diff --git a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/item/cell/BulkCellInventory.java b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/item/cell/BulkCellInventory.java
index e636783e..326844fd 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/item/cell/BulkCellInventory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/item/cell/BulkCellInventory.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static gripe._90.megacells.definition.MEGAItems.COMPRESSION_CARD;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectLinkedOpenHashSet;
@@ -87,11 +88,11 @@ private CompoundTag getTag() {
 
     @Override
     public CellState getStatus() {
-        if (unitCount.signum() == 0) {
+        if (unitCount.signum() < 1) {
             return CellState.EMPTY;
         }
 
-        if (!storedItem.equals(filterItem)) {
+        if (!Objects.equals(storedItem, filterItem)) {
             return CellState.FULL;
         }
 
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ public long insert(AEKey what, long amount, Actionable mode, IActionSource sourc
             return 0;
         }
 
-        if (filterItem == null || (storedItem != null && !filterItem.equals(storedItem))) {
+        if (filterItem == null || !Objects.equals(storedItem, filterItem)) {
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public long extract(AEKey what, long amount, Actionable mode, IActionSource sour
             return 0;
         }
 
-        if (filterItem == null || (storedItem != null && !filterItem.equals(storedItem))) {
+        if (filterItem == null || !Objects.equals(storedItem, filterItem)) {
             return 0;
         }