diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlock.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlock.java
index c81389c113..df04caa6fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlock.java
@@ -167,7 +167,19 @@ public boolean hasAnalogOutputSignal(BlockState p_149740_1_) {
 	public int getAnalogOutputSignal(BlockState pState, Level pLevel, BlockPos pPos) {
 		return getBlockEntityOptional(pLevel, pPos)
 			.filter(vte -> !Transaction.isOpen()) // fabric: hack fix for comparators updating when they shouldn't
-			.map(vte -> vte.getItemStorage(null))
+			.map(vte -> {
+				// fabric: fix for comparators grabbing the capability too quickly, relying on grabbing it through
+				// the non-controller's initCapability method isn't reliable and doesn't work properly.
+				// so what we end up doing is just returning the capability for the controller, and if it's
+				// not the controller it's own capability is returned
+				if (!vte.isController()) {
+					ItemVaultBlockEntity controllerBE = vte.getControllerBE();
+					if (controllerBE != null)
+						return controllerBE.getItemStorage(null);
+				}
+
+				return vte.getItemStorage(null);
+			})
 			.map(ItemHelper::calcRedstoneFromInventory)
 			.orElse(0);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlockEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlockEntity.java
index 0603068f13..ba69f34222 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlockEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/vault/ItemVaultBlockEntity.java
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import com.simibubi.create.AllBlockEntityTypes;
-import com.simibubi.create.Create;
 import com.simibubi.create.api.connectivity.ConnectivityHandler;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.blockEntity.IMultiBlockEntityContainer;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.blockEntity.SmartBlockEntity;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.blockEntity.behaviour.BlockEntityBehaviour;
 import com.simibubi.create.foundation.blockEntity.behaviour.inventory.VersionedInventoryWrapper;
 import com.simibubi.create.infrastructure.config.AllConfigs;
+
 import io.github.fabricators_of_create.porting_lib.transfer.item.ItemStackHandler;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.transfer.v1.item.ItemVariant;
 import net.fabricmc.fabric.api.transfer.v1.storage.Storage;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public Storage<ItemVariant> getItemStorage(@Nullable Direction face) {
 		return itemCapability;
 	}
 
-	private void initCapability() {
+	protected void initCapability() {
 		if (itemCapability != null)
 			return;
 		if (!isController()) {