diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/queue/QueueHandler.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/queue/QueueHandler.java
index 82ad93be9..4c8beb6f9 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/queue/QueueHandler.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/beta/implementation/queue/QueueHandler.java
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ public abstract class QueueHandler implements Trimable, Runnable {
         queuePool.set(null);
     }
 
+    private IQueueExtent pool() {
+        IQueueExtent queue = queuePool.get();
+        if (queue == null) {
+            queuePool.set(queue = queuePool.init());
+        }
+        return queue;
+    }
+
     public abstract void startSet(boolean parallel);
 
     public abstract void endSet(boolean parallel);
@@ -276,7 +284,7 @@ public abstract class QueueHandler implements Trimable, Runnable {
     }
 
     public IQueueExtent getQueue(World world, IBatchProcessor processor) {
-        final IQueueExtent queue = queuePool.get();
+        final IQueueExtent queue = pool();
         IChunkCache<IChunkGet> cacheGet = getOrCreateWorldCache(world);
         IChunkCache<IChunkSet> set = null; // TODO cache?
         queue.init(world, cacheGet, set);
diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/Clipboard.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/Clipboard.java
index 1d07d58d6..4cb73a082 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/Clipboard.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/Clipboard.java
@@ -327,17 +327,6 @@ public interface Clipboard extends Extent, Iterable<BlockVector3>, Closeable {
         final int rely = to.getBlockY() - origin.getBlockY();
         final int relz = to.getBlockZ() - origin.getBlockZ();
 
-//        this.apply(this, new Filter() {
-//            @Override
-//            public void applyBlock(FilterBlock block) {
-//
-//            }
-//        });
-
-        System.out.println("Rel " + relx + "," + rely + "," + relz + " | " + to + " | " + origin);
-
-        System.out.println("TODO optimize paste using above apply");
-
         Operation visitor = new RegionVisitor(region, new RegionFunction() {
             //                MutableBlockVector2 mpos2d_2 = new MutableBlockVector2();
             MutableBlockVector2 mpos2d = new MutableBlockVector2();
@@ -349,7 +338,6 @@ public interface Clipboard extends Extent, Iterable<BlockVector3>, Closeable {
             @Override
             public boolean apply(BlockVector3 mutable) throws WorldEditException {
                 BlockState block = getBlock(mutable);
-                System.out.println("Pos " + mutable);
                 int xx = mutable.getBlockX() + relx;
                 int zz = mutable.getBlockZ() + relz;
                 if (copyBiomes && xx != mpos2d.getBlockX() && zz != mpos2d.getBlockZ()) {
diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicReader.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicReader.java
index e97f29be1..167d5e540 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicReader.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicReader.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class SpongeSchematicReader extends NBTSchematicReader {
     private int width, height, length;
     private int offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ;
     private char[] palette, biomePalette;
-    private BlockVector3 min;
+    private BlockVector3 min = BlockVector3.ZERO;
 
 
     /**
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ public class SpongeSchematicReader extends NBTSchematicReader {
         BlockVector3 dimensions = BlockVector3.at(width, height, length);
         BlockVector3 origin = min;
         if (offsetX != Integer.MIN_VALUE && offsetY != Integer.MIN_VALUE  && offsetZ != Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
-            origin = origin.subtract(BlockVector3.at(offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ));
+//            origin = origin.subtract(BlockVector3.at(offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ));
+            origin = BlockVector3.at(offsetX, offsetY, offsetZ);
         }
 
         Clipboard clipboard = createOutput.apply(dimensions);
@@ -339,7 +340,6 @@ public class SpongeSchematicReader extends NBTSchematicReader {
                 }
             }
         }
-
         clipboard.setOrigin(origin);
         return clipboard;
     }
diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicWriter.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicWriter.java
index 34f0bd1ec..145247d8e 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicWriter.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/SpongeSchematicWriter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.sk89q.worldedit.extent.clipboard.io;
 
 import com.boydti.fawe.jnbt.streamer.IntValueReader;
+import com.boydti.fawe.object.FaweOutputStream;
 import com.boydti.fawe.util.IOUtil;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.sk89q.jnbt.CompoundTag;
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class SpongeSchematicWriter implements ClipboardWriter {
             });
 
             ByteArrayOutputStream blocksCompressed = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-            DataOutputStream blocksOut = new DataOutputStream(new LZ4BlockOutputStream(blocksCompressed));
+            FaweOutputStream blocksOut = new FaweOutputStream(new DataOutputStream(new LZ4BlockOutputStream(blocksCompressed)));
 
             ByteArrayOutputStream tilesCompressed = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             NBTOutputStream tilesOut = new NBTOutputStream(new LZ4BlockOutputStream(tilesCompressed));
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ public class SpongeSchematicWriter implements ClipboardWriter {
             List<Integer> paletteList = new ArrayList<>();
             char[] palette = new char[BlockTypesCache.states.length];
             Arrays.fill(palette, Character.MAX_VALUE);
-            int[] paletteMax = {0};
+            int paletteMax = 0;
             int numTiles = 0;
             for (BlockVector3 pos : clipboard) {
                 BaseBlock block = pos.getFullBlock(clipboard);
@@ -166,12 +167,21 @@ public class SpongeSchematicWriter implements ClipboardWriter {
                     numTiles++;
                     tilesOut.writeTagPayload(block.getNbtData());
                 }
+
+                int ordinal = block.getOrdinal();
+                char value = palette[ordinal];
+                if (value == Character.MAX_VALUE) {
+                    int size = paletteMax++;
+                    palette[ordinal] = value = (char) size;
+                    paletteList.add(ordinal);
+                }
+                blocksOut.writeVarInt(value);
             }
             // close
             tilesOut.close();
             blocksOut.close();
 
-            out.writeNamedTag("PaletteMax", paletteMax[0]);
+            out.writeNamedTag("PaletteMax", paletteMax);
 
             out.writeLazyCompoundTag("Palette", out12 -> {
                 for (int i = 0; i < paletteList.size(); i++) {