diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
index 5dfc3d9e2..ea6ad8286 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
      *
      * @param event The event to monitor
      */
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onBlockPistonExtend(BlockPistonExtendEvent event) {
         List<Block> blocks = event.getBlocks();
         BlockFace direction = event.getDirection();
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
      *
      * @param event The event to watch
      */
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onBlockPistonRetract(BlockPistonRetractEvent event) {
         if (event.isSticky()) {
             // Needed only because under some circumstances Minecraft doesn't move the block