diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a53dd0a5..e96bd7c09 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### 1.6.12
 - Increased the speed of autocrafting (raoulvdberge)
+- Fixed External Storage sending storage updates when it is disabled (raoulvdberge)
 - Added a completion percentage to the Crafting Monitor (raoulvdberge)
 - Updated Russian translation (kellixon)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/autocrafting/task/CraftingTask.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/autocrafting/task/CraftingTask.java
index eafc6a252..b517606b9 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/autocrafting/task/CraftingTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/autocrafting/task/CraftingTask.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class CraftingTask implements ICraftingTask {
         this.executionStarted = tag.getLong(NBT_EXECUTION_STARTED);
 
         if (tag.hasKey(NBT_TOTAL_STEPS)) {
-            totalSteps = tag.getInteger(NBT_TOTAL_STEPS);
+            this.totalSteps = tag.getInteger(NBT_TOTAL_STEPS);
         }
 
         StorageDiskFactoryItem factoryItem = new StorageDiskFactoryItem();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeExternalStorage.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeExternalStorage.java
index 0b1851ca0..cad19d00a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeExternalStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeExternalStorage.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class NetworkNodeExternalStorage extends NetworkNode implements IStorageP
     public void update() {
         super.update();
 
-        if (network != null) {
+        if (canUpdate()) {
             if (networkTicks++ == 0) {
                 updateStorage(network);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheFluid.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheFluid.java
index 1900f12a4..bc3edd421 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheFluid.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheFluid.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class StorageCacheFluid implements IStorageCache<FluidStack> {
             if (!batched) {
                 listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChanged(stack, size));
             } else {
-                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack, size));
+                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack.copy(), size));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class StorageCacheFluid implements IStorageCache<FluidStack> {
             if (!batched) {
                 listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChanged(stack, -size));
             } else {
-                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack, -size));
+                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack.copy(), -size));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheItem.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheItem.java
index 920fad09d..801ca8eab 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheItem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/storage/StorageCacheItem.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class StorageCacheItem implements IStorageCache<ItemStack> {
             if (!batched) {
                 listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChanged(stack, size));
             } else {
-                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack, size));
+                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack.copy(), size));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class StorageCacheItem implements IStorageCache<ItemStack> {
             if (!batched) {
                 listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChanged(stack, -size));
             } else {
-                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack, -size));
+                batchedChanges.add(Pair.of(stack.copy(), -size));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ public class StorageCacheItem implements IStorageCache<ItemStack> {
     @Override
     public synchronized void flush() {
         if (!batchedChanges.isEmpty()) {
-            if(batchedChanges.size() > 1) {
+            if (batchedChanges.size() > 1) {
                 listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChangedBulk(batchedChanges));
             } else {
                 batchedChanges.forEach(c -> listeners.forEach(l -> l.onChanged(c.getKey(), c.getValue())));
             }
+
             batchedChanges.clear();
         }
     }