diff --git a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPattern.java b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPattern.java
index 72e78d2e..ae88cec1 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPattern.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPattern.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
+import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level;
 
 import appeng.api.crafting.IPatternDetails;
@@ -11,17 +12,21 @@
 
 public class DecompressionPattern implements IPatternDetails {
     private final AEItemKey definition;
-    private final AEItemKey compressed;
-    private final AEItemKey decompressed;
+    private final AEItemKey base;
+    private final AEItemKey variant;
     private final int factor;
     private final boolean toCompress;
 
+    public DecompressionPattern(ItemStack stack) {
+        this(Objects.requireNonNull(AEItemKey.of(stack)));
+    }
+
     public DecompressionPattern(AEItemKey definition) {
         this.definition = definition;
         var tag = Objects.requireNonNull(definition.getTag());
 
-        compressed = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getCompressed(tag);
-        decompressed = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getDecompressed(tag);
+        base = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getBase(tag);
+        variant = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getVariant(tag);
         factor = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getFactor(tag);
         toCompress = DecompressionPatternEncoding.getToCompress(tag);
     }
@@ -33,13 +38,12 @@ public AEItemKey getDefinition() {
 
     @Override
     public IInput[] getInputs() {
-        return new IInput[] {toCompress ? new Input(decompressed, factor) : new Input(compressed, 1)};
+        return new IInput[] {toCompress ? new Input(base, factor) : new Input(variant, 1)};
     }
 
     @Override
     public GenericStack[] getOutputs() {
-        return new GenericStack[] {toCompress ? new GenericStack(compressed, 1) : new GenericStack(decompressed, factor)
-        };
+        return new GenericStack[] {toCompress ? new GenericStack(variant, 1) : new GenericStack(base, factor)};
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPatternEncoding.java b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPatternEncoding.java
index fceb156d..b7719923 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPatternEncoding.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionPatternEncoding.java
@@ -6,20 +6,22 @@
 
 import appeng.api.stacks.AEItemKey;
 
+import gripe._90.megacells.util.CompressionVariant;
+
 public class DecompressionPatternEncoding {
-    private static final String NBT_COMPRESSED = "compressed";
-    private static final String NBT_DECOMPRESSED = "decompressed";
+    private static final String NBT_BASE = "base";
+    private static final String NBT_VARIANT = "variant";
     private static final String NBT_FACTOR = "factor";
     private static final String NBT_TO_COMPRESS = "toCompress";
 
-    public static AEItemKey getCompressed(CompoundTag nbt) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(nbt, "Pattern must have a compressed tag.");
-        return AEItemKey.fromTag(nbt.getCompound(NBT_COMPRESSED));
+    public static AEItemKey getBase(CompoundTag nbt) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(nbt, "Pattern must have a base tag.");
+        return AEItemKey.fromTag(nbt.getCompound(NBT_BASE));
     }
 
-    public static AEItemKey getDecompressed(CompoundTag nbt) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(nbt, "Pattern must have a decompressed tag.");
-        return AEItemKey.fromTag(nbt.getCompound(NBT_DECOMPRESSED));
+    public static AEItemKey getVariant(CompoundTag nbt) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(nbt, "Pattern must have a variant tag.");
+        return AEItemKey.fromTag(nbt.getCompound(NBT_VARIANT));
     }
 
     public static int getFactor(CompoundTag nbt) {
@@ -32,11 +34,10 @@ public static boolean getToCompress(CompoundTag nbt) {
         return nbt.getBoolean(NBT_TO_COMPRESS);
     }
 
-    public static void encode(
-            CompoundTag tag, AEItemKey compressed, AEItemKey decompressed, int factor, boolean toCompress) {
-        tag.put(NBT_COMPRESSED, compressed.toTag());
-        tag.put(NBT_DECOMPRESSED, decompressed.toTag());
-        tag.putInt(NBT_FACTOR, factor);
+    public static void encode(CompoundTag tag, AEItemKey base, CompressionVariant variant, boolean toCompress) {
+        tag.put(NBT_VARIANT, variant.item().toTag());
+        tag.put(NBT_BASE, base.toTag());
+        tag.putInt(NBT_FACTOR, variant.factor());
         tag.putBoolean(NBT_TO_COMPRESS, toCompress);
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionService.java b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionService.java
index fdf71559..896b73c3 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionService.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/gripe/_90/megacells/crafting/DecompressionService.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridService;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridServiceProvider;
 import appeng.api.networking.crafting.ICraftingProvider;
-import appeng.api.stacks.AEItemKey;
 
 import gripe._90.megacells.definition.MEGAItems;
 import gripe._90.megacells.item.cell.BulkCellInventory;
@@ -89,9 +88,8 @@ private Set<IPatternDetails> generatePatterns(BulkCellInventory cell) {
             var pattern = new ItemStack(MEGAItems.DECOMPRESSION_PATTERN);
             var decompressed = decompressionChain.get(decompressionChain.indexOf(variant) + 1);
 
-            DecompressionPatternEncoding.encode(
-                    pattern.getOrCreateTag(), variant.item(), decompressed.item(), variant.factor(), false);
-            patterns.add(new DecompressionPattern(AEItemKey.of(pattern.getItem(), pattern.getTag())));
+            DecompressionPatternEncoding.encode(pattern.getOrCreateTag(), decompressed.item(), variant, false);
+            patterns.add(new DecompressionPattern(pattern));
         }
 
         var compressionChain = fullChain.subList(decompressionChain.size() - 1, fullChain.size());
@@ -104,9 +102,8 @@ private Set<IPatternDetails> generatePatterns(BulkCellInventory cell) {
             var pattern = new ItemStack(MEGAItems.DECOMPRESSION_PATTERN);
             var decompressed = compressionChain.get(compressionChain.indexOf(variant) - 1);
 
-            DecompressionPatternEncoding.encode(
-                    pattern.getOrCreateTag(), variant.item(), decompressed.item(), variant.factor(), true);
-            patterns.add(new DecompressionPattern(AEItemKey.of(pattern.getItem(), pattern.getTag())));
+            DecompressionPatternEncoding.encode(pattern.getOrCreateTag(), decompressed.item(), variant, true);
+            patterns.add(new DecompressionPattern(pattern));
         }
 
         return patterns;