diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/ExcavatedVariantsClient.java b/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/ExcavatedVariantsClient.java
index a1adbd35..64e57267 100644
--- a/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/ExcavatedVariantsClient.java
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/ExcavatedVariantsClient.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.ResourceCache;
 import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.ResourceGenerationContext;
 import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.client.AssetResourceCache;
+import dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.client.ItemModelPlanner;
 import dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.client.ResourceAssembler;
 import dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.data.BaseOre;
 import dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.data.BaseStone;
@@ -51,13 +52,16 @@ public static void init() {
         ));
         List<Pair<BaseOre, BaseStone>> toMake = new ArrayList<>();
 
+        ItemModelPlanner planner = new ItemModelPlanner();
+        ASSET_CACHE.planResetListener(planner);
+        ASSET_CACHE.planSource(planner);
+
         for (Pair<BaseOre, HashSet<BaseStone>> p : ExcavatedVariants.oreStoneList) {
             var ore = p.getFirst();
             for (BaseStone stone : p.getSecond()) {
                 String fullId = stone.id + "_" + ore.id;
                 toMake.add(new Pair<>(ore, stone));
-                ASSET_CACHE.planSource(new ResourceLocation(ExcavatedVariants.MOD_ID, "models/item/" + fullId + ".json"),
-                        (rl, context) -> JsonHelper.getItemModel(fullId));
+                planner.add(fullId);
                 LANG_BUILDER.add(fullId, stone, ore);
             }
         }
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/JsonHelper.java b/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/JsonHelper.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a02f3754..00000000
--- a/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/JsonHelper.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Luke Bemish and contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
- */
-
-package dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-import net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.IoSupplier;
-
-public class JsonHelper {
-    public static IoSupplier<InputStream> getItemModel(String id) {
-        String json = "{\"parent\": \"" + ExcavatedVariants.MOD_ID + ":" + "block/" + id + "_0\"}";
-        return () -> new ByteArrayInputStream(json.getBytes());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/client/ItemModelPlanner.java b/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/client/ItemModelPlanner.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f12c364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/excavatedvariants/impl/client/ItemModelPlanner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.client;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.PathAwareInputStreamSource;
+import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.Resettable;
+import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.ResourceGenerationContext;
+import dev.lukebemish.dynamicassetgenerator.api.client.ClientPrePackRepository;
+import dev.lukebemish.excavatedvariants.impl.ExcavatedVariants;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.IoSupplier;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class ItemModelPlanner implements PathAwareInputStreamSource, Resettable {
+    private final List<String> ids = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    @Nullable
+    private JsonObject baseModel;
+    boolean tried = false;
+
+    public void add(String id) {
+        ids.add(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull Set<ResourceLocation> getLocations() {
+        return ids.stream().map(fullId -> new ResourceLocation(ExcavatedVariants.MOD_ID, "models/item/" + fullId + ".json")).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @Nullable IoSupplier<InputStream> get(ResourceLocation outRl, ResourceGenerationContext context) {
+        try {
+            if (baseModel == null) {
+                setupBaseModel();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return () -> {
+            var json = baseModel.deepCopy();
+            json.addProperty("parent", ExcavatedVariants.MOD_ID + ":block/" + outRl.getPath().replace(".json", "").replace("models/item/", "") + "_0");
+            return new ByteArrayInputStream(ExcavatedVariants.GSON_CONDENSED.toJson(json).getBytes());
+        };
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void setupBaseModel() throws IOException {
+        try (var is = ClientPrePackRepository.getResource(new ResourceLocation("models/block/block.json"))) {
+            baseModel = ExcavatedVariants.GSON_CONDENSED.fromJson(new String(is.readAllBytes()), JsonObject.class);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            if (!tried) {
+                tried = true;
+                ExcavatedVariants.LOGGER.error("Failed to load base block model", e);
+                return;
+            }
+            throw new IOException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset() {
+        baseModel = null;
+        tried = false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index e455e4cc..5525bc81 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #Sat Sep 09 08:39:33 UTC 2023
-version=3.0.8
+version=3.0.9