diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index d128c79..215a236 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ read_globals = {
 	-- mods
 	"default", "mesecon", "digiline",
 	"screwdriver", "unified_inventory",
-	"i3", "mcl_experience", "awards"
+	"i3", "mcl_experience", "awards",
+	"xcompat",
 
 }
diff --git a/crafts.lua b/crafts.lua
index 7ed9671..058cc8a 100644
--- a/crafts.lua
+++ b/crafts.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Crafting recipes for pipes
-local materials = ...
+local materials = xcompat.materials
 
 minetest.register_craft( {
 	output = "pipeworks:pipe_1_empty 12",
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ minetest.register_craft( {
 	output = "pipeworks:teleport_tube_1 2",
 	recipe = {
 			{ "basic_materials:plastic_sheet", "basic_materials:plastic_sheet", "basic_materials:plastic_sheet" },
-			{ materials.desert_stone, materials.teleporter, materials.desert_stone },
+			{ materials.desert_stone, materials.mese, materials.desert_stone },
 			{ "basic_materials:plastic_sheet", "basic_materials:plastic_sheet", "basic_materials:plastic_sheet" }
 	},
 })
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 5a86a01..42ad9b7 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -61,14 +61,11 @@ dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/flowing_logic.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/filter-injector.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/trashcan.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/wielder.lua")
-
-local materials = loadfile(pipeworks.modpath.."/materials.lua")()
-
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/registration.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/routing.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/sorting.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/signal.lua")
-loadfile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/embedded_tube.lua")(materials)
+dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/embedded_tube.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/tubes/pane_embedded_tube.lua")
 
 if pipeworks.enable_teleport_tube then
@@ -111,7 +108,7 @@ if pipeworks.enable_autocrafter then
 	dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/autocrafter.lua")
 end
 
-loadfile(pipeworks.modpath.."/crafts.lua")(materials)
+dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/crafts.lua")
 
 minetest.register_alias("pipeworks:pipe", "pipeworks:pipe_110000_empty")
 
diff --git a/materials.lua b/materials.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index ca9adf5..0000000
--- a/materials.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-local materials = {
-    stone = "default:stone",
-    desert_stone = "default:desert_stone",
-    desert_sand = "default:desert_sand",
-    chest = "default:chest",
-    copper_ingot = "default:copper_ingot",
-    steel_ingot = "default:steel_ingot",
-    gold_ingot = "default:gold_ingot",
-    mese = "default:mese",
-    mese_crystal = "default:mese_crystal",
-    mese_crystal_fragment = "default:mese_crystal_fragment",
-    teleporter = "default:mese",
-    glass = "default:glass"
-}
-
-if minetest.get_modpath("mcl_core") then
-    materials = {
-        stone = "mcl_core:stone",
-        desert_stone = "mcl_core:redsandstone",
-        desert_sand = "mcl_core:sand",
-        chest = "mcl_chests:chest",
-        steel_ingot = "mcl_core:iron_ingot",
-        gold_ingot = "mcl_core:gold_ingot",
-        mese = "mesecons_torch:redstoneblock",
-        mese_crystal = "mesecons:redstone",
-        mese_crystal_fragment = "mesecons:redstone",
-        teleporter = "mesecons_torch:redstoneblock",
-        copper_ingot = "mcl_copper:copper_ingot",
-        glass = "mcl_core:glass",
-    }
-elseif minetest.get_modpath("fl_ores") and minetest.get_modpath("fl_stone") then
-    materials = {
-        stone = "fl_stone:stone",
-        desert_stone = "fl_stone:desert_stone",
-        desert_sand = "fl_stone:desert_sand",
-        chest = "fl_storage:wood_chest",
-        steel_ingot = "fl_ores:iron_ingot",
-        gold_ingot = "fl_ores:gold_ingot",
-        mese = "fl_ores:iron_ingot",
-        mese_crystal = "fl_ores:iron_ingot",
-        mese_crystal_fragment = "fl_ores:iron_ingot",
-        teleporter = "fl_ores:iron_ingot",
-        copper_ingot = "fl_ores:copper_ingot",
-        glass = "fl_glass:framed_glass",
-    }
-elseif minetest.get_modpath("hades_core") then
-    materials = {
-        stone = "hades_core:stone",
-        desert_stone = "hades_core:stone_baked",
-        desert_sand = "hades_core:volcanic_sand",
-        chest = "hades_chests:chest";
-        steel_ingot = "hades_core:steel_ingot",
-        gold_ingot = "hades_core:gold_ingot",
-        mese = "hades_core:mese",
-        mese_crystal = "hades_core:mese_crystal",
-        mese_crystal_fragment = "hades_core:mese_crystal_fragment",
-        teleporter = "hades_materials:teleporter_device",
-        copper_ingot = "hades_core:copper_ingot",
-        tin_ingot = "hades_core:tin_ingot",
-        glass = "hades_core:glass",
-    }
-    if minetest.get_modpath("hades_default") then
-        materials.desert_sand = "hades_default:desert_sand"
-    end
-end
-
-return materials
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod.conf b/mod.conf
index 3e57efe..479abc8 100644
--- a/mod.conf
+++ b/mod.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = pipeworks
 description = This mod uses mesh nodes and nodeboxes to supply a complete set of 3D pipes and tubes, along with devices that work with them.
-depends = basic_materials
+depends = basic_materials, xcompat
 optional_depends = mesecons, mesecons_mvps, digilines, signs_lib, unified_inventory, default, screwdriver, fl_mapgen, sound_api, i3, hades_core, hades_furnaces, hades_chests, mcl_mapgen_core, mcl_barrels, mcl_furnaces, mcl_experience
 min_minetest_version = 5.5.0
diff --git a/tubes/embedded_tube.lua b/tubes/embedded_tube.lua
index 05e0672..0ca6e36 100644
--- a/tubes/embedded_tube.lua
+++ b/tubes/embedded_tube.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local materials = ...
+local materials = xcompat.materials
 local S = minetest.get_translator("pipeworks")
 
 local straight = function(pos, node, velocity, stack) return {velocity} end