diff --git a/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisComplex.java b/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisComplex.java
index 0fe44827b..67a3b42e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisComplex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/IrisComplex.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public class IrisComplex implements DataProvider {
 
     public IrisComplex(Engine engine, boolean simple) {
         int cacheSize = 1024 * 128;
+        IrisBiome emptyBiome = new IrisBiome();
         this.rng = new RNG(engine.getWorld().seed());
         this.data = engine.getData();
         double height = engine.getHeight();
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public class IrisComplex implements DataProvider {
                 .onNull("")
                 .convertCached((s) -> {
                     if (s.isEmpty()) {
-                        return new IrisBiome();
+                        return emptyBiome;
                     }
 
                     return data.getBiomeLoader().load(s)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/object/IrisObject.java b/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/object/IrisObject.java
index 720fe760c..7c03c7847 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/object/IrisObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/volmit/iris/engine/object/IrisObject.java
@@ -992,4 +992,8 @@ public class IrisObject extends IrisRegistrant {
         }
         return locations;
     }
+
+    public int volume() {
+        return blocks.size();
+    }
 }