diff --git a/ferns/gianttreefern.lua b/ferns/gianttreefern.lua
index 09394c2..4a87100 100644
--- a/ferns/gianttreefern.lua
+++ b/ferns/gianttreefern.lua
@@ -252,12 +252,16 @@ minetest.register_node("ferns:fern_trunk_big", {
 	},
 	groups = {tree=1,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,flammable=3,wood=1},
 	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
-	after_destruct = function(pos,oldnode)
-        local node = minetest.get_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z})
-        if node.name == "ferns:fern_trunk_big" or node.name == "ferns:fern_trunk_big_top" then
-            minetest.dig_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z})
-        end
-    end,
+	after_dig_node = function(pos, node, metadata, digger)
+		if digger == nil then return end
+		local np = {x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z}
+		local nn = minetest.get_node(np)
+		if nn.name == "ferns:fern_trunk_big" or
+			nn.name == "ferns:fern_trunk_big_top"
+		then
+			minetest.node_dig(np, nn, digger)
+		end
+	end,
 })
 
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diff --git a/ferns/treefern.lua b/ferns/treefern.lua
index 9073c54..be7f568 100644
--- a/ferns/treefern.lua
+++ b/ferns/treefern.lua
@@ -138,12 +138,9 @@ minetest.register_node("ferns:fern_trunk", {
 	},
 	groups = {tree=1,choppy=2,oddly_breakable_by_hand=2,flammable=3,wood=1},
 	sounds = default.node_sound_wood_defaults(),
-	after_destruct = function(pos,oldnode)
-        local node = minetest.get_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z})
-        if node.name == "ferns:fern_trunk" then
-            minetest.dig_node({x=pos.x,y=pos.y+1,z=pos.z})
-        end
-    end,
+	after_dig_node = function(pos, node, metadata, digger)
+		default.dig_up(pos, node, digger)
+	end,
 })
 
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