diff --git a/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/ItemBlackHoleTalisman.java b/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/ItemBlackHoleTalisman.java
index d9a10101c..d23cb76d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/ItemBlackHoleTalisman.java
+++ b/src/main/java/vazkii/botania/common/item/ItemBlackHoleTalisman.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.IIconRegister;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.inventory.IInventory;
@@ -23,9 +24,11 @@ import net.minecraft.inventory.ISidedInventory;
 import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraft.util.AxisAlignedBB;
 import net.minecraft.util.IIcon;
 import net.minecraft.util.StatCollector;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.util.ForgeDirection;
 import net.minecraftforge.oredict.RecipeSorter;
 import net.minecraftforge.oredict.RecipeSorter.Category;
 import vazkii.botania.client.core.helper.IconHelper;
@@ -103,10 +106,15 @@ public class ItemBlackHoleTalisman extends ItemMod {
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
-				int remove = remove(par1ItemStack, 1);
-				if(remove > 0) {
-					Item.getItemFromBlock(bBlock).onItemUse(new ItemStack(bBlock, 1, bmeta), par2EntityPlayer, par3World, par4, par5, par6, par7, par8, par9, par10);
-					set = true;
+				ForgeDirection dir = ForgeDirection.getOrientation(par7);
+				int entities = par3World.getEntitiesWithinAABB(EntityLivingBase.class, AxisAlignedBB.getBoundingBox(par4 + dir.offsetX, par5 + dir.offsetY, par6 + dir.offsetZ, par4 + dir.offsetX + 1, par5 + dir.offsetY + 1, par6 + dir.offsetZ + 1)).size();
+
+				if(entities == 0) {
+					int remove = remove(par1ItemStack, 1);
+					if(remove > 0) {
+						Item.getItemFromBlock(bBlock).onItemUse(new ItemStack(bBlock, 1, bmeta), par2EntityPlayer, par3World, par4, par5, par6, par7, par8, par9, par10);
+						set = true;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}