diff --git a/src/main/java/malte0811/industrialwires/client/multiblock_io_model/BakedMBIOModel.java b/src/main/java/malte0811/industrialwires/client/multiblock_io_model/BakedMBIOModel.java
index 7dea22e..458431d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/malte0811/industrialwires/client/multiblock_io_model/BakedMBIOModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/malte0811/industrialwires/client/multiblock_io_model/BakedMBIOModel.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class BakedMBIOModel implements IBakedModel {
 	@Nonnull
 	@Override
 	public List<BakedQuad> getQuads(@Nullable IBlockState state, @Nullable EnumFacing side, long rand) {
+		if (side != null)
+			return ImmutableList.of();
 		MBSideConfig config = NULL_CONFIG;
 		if (state instanceof IExtendedBlockState) {
 			MBSideConfig tmpConfig = ((IExtendedBlockState) state).getValue(IWProperties.MB_SIDES);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/industrialwires/blockstates/hv_multiblock_mirrored.json b/src/main/resources/assets/industrialwires/blockstates/hv_multiblock_mirrored.json
index d26ea2d..2732c36 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/industrialwires/blockstates/hv_multiblock_mirrored.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/industrialwires/blockstates/hv_multiblock_mirrored.json
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@
 				"model": "builtin/generated"
 			},
 			"connector": {
-				"model": "immersiveengineering:smartmodel/conn_empty"
+				"model": "immersiveengineering:smartmodel/connector",
+				"custom": {
+					"base": "builtin/generated",
+					"layers": []
+				}
 			}
 		},
 		"boolean0":