diff --git a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/fluid/FluidUtils.java b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/fluid/FluidUtils.java
index 145817fec..512b0016f 100755
--- a/src/main/java/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/fluid/FluidUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/fluid/FluidUtils.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidRegistry;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.FluidStack;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.IFluidContainerItem;
 import net.minecraftforge.fluids.capability.CapabilityFluidHandler;
+import refinedstorage.api.autocrafting.ICraftingPattern;
 import refinedstorage.api.network.INetworkMaster;
 import refinedstorage.api.network.NetworkUtils;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ public final class FluidUtils {
 
                 if (result != null) {
                     result.getCapability(CapabilityFluidHandler.FLUID_HANDLER_CAPABILITY, null).fill(NetworkUtils.extractFluid(network, fluidStack, Fluid.BUCKET_VOLUME), true);
+                } else {
+                    ICraftingPattern pattern = NetworkUtils.getPattern(network, EMPTY_BUCKET);
+
+                    if (pattern != null) {
+                        network.addCraftingTask(network.createCraftingTask(pattern));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }