diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/menu/ForgeBalmMenus.java b/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/menu/ForgeBalmMenus.java
index 1a5dc7ef..a2ed82cd 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/menu/ForgeBalmMenus.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/menu/ForgeBalmMenus.java
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ public class ForgeBalmMenus implements BalmMenus {
     @Override
     public <TMenu extends AbstractContainerMenu, TPayload> DeferredObject<MenuType<TMenu>> registerMenu(ResourceLocation identifier, BalmMenuFactory<TMenu, TPayload> factory) {
         DeferredRegister<MenuType<?>> register = DeferredRegisters.get(ForgeRegistries.MENU_TYPES, identifier.getNamespace());
+        // TODO we have to create a RegistryFriendlyByteBuf ourselves because Forge is out of date
         RegistryObject<MenuType<TMenu>> registryObject = register.register(identifier.getPath(),
-                () -> new MenuType<>((IContainerFactory<TMenu>) (syncId, inventory, buf) -> factory.create(syncId, inventory, factory.getStreamCodec().decode((RegistryFriendlyByteBuf) buf)),
+                () -> new MenuType<>((IContainerFactory<TMenu>) (syncId, inventory, buf) -> factory.create(syncId, inventory, factory.getStreamCodec().decode(new RegistryFriendlyByteBuf(buf, inventory.player.registryAccess()))),
                         FeatureFlagSet.of(FeatureFlags.VANILLA)));
         return new DeferredObject<>(identifier, registryObject, registryObject::isPresent);
     }
diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/network/ForgeBalmNetworking.java b/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/network/ForgeBalmNetworking.java
index b137b245..d96a5a7d 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/network/ForgeBalmNetworking.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/net/blay09/mods/balm/forge/network/ForgeBalmNetworking.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public void openGui(Player player, MenuProvider menuProvider) {
     }
 
     private <T> void openGui(ServerPlayer player, BalmMenuProvider<T> menuProvider) {
-        player.openMenu(menuProvider, buf -> menuProvider.getScreenStreamCodec().encode((RegistryFriendlyByteBuf) buf, menuProvider.getScreenOpeningData(player)));
+        // TODO we have to create a RegistryFriendlyByteBuf ourselves because Forge is out of date
+        player.openMenu(menuProvider, buf -> menuProvider.getScreenStreamCodec().encode(new RegistryFriendlyByteBuf(buf, player.registryAccess()), menuProvider.getScreenOpeningData(player)));
     }
 
     @Override