diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 76500e081..947d5839a 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@
 * Fixed artillery shells not playing the explosion animation when directly impacting entities
 * Fixed bauxite and malachite vein toggles being on backwards
 * Fixed pneumatic tube order settings not saving
-* Fixed crash caused by launching ABMs with blank target designators
\ No newline at end of file
+* Fixed crash caused by launching ABMs with blank target designators
+* Fixed particle source throwing errors when trying to save nonexistant particles
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/item/ItemRenderLibrary.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/item/ItemRenderLibrary.java
index 2feabfbe3..b61f4ddcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/item/ItemRenderLibrary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/item/ItemRenderLibrary.java
@@ -97,11 +97,10 @@ public class ItemRenderLibrary {
 
 		renderers.put(Item.getItemFromBlock(ModBlocks.machine_reactor_breeding), new ItemRenderBase() {
 			public void renderInventory() {
-				GL11.glTranslated(0, -4, 0);
+				GL11.glTranslated(0, -4.5, 0);
 				GL11.glScaled(4.5, 4.5, 4.5);
 			}
 			public void renderCommon() {
-				GL11.glScaled(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
 				GL11.glShadeModel(GL11.GL_SMOOTH);
 				GL11.glDisable(GL11.GL_CULL_FACE);
 				bindTexture(ResourceManager.breeder_tex); ResourceManager.breeder.renderAll();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/tileentity/RenderBreeder.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/tileentity/RenderBreeder.java
index 25c8659b7..1e48fcc2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/tileentity/RenderBreeder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/render/tileentity/RenderBreeder.java
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ public class RenderBreeder extends TileEntitySpecialRenderer {
 				GL11.glPopMatrix();
 			}
 		
-		GL11.glScaled(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
-
         bindTexture(ResourceManager.breeder_tex);
         
         GL11.glShadeModel(GL11.GL_SMOOTH);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/machine/albion/TileEntityPASource.java b/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/machine/albion/TileEntityPASource.java
index 151817494..1128ff67f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/machine/albion/TileEntityPASource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hbm/tileentity/machine/albion/TileEntityPASource.java
@@ -236,23 +236,26 @@ public class TileEntityPASource extends TileEntityCooledBase implements IGUIProv
 	@Override
 	public void writeToNBT(NBTTagCompound nbt) {
 		super.writeToNBT(nbt);
-		NBTTagCompound particleTag = new NBTTagCompound();
-		particleTag.setInteger("x", particle.x);
-		particleTag.setInteger("y", particle.y);
-		particleTag.setInteger("z", particle.z);
-		particleTag.setByte("dir", (byte) particle.dir.ordinal());
-		particleTag.setInteger("momentum", particle.momentum);
-		particleTag.setInteger("defocus", particle.defocus);
-		particleTag.setInteger("dist", particle.distanceTraveled);
-
-		NBTTagCompound inputTag1 = new NBTTagCompound();
-		NBTTagCompound inputTag2 = new NBTTagCompound();
-		particle.input1.writeToNBT(inputTag1);
-		particle.input2.writeToNBT(inputTag2);
-
-		particleTag.setTag("input1", inputTag1);
-		particleTag.setTag("input2", inputTag2);
-		nbt.setTag("particle", particleTag);
+		
+		if(particle != null) {
+			NBTTagCompound particleTag = new NBTTagCompound();
+			particleTag.setInteger("x", particle.x);
+			particleTag.setInteger("y", particle.y);
+			particleTag.setInteger("z", particle.z);
+			particleTag.setByte("dir", (byte) particle.dir.ordinal());
+			particleTag.setInteger("momentum", particle.momentum);
+			particleTag.setInteger("defocus", particle.defocus);
+			particleTag.setInteger("dist", particle.distanceTraveled);
+	
+			NBTTagCompound inputTag1 = new NBTTagCompound();
+			NBTTagCompound inputTag2 = new NBTTagCompound();
+			particle.input1.writeToNBT(inputTag1);
+			particle.input2.writeToNBT(inputTag2);
+	
+			particleTag.setTag("input1", inputTag1);
+			particleTag.setTag("input2", inputTag2);
+			nbt.setTag("particle", particleTag);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override