diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamicresources/DynamicBakedModelProvider.java b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamicresources/DynamicBakedModelProvider.java
index 1603f0f3..b6d80cf9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamicresources/DynamicBakedModelProvider.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/dynamicresources/DynamicBakedModelProvider.java
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureAtlasSprite;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.BakedModel;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.BlockModelRotation;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelBakery;
+import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.ModelResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
+import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.util.RandomSource;
+import net.minecraft.world.level.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Triple;
 import org.embeddedt.modernfix.duck.IExtendedModelBakery;
@@ -106,6 +109,25 @@ public class DynamicBakedModelProvider implements Map<ResourceLocation, BakedMod
     public boolean containsValue(Object o) {
         return permanentOverrides.containsValue(o) || bakedCache.containsValue(o);
     }
+    
+    private static boolean isVanillaTopLevelModel(ResourceLocation location) {
+        if(location instanceof ModelResourceLocation) {
+            try {
+                ModelResourceLocation mrl = (ModelResourceLocation)location;
+                ResourceLocation registryKey = new ResourceLocation(mrl.getNamespace(), mrl.getPath());
+                // check for standard inventory model
+                if(mrl.getVariant().equals("inventory") && BuiltInRegistries.ITEM.containsKey(registryKey))
+                    return true;
+                Optional<Block> blockOpt = BuiltInRegistries.BLOCK.getOptional(registryKey);
+                if(blockOpt.isPresent()) {
+                    return ModelBakeryHelpers.getBlockStatesForMRL(blockOpt.get().getStateDefinition(), mrl).size() > 0;
+                }
+            } catch(RuntimeException ignored) {
+                // can occur if the MRL is not valid for that blockstate, ignore
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public BakedModel get(Object o) {
@@ -120,11 +142,11 @@ public class DynamicBakedModelProvider implements Map<ResourceLocation, BakedMod
                 model = missingModel;
             }
             if(model == missingModel) {
-                // to correctly emulate the original map, we return null for missing models
-                permanentOverrides.put((ResourceLocation) o, null);
-                return null;
-            } else
-                return model;
+                // to correctly emulate the original map, we return null for missing models, unless they are top-level
+                model = isVanillaTopLevelModel((ResourceLocation)o) ? model : null;
+                permanentOverrides.put((ResourceLocation) o, model);
+            }
+            return model;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/fabric/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/fabric/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java b/fabric/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/fabric/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
index fa986e8c..ae3cbeca 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/fabric/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
+++ b/fabric/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/fabric/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ public abstract class ModelBakeryMixin implements IExtendedModelBakery {
         return ImmutableList.of();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Make a copy of the top-level model list to avoid CME if more models get loaded here.
+     */
+    @Redirect(method = "<init>", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/util/Map;values()Ljava/util/Collection;", ordinal = 0))
+    private Collection<?> copyTopLevelModelList(Map<?, ?> map) {
+        return new ArrayList<>(map.values());
+    }
+
     private BiFunction<ResourceLocation, Material, TextureAtlasSprite> textureGetter;
 
     @Inject(method = "bakeModels", at = @At("HEAD"))
diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/forge/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java b/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/forge/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
index fe2d51d9..38e9d2f8 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/forge/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/forge/mixin/perf/dynamic_resources/ModelBakeryMixin.java
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ public abstract class ModelBakeryMixin implements IExtendedModelBakery {
         return ImmutableList.of();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Make a copy of the top-level model list to avoid CME if more models get loaded here.
+     */
+    @Redirect(method = "<init>", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/util/Map;values()Ljava/util/Collection;", ordinal = 0))
+    private Collection<?> copyTopLevelModelList(Map<?, ?> map) {
+        return new ArrayList<>(map.values());
+    }
+
     private BiFunction<ResourceLocation, Material, TextureAtlasSprite> textureGetter;
 
     @Inject(method = "bakeModels", at = @At("HEAD"))