diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/NbtDataImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/NbtDataImpl.java
index fb479fda8..5e84b5eba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/NbtDataImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/data/NbtDataImpl.java
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public class NbtDataImpl extends DataImpl {
             Check.notNull(nbt,
                     "The type '" + type + "' is not supported within NbtDataImpl, if you wish to use a custom type you can encode the value into a byte array using a DataType");
 
-            nbtCompound.set(KEY_PREFIX + key, nbt);
+            final String finalKey = KEY_PREFIX + key;
+            nbtCompound.set(finalKey, nbt);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/NBTUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/NBTUtils.java
index 58facffe0..bdd736808 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/NBTUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/NBTUtils.java
@@ -188,21 +188,21 @@ public final class NBTUtils {
 
         // Meta specific field
         final ItemMeta itemMeta = item.getItemMeta();
-        if (itemMeta == null)
-            return;
-        itemMeta.read(nbt);
+        if (itemMeta != null) {
+            itemMeta.read(nbt);
+        }
 
         NbtDataImpl customData = null;
         for (String key : nbt.getKeys()) {
             if (key.startsWith(NbtDataImpl.KEY_PREFIX)) {
                 if (customData == null) {
                     customData = new NbtDataImpl();
+                    item.setData(customData);
                 }
                 final NBT keyNbt = nbt.get(key);
 
                 final String dataKey = key.replaceFirst(NbtDataImpl.KEY_PREFIX, "");
                 final Object dataValue = fromNBT(keyNbt);
-
                 customData.set(dataKey, dataValue);
             }
         }