diff --git a/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/Quaedam.kt b/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/Quaedam.kt
index 157e29c..a61fed5 100644
--- a/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/Quaedam.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/Quaedam.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ object Quaedam {
 
     fun init() {
         Projector
+        ProjectionEffectType
         SkylightProjection
         SwarmProjection
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/projection/ProjectionEffect.kt b/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/projection/ProjectionEffect.kt
index 0be05b7..7fa50e1 100644
--- a/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/projection/ProjectionEffect.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/kotlin/quaedam/projection/ProjectionEffect.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation
 import net.minecraft.server.level.ServerLevel
 import net.minecraft.world.level.Level
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.state.BlockState
-import quaedam.projection.swarm.SwarmProjection
 
 abstract class ProjectionEffect {
 
@@ -39,14 +38,22 @@ data class ProjectionEffectType<T : ProjectionEffect>(val constructor: () -> T)
 
         val registryKey: ResourceKey<Registry<ProjectionEffectType<*>>> =
             ResourceKey.createRegistryKey(ResourceLocation("quaedam", "projection_effect"))
-        val registry: Registry<ProjectionEffectType<*>> = BuiltInRegistries.registerSimple(registryKey) {
-            SwarmProjection.effect.get()
-        }
+        val registry: Registry<ProjectionEffectType<*>> = BuiltInRegistries.registerSimple(registryKey) { null }
+
+        val nopEffect: ProjectionEffectType<NopEffect> =
+            Registry.register(registry, ResourceLocation("quaedam", "nop"), ProjectionEffectType { NopEffect })
 
     }
 
     val id: ResourceLocation by lazy { registry.getResourceKey(this).get().location() }
 
+    // To hide the "unable to bootstrap quaedam:projection_effect" error log
+    object NopEffect : ProjectionEffect() {
+        override val type get() = nopEffect
+        override fun toNbt(tag: CompoundTag) {}
+        override fun fromNbt(tag: CompoundTag) {}
+    }
+
 }
 
 interface ProjectionProvider<P : ProjectionEffect> {