diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6eaea16..c1185f04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 * Added additional Alloy Blast Smelter recipes for materials containing fluids and alloy smelter materials
 * Added new material flag "disable_alloy_blast" to disable alloy blast recipes
+* Fix Fractionating Distillery requiring maintenance hatch with config disabled
 * Added ru_ru translation (#20)
 * Updated zn_cn translation (#10)
 * Added compat for GTCEu 2.5.3 (#37)
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregicality/multiblocks/common/metatileentities/multiblock/standard/MetaTileEntityLargeDistillery.java b/src/main/java/gregicality/multiblocks/common/metatileentities/multiblock/standard/MetaTileEntityLargeDistillery.java
index 6a4b138d..423f7b62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregicality/multiblocks/common/metatileentities/multiblock/standard/MetaTileEntityLargeDistillery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregicality/multiblocks/common/metatileentities/multiblock/standard/MetaTileEntityLargeDistillery.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import gregtech.api.recipes.RecipeMaps;
 import gregtech.client.renderer.ICubeRenderer;
 import gregtech.client.renderer.texture.cube.OrientedOverlayRenderer;
+import gregtech.common.ConfigHolder;
 import gregtech.common.blocks.BlockBoilerCasing;
 import gregtech.common.blocks.MetaBlocks;
 import gregtech.common.metatileentities.multi.multiblockpart.MetaTileEntityMultiFluidHatch;
@@ -48,11 +49,12 @@ protected Function<BlockPos, Integer> multiblockPartSorter() {
         return BlockPos::getY; // todo this needs to be "relative up" with Freedom Wrench
     }
 
+    @Nonnull
     @Override
     protected BlockPattern createStructurePattern() {
         TraceabilityPredicate casingPredicate = states(getCasingState()).setMinGlobalLimited(40); // Different characters use common constraints
-        TraceabilityPredicate maintenancePredicate = hasMaintenanceMechanics() ? abilities(MultiblockAbility.MAINTENANCE_HATCH).setMinGlobalLimited(1).setMaxGlobalLimited(1) :
-                casingPredicate;
+        TraceabilityPredicate maintenancePredicate = this.hasMaintenanceMechanics() && ConfigHolder.machines.enableMaintenance ?
+                abilities(MultiblockAbility.MAINTENANCE_HATCH).setMinGlobalLimited(1).setMaxGlobalLimited(1) : casingPredicate;
         return FactoryBlockPattern.start(RIGHT, FRONT, DOWN)
                 .aisle("#####", "#ZZZ#", "#ZCZ#", "#ZZZ#", "#####")
                 .aisle("##X##", "#XAX#", "XAPAX", "#XAX#", "##X##").setRepeatable(1, 12)