diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockReader.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockReader.java
index 557c49586..f454ce874 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockReader.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public class BlockReader extends BlockCable {
 
     @Override
     public boolean onBlockActivatedDefault(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, EntityPlayer player, EnumHand hand, ItemStack heldItem, EnumFacing side, float hitX, float hitY, float hitZ) {
+        if (hitCablePart(state, world, pos, hitX, hitY, hitZ)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if (!world.isRemote) {
             player.openGui(RS.INSTANCE, RSGui.READER_WRITER, world, pos.getX(), pos.getY(), pos.getZ());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockWriter.java
index 74c5db449..9a5cac43e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/raoulvdberge/refinedstorage/block/BlockWriter.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.block;
 import com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.RS;
 import com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.RSBlocks;
 import com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.RSGui;
-import com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.tile.TileReader;
 import com.raoulvdberge.refinedstorage.tile.TileWriter;
 import mcmultipart.microblock.MicroblockContainer;
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
@@ -31,6 +30,10 @@ public class BlockWriter extends BlockCable {
 
     @Override
     public boolean onBlockActivatedDefault(World world, BlockPos pos, IBlockState state, EntityPlayer player, EnumHand hand, ItemStack heldItem, EnumFacing side, float hitX, float hitY, float hitZ) {
+        if (hitCablePart(state, world, pos, hitX, hitY, hitZ)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if (!world.isRemote) {
             player.openGui(RS.INSTANCE, RSGui.READER_WRITER, world, pos.getX(), pos.getY(), pos.getZ());