diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75b5decc3..004ce8b69 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - Made all IO blocks have a blacklist instead of a whitelist by default (raoulvdberge)
 - An empty blacklist now means: accept any item. An empty whitelist now means: don't accept any item (an empty whitelist USED to mean: accept any item) (raoulvdberge)
 - Any mod can now add JSON Solderer recipes without requiring the API, by putting the JSONs in their assets directory in a "solderer_recipes" directory (raoulvdberge)
+- The Importer now skips over empty slots (raoulvdberge)
 - Updated Russian translation (kellixon)
 
 ### 1.5.34
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeImporter.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeImporter.java
index b27e36c54..d5dbded1a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeImporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/apiimpl/network/node/NetworkNodeImporter.java
@@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ public class NetworkNodeImporter extends NetworkNode implements IComparable, IFi
             }
 
             if (handler.getSlots() > 0) {
+                while (currentSlot + 1 < handler.getSlots() && handler.getStackInSlot(currentSlot).isEmpty()) {
+                    currentSlot++;
+                }
+
                 ItemStack stack = handler.getStackInSlot(currentSlot);
 
-                if (stack.isEmpty() || !IFilterable.canTake(itemFilters, mode, compare, stack)) {
+                if (!IFilterable.canTake(itemFilters, mode, compare, stack)) {
                     currentSlot++;
                 } else if (ticks % upgrades.getSpeed() == 0) {
                     ItemStack result = handler.extractItem(currentSlot, upgrades.getItemInteractCount(), true);