diff --git a/src/voxels/Chunks.cpp b/src/voxels/Chunks.cpp
index 86311359..1dbfd5a1 100644
--- a/src/voxels/Chunks.cpp
+++ b/src/voxels/Chunks.cpp
@@ -750,7 +750,9 @@ void Chunks::save(Chunk* chunk) {
             chunk->flags.entities = true;
         }
         worldFiles->getRegions().put(
-            chunk, json::to_binary(root, true)
+            chunk,
+            chunk->flags.entities ? json::to_binary(root, true)
+                                  : std::vector<ubyte>()
         );
     }
 }