diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/GameRendererMixin.java b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/GameRendererMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee3a0f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/GameRendererMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.embeddedt.modernfix.common.mixin.perf.faster_item_rendering;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.GameRenderer;
+import org.embeddedt.modernfix.render.RenderState;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+
+@Mixin(GameRenderer.class)
+public class GameRendererMixin {
+    @Inject(method = "render", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/GameRenderer;renderLevel(FJLcom/mojang/blaze3d/vertex/PoseStack;)V", shift = At.Shift.BEFORE))
+    private void markRenderingLevel(CallbackInfo ci) {
+        RenderState.IS_RENDERING_LEVEL = true;
+    }
+
+    @Inject(method = "render", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/GameRenderer;renderLevel(FJLcom/mojang/blaze3d/vertex/PoseStack;)V", shift = At.Shift.AFTER))
+    private void markNotRenderingLevel(CallbackInfo ci) {
+        RenderState.IS_RENDERING_LEVEL = false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/ItemRendererMixin.java b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/ItemRendererMixin.java
index 630cef82..987f0235 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/ItemRendererMixin.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/faster_item_rendering/ItemRendererMixin.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.BakedModel;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.SimpleBakedModel;
 import net.minecraft.core.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
+import org.embeddedt.modernfix.render.RenderState;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Final;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public abstract class ItemRendererMixin {
      */
     @Inject(method = "renderModelLists", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true)
     private void fasterItemRender(BakedModel model, ItemStack stack, int combinedLight, int combinedOverlay, PoseStack matrixStack, VertexConsumer buffer, CallbackInfo ci) {
-        if(!stack.isEmpty() && model.getClass() == SimpleBakedModel.class && transformType == ItemTransforms.TransformType.GUI && model.getTransforms().gui == ItemTransform.NO_TRANSFORM) {
+        if(!RenderState.IS_RENDERING_LEVEL && !stack.isEmpty() && model.getClass() == SimpleBakedModel.class && transformType == ItemTransforms.TransformType.GUI && model.getTransforms().gui == ItemTransform.NO_TRANSFORM) {
             ci.cancel();
             PoseStack.Pose pose = matrixStack.last();
             int[] combinedLights = new int[] {combinedLight, combinedLight, combinedLight, combinedLight};
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/RenderState.java b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/RenderState.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e869e383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/render/RenderState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.embeddedt.modernfix.render;
+
+public class RenderState {
+    public static boolean IS_RENDERING_LEVEL = false;
+}