diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a15ff1b6..9b625e3a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2001.4.4]
+
+### Fixed
+* Fixed issue where larger itemstack sizes when creating item tasks led to a "missing" (empty) item in the task
+
 ## [2001.4.3]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/ftb/mods/ftbquests/item/MissingItem.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/ftb/mods/ftbquests/item/MissingItem.java
index cfbade75..67bac175 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/ftb/mods/ftbquests/item/MissingItem.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/ftb/mods/ftbquests/item/MissingItem.java
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public static CompoundTag writeItem(ItemStack stack) {
 		SNBTCompoundTag tag = new SNBTCompoundTag();
 		stack.save(tag);
 
+		// kludge: vanilla saves the stack size as a byte, which means negative sizes for big stacks,
+		//   leading to the stack turning into an empty (air) stack
+		// https://github.com/FTBTeam/FTB-Mods-Issues/issues/1182
+		tag.putInt("Count", stack.getCount());
+
 		if (tag.size() == 2) {
 			tag.singleLine();
 		}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4b4fa99c..94fae70c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ mod_id=ftbquests
 archives_base_name=ftb-quests
 minecraft_version=1.20.1
 # Build time
-mod_version=2001.4.3
+mod_version=2001.4.4
 maven_group=dev.ftb.mods
 mod_author=FTB Team
 # Curse release