diff --git a/items.lua b/items.lua
index b9a5179..5462c28 100644
--- a/items.lua
+++ b/items.lua
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ minetest.register_node("hell:apple", {
 	groups = {fleshy=3, dig_immediate=3},
 	sounds = default.node_sound_defaults(),
 	furnace_burntime = 6,
-	on_use = minetest.item_eat(-5, "hell:blood_extracted 2"),
 })
 minetest.register_alias("nether:apple", "hell:apple")
 
diff --git a/portal.lua b/portal.lua
index 1ee1e4c..36d5cb0 100644
--- a/portal.lua
+++ b/portal.lua
@@ -372,22 +372,20 @@ local function hell_port(player, pos)
 	return true
 end
 
-minetest.register_on_item_eat(function(_, _, itemstack, user, _)
-		if not user or itemstack:is_empty() then
-			return
-		end
-
+minetest.override_item("hell:apple", {
+	on_use = function(itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
 		local inv = user:get_inventory()
 		if not inv then
 			return
 		end
-		if itemstack:get_name() == "hell:apple" then
+		if hell_port(user, vector.round(user:get_pos())) then
 			itemstack:take_item()
-			if hell_port(user, vector.round(user:get_pos())) then
-				return itemstack
-			end
+			return itemstack
+		else
+			return minetest.do_item_eat(-5, "hell:blood_extracted 2", itemstack, user, pointed_thing)
 		end
-end)
+	end,
+})
 
 if hell.HELL_REALM_ENABLED then
 	-- Use the Portal API to add a portal type which goes to the Hell