diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0e43d607..12729ae3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -141,14 +141,9 @@ dependencies {
 
 def targetJavaVersion = 21
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-    // ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
-    // this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
-    // see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
-    // If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
     it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-    if (targetJavaVersion >= 10 || JavaVersion.current().isJava10Compatible()) {
-        it.options.release = targetJavaVersion
-    }
+    it.options.release = targetJavaVersion
+    it.options.deprecation = true
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/commonImpl/importers/DHImporter.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/commonImpl/importers/DHImporter.java
index 58ba93a6..a445d52a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/commonImpl/importers/DHImporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/commonImpl/importers/DHImporter.java
@@ -220,7 +220,11 @@ public class DHImporter implements IDataImporter {
                         bStateStr = encEntry.substring(sIdx + STATE_STRING_SEPARATOR.length());
                     }
                     var bId = Identifier.of(encEntry.substring(b, sIdx != -1 ? sIdx : encEntry.length()));
-                    var block = this.blockRegistry.getEntry(bId).orElse(Blocks.AIR.getRegistryEntry()).value();
+                    var maybeBlock = this.blockRegistry.getEntry(bId);
+                    Block block = Blocks.AIR;
+                    if (maybeBlock.isPresent()) {
+                        block = maybeBlock.get().value();
+                    }
                     var state = block.getDefaultState();
                     if (bStateStr != null && block != Blocks.AIR) {
                         boolean found = false;