlockCrate.java
index c8ff23ff..13173f7e 100644
--- a/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/block/BlockCrate.java
+++ b/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/block/BlockCrate.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class BlockCrate extends BlockMachine
 	 * @param tileEntity
 	 * @param itemStack
 	 */
-	private ItemStack putIn(TileEntityCrate tileEntity, ItemStack itemStack)
+	public static ItemStack putIn(TileEntityCrate tileEntity, ItemStack itemStack)
 	{
 		ItemStack containingStack = tileEntity.getStackInSlot(0);
 
diff --git a/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/machine/TileEntityManipulator.java b/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/machine/TileEntityManipulator.java
index a9ac3dcd..e72b4bb8 100644
--- a/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/machine/TileEntityManipulator.java
+++ b/src/minecraft/assemblyline/common/machine/TileEntityManipulator.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import universalelectricity.prefab.implement.IRotatable;
 import universalelectricity.prefab.multiblock.TileEntityMulti;
 import universalelectricity.prefab.network.PacketManager;
 import assemblyline.api.IManipulator;
+import assemblyline.common.block.BlockCrate;
+import assemblyline.common.block.TileEntityCrate;
 import assemblyline.common.machine.imprinter.TileEntityFilterable;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.network.PacketDispatcher;
 
@@ -87,8 +89,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Find items going into the manipulator and input them into an inventory behind this
-	 * manipulator.
+	 * Find items going into the manipulator and input them into an inventory behind this manipulator.
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void eject()
@@ -109,10 +110,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 		 */
 		if (outputPosition.getTileEntity(this.worldObj) instanceof TileEntityManipulator)
 		{
-			if (((TileEntityManipulator) outputPosition.getTileEntity(this.worldObj)).getDirection() == this.getDirection().getOpposite())
-			{
-				return;
-			}
+			if (((TileEntityManipulator) outputPosition.getTileEntity(this.worldObj)).getDirection() == this.getDirection().getOpposite()) { return; }
 		}
 
 		AxisAlignedBB bounds = AxisAlignedBB.getBoundingBox(inputPosition.x, inputPosition.y, inputPosition.z, inputPosition.x + 1, inputPosition.y + 1, inputPosition.z + 1);
@@ -124,8 +122,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 				continue;
 
 			/**
-			 * Try top first, then bottom, then the sides to see if it is possible to insert the
-			 * item into a inventory.
+			 * Try top first, then bottom, then the sides to see if it is possible to insert the item into a inventory.
 			 */
 			ItemStack remainingStack = entity.getEntityItem().copy();
 
@@ -273,6 +270,10 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			else if (tileEntity instanceof TileEntityCrate)
+			{
+				return BlockCrate.putIn((TileEntityCrate) tileEntity, itemStack);				
+			}
 			else if (tileEntity instanceof ISidedInventory)
 			{
 				ISidedInventory inventory = (ISidedInventory) tileEntity;
@@ -282,10 +283,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 				for (int i = startIndex; i < startIndex + inventory.getSizeInventorySide(direction); i++)
 				{
 					itemStack = this.addStackToInventory(i, inventory, itemStack);
-					if (itemStack == null)
-					{
-						return null;
-					}
+					if (itemStack == null) { return null; }
 				}
 			}
 			else if (tileEntity instanceof IInventory)
@@ -295,18 +293,12 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 				for (int i = 0; i < inventory.getSizeInventory(); i++)
 				{
 					itemStack = this.addStackToInventory(i, inventory, itemStack);
-					if (itemStack == null)
-					{
-						return null;
-					}
+					if (itemStack == null) { return null; }
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (itemStack.stackSize <= 0)
-		{
-			return null;
-		}
+		if (itemStack.stackSize <= 0) { return null; }
 
 		return itemStack;
 	}
@@ -320,10 +312,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 			if (stackInInventory == null)
 			{
 				inventory.setInventorySlotContents(slotIndex, itemStack);
-				if (inventory.getStackInSlot(slotIndex) == null)
-				{
-					return itemStack;
-				}
+				if (inventory.getStackInSlot(slotIndex) == null) { return itemStack; }
 				return null;
 			}
 			else if (stackInInventory.isItemEqual(itemStack) && stackInInventory.isStackable())
@@ -337,10 +326,7 @@ public class TileEntityManipulator extends TileEntityFilterable implements IRota
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (itemStack.stackSize <= 0)
-		{
-			return null;
-		}
+		if (itemStack.stackSize <= 0) { return null; }
 
 		return itemStack;
 	}