diff --git a/res/content/base/config/user-props.toml b/res/content/base/config/user-props.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7306ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/content/base/config/user-props.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"base:durability" = {}
diff --git a/res/scripts/post_content.lua b/res/scripts/post_content.lua
index 3d1ffa33..56d66a5c 100644
--- a/res/scripts/post_content.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/post_content.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
-function make_read_only(t)
+local user_props = file.read_combined_object("config/user-props.toml")
+local names = {}
+for name, _ in pairs(user_props) do
+    table.insert(names, name)
+end
+-- remove undefined properties
+for id, blockprops in pairs(block.properties) do
+    for propname, value in pairs(blockprops) do
+        if propname:find(':') and not table.has(names, propname) then
+            print("erase property", propname)
+            blockprops[propname] = nil
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+local function make_read_only(t)
     setmetatable(t, {
         __newindex = function()
             error("table is read-only")