diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/phycon/item/FaceDeviceBlockItem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/phycon/item/FaceDeviceBlockItem.kt
index f8f010d..028ba50 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/phycon/item/FaceDeviceBlockItem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/phycon/item/FaceDeviceBlockItem.kt
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package net.shadowfacts.phycon.item
 
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockState
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemPlacementContext
+import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos
 import net.minecraft.util.math.Direction
 import net.shadowfacts.phycon.block.FaceDeviceBlock
 import net.shadowfacts.phycon.block.cable.CableBlock
 import net.shadowfacts.phycon.init.PhyBlocks
 import net.shadowfacts.phycon.util.CableConnection
+import kotlin.math.floor
+import kotlin.math.roundToInt
 
 /**
  * @author shadowfacts
@@ -18,8 +21,14 @@ class FaceDeviceBlockItem(block: FaceDeviceBlock<*>, settings: Settings = Settin
 		val hitBlock = hitState.block
 		if (hitBlock is CableBlock) {
 			val hitBlockEdge = context.hitPos.getComponentAlongAxis(context.side.axis) % 1 == 0.0
+			val hitBlockBeingPlacedIn = floor(context.hitPos.getComponentAlongAxis(context.side.axis)).toInt() == context.blockPos.getComponentAlongAxis(context.side.axis)
 
-			val placementSide = if (hitBlockEdge) context.side.opposite else context.side
+			val placementSide: Direction =
+					if (hitBlockEdge xor hitBlockBeingPlacedIn) {
+						context.side
+					} else {
+						context.side.opposite
+					}
 
 			if (hitState[CableBlock.CONNECTIONS[placementSide]] != CableConnection.ON) {
 				var connection = FaceDeviceBlock.FaceCableConnection.NONE