diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/capability/CapabilityNetworkNodeProxy.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/capability/CapabilityNetworkNodeProxy.java
index 10ccf2e01..bdda62026 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/capability/CapabilityNetworkNodeProxy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/capability/CapabilityNetworkNodeProxy.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class CapabilityNetworkNodeProxy {
             @Override
             @Nonnull
             public INetworkNode getNode() {
-                return null;
+                throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot use default implementation");
             }
         });