diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/me/cluster/implementations/QuantumCluster.java b/src/main/java/appeng/me/cluster/implementations/QuantumCluster.java
index 67743a902ca..01f0edccc0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/me/cluster/implementations/QuantumCluster.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/me/cluster/implementations/QuantumCluster.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public QuantumCluster(BlockPos min, BlockPos max) {
 
     @SubscribeEvent
     public void onUnload(final LevelEvent.Unload e) {
-        if (this.center.getLevel() == e.getLevel()) {
+        if (this.center != null && this.center.getLevel() == e.getLevel()) {
             this.setUpdateStatus(false);
             this.destroy();
         }