diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index 6e073a49d..60488b325 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.1.221
     Fixed blast mining bonus drops not working (Thanks warriiorrrr)
+    Added fail safes to prevent bonus drops metadata from lingering on blocks
 
 Version 2.1.220
     (API) Added TreeFellerBlockBreakEvent class which extends FakeBlockBreakEvent (see notes), this is sent out during Tree Feller processing to allow other plugins to differentiate between Tree Feller and other fake block break events
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
index d17b4ad85..71b062ba1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/BlockListener.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
             movedBlock = block.getRelative(direction);
 
             if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(movedBlock)) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(movedBlock);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(block);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
 
         //Spigot makes bad things happen in its API
         if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(movedBlock)) {
-            mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(movedBlock);
+            BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(movedBlock);
         }
 
         for (Block block : event.getBlocks()) {
-            if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block)) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(block.getRelative(direction));
+            if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block) && BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block.getRelative(direction))) {
+                Block relativeBlock = block.getRelative(direction);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(relativeBlock);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -189,14 +190,13 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
         if(WorldBlacklist.isWorldBlacklisted(event.getBlock().getWorld()))
             return;
 
-
         BlockState blockState = event.getNewState();
 
         if(ExperienceConfig.getInstance().isSnowExploitPrevented() && BlockUtils.shouldBeWatched(blockState)) {
             Block block = blockState.getBlock();
 
             if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block)) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(block);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(block);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
             BlockState newState = event.getNewState();
 
             if(newState.getType() != Material.OBSIDIAN && ExperienceConfig.getInstance().doesBlockGiveSkillXP(PrimarySkillType.MINING, newState.getBlockData())) {
-                if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(newState.getBlock())) {
-                    mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(newState);
+                Block block = newState.getBlock();
+                if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block)) {
+                    BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(block);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
         if(BlockUtils.isWithinWorldBounds(block)) {
             //NOTE: BlockMultiPlace has its own logic so don't handle anything that would overlap
             if (!(event instanceof BlockMultiPlaceEvent)) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(blockState);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(block);
             }
         }
 
@@ -289,8 +290,8 @@ public class BlockListener implements Listener {
                 }
 
                 //Track unnatural blocks
-                for(BlockState replacedStates : event.getReplacedBlockStates()) {
-                    mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(replacedStates);
+                for(BlockState replacedState : event.getReplacedBlockStates()) {
+                    BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(replacedState.getBlock());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
index d795a84eb..50df709e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/listeners/EntityListener.java
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class EntityListener implements Listener {
                 metaCleanupTask.runTaskTimer(pluginRef, 20, 20*60); //6000 ticks is 5 minutes
             }
             else if (isTracked) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(block);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(block);
                 entity.removeMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_TRAVELING_BLOCK, pluginRef);
             }
         } else if ((block.getType() == Material.REDSTONE_ORE || block.getType().getKey().getKey().equalsIgnoreCase("deepslate_redstone_ore"))) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/PistonTrackerTask.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/PistonTrackerTask.java
index efe0dcc5b..1dc0d4ea6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/PistonTrackerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/PistonTrackerTask.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PistonTrackerTask extends BukkitRunnable {
             Block nextBlock = b.getRelative(direction);
 
             if (nextBlock.hasMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_PISTON_TRACKING)) {
-                mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(nextBlock);
+                BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(nextBlock);
                 nextBlock.removeMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_PISTON_TRACKING, mcMMO.p);
             }
             else if (mcMMO.getPlaceStore().isTrue(nextBlock)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/StickyPistonTrackerTask.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/StickyPistonTrackerTask.java
index d90da3b31..40e21b71b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/StickyPistonTrackerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/runnables/StickyPistonTrackerTask.java
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ public class StickyPistonTrackerTask extends BukkitRunnable {
 
         // The sticky piston actually pulled the block so move the PlaceStore data
         mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setFalse(movedBlock.getRelative(direction));
-        mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(movedBlock);
+        BlockUtils.setUnnaturalBlock(movedBlock);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/BlockUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/BlockUtils.java
index 06b0ef31b..d9df151f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/BlockUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/BlockUtils.java
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ public final class BlockUtils {
             blockState.setMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_BONUS_DROPS, new BonusDropMeta(1, mcMMO.p));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set up the state for a block to be seen as unnatural and cleanup any unwanted metadata from the block
+     * @param block target block
+     */
+    public static void setUnnaturalBlock(@NotNull Block block) {
+        mcMMO.getPlaceStore().setTrue(block);
+
+        // Failsafe against lingering metadata
+        if(block.hasMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_BONUS_DROPS))
+            block.removeMetadata(MetadataConstants.METADATA_KEY_BONUS_DROPS, mcMMO.p);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Cleans up some block metadata when a block breaks and the metadata is no longer needed
      * This also sets the blocks coords to false in our chunk store